Hippity, Hoppity, Easter are on the way, but the people in the United States may have to think outside the basket this year.
Eggs are usually a staple for Easter celebrations, whether they are decorated with light colors, rolled over the lawn of the White House, devilish and on a plate or baked in quiches and served with brunch.
But still stubborn with the US egg prices Heavy egg shortageMany Americans are looking for alternatives to some of their favorite traditions. In the past month, the US egg prices rose again to achieve A New record average Of $ 6.23 per dozen or $ 8.73 CDN.
Fortunately, influencers have faced a challenge when it comes to decorating eggs and dyeing everything from marshmallows to potatoes.
A popular Tikok video from Lifestyle and Home Design Site offers five alternatives to decorating real eggs, including painting pasta, painting potatoes and painting.
In other videos that complain about the current price of eggs, influencers decorate egg -shaped brownies, dye marshmallows and paint stones.
“Small potatoes or baby potatoes have a kind of egg shape and it is a lot of fun to look at! So let’s dye potatoes for Easter!” Writes Rose Atwater on her website Rose Bakes.
“Eggs are currently far too expensive,” explain the food bloggers behind overcrowded kitchen in a video for peanut butter -eggs with more than one million likes on Instagram.
“I really enjoyed dyeing marshmallows as an egg,” wrote the influencer Rachel Anderson in a viral Instagram video in which she dipped Jumbo Marshmallows in food coloring before showing it on a plate.
Record high prices
Since Easter is only a few days away, the US egg price occurs at a difficult time. The March record of 6.23 US dozen per dozen rose from around $ 5.90 per dozen in February and in January around USD 4.95.
In comparison Canada’s average sales price for a dozen eggs In February, $ 4.91 (or around 3.50 US dollars US), like the latest figures from Statistics Canada, was about 40 percent cheaper than if you bought them south of the border.
The increase in the United States was reported in the last Thursday in the Consumer price index. Overall, the index for food rose by 0.4 percent in March, which, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, has an increase in index for eggs by 5.9 percent. In the past 12 months, the index for eggs has increased by 60.4 percent.
And although there are indications that wholesale prices are falling, they have not necessarily reached the business shelf.
“Although Shell Egg’s demand is improved the last marketing week before the Easter weekend, it remains behind the current expectations and the past Easter,” wrote the US Agriculture Ministry in its last weekly newspaper Overview of egg markets.
“Food dealers in retail are largely held this year to operate their usual annual holiday advertising campaigns, since the stocks have only recently recovered sufficiently to maintain a consistent offer. A situation that is only a few willing to be endangered by characteristic incentives.”
Potatoes prove to be popular
Nevertheless, it seems that they cannot stop some traditions, even if it means to become creative.
The trade dealer Michaels announced The Associated Press that their craft -gg kits fly from the shelves and two of the kits rose by 20 percent by 20 percent last year.
Walmart, the largest retailer in the United States, refused to comment on the sale of colorable plastic eggs and other alternatives, but said it was not the first year in which it was wearing them. Under some options for buyers: a box of 12 plastic eggs that include four liquid dye packages and four egg colored bags and Easter eggs with the Play-Doh Easter goers.
Paas, a supplier of egg coloring kits, announced an Instagram video at the beginning of this month, which shows how marshmallows dyeing, the “big spring vibes … no eggs required”.
And of course some people find their own solutions online, where potatoes seem to be particularly popular.
“Are potatoes the answer?” writes Orlando News Site Wesh 2.
“Instead, skip these expensive eggs and dye potatoes for Easter!” Write the craft patch on Facebook.
And in a Tikok video It is the hard knock life From the musical AnnieA mother lifts a bag of potatoes in her shopping cart and then shows how her children dye them with markings.
“With egg prices we could dye Easter potatoes again,” she wrote.
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