When I was growing up (on a “hobby farm”), we raised chickens which we mostly had for their eggs. We always had fresh eggs, and would sometimes get what we always called “double-yolkers”. Two yolks in a single egg. Until recently, I think I’d only ever had one of them from a store-bought egg. Something has changed though. In the last carton of eggs that I bought (Rock Island, Brown Fertile Jumbo Grade A), I got THREE different double-yolkers:
Something in the water?
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I've never heard of a double yolker. Now, I'm hoping to one day experience them!
They were always a bit of a "treat" when we were kids. It was like winning a prize
Maybe it's simply poor quality control (different is bad in our society, after all), or grade-AA eggs that were double-yolkers were brought down to grade-A (again, different is bad, so different means imperfect).
… or maybe you should've played the lottery. I don't know if there's a way to see if an egg has twins before cooking. Kinda cool though. Now I want one.
Should be "Rock Island, Brown (seriously) Fertile Jumbo Grade A"
I've had a few of those out here in Arizona. Not as many though. I do Extra Large Grade AA, and get the double yolk about twice a year.
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