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- Have you noticed that eggs are getting more shell bits into the bowl or pan when you crack them?
- There's a reason — and it has to do with the same avian-flu outbreak that made eggs so pricey last year.
- Older hens lay eggs with thinner shells, leading to more shell bits when you crack them.
Lately, I've noticed something strange in the kitchen.
Over the past few months, more and more often when I went to crack an egg, I'd get a piece of shell into the bowl or pan, forcing me to try to fish it out with my finger (one of the worst tasks in cooking —maybe even worse than doing dishes).