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		thaumasiotes 4 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Betty Crocker broke recipes by shrinking boxes Could the six eggshells weigh half an ounce each? It's easier to weigh eggs whole. That would imply, though, that "one pound" of eggs is more egg now than it was then.

extraduder_ire 4 months ago [–]

That table includes the weight of the shell. I don't think six chicken eggs of a normal size were ever a pound.

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