When a recipe calls for an egg, what size eggs do people usually use? Size 6 or 7? This has always been a mystery to me!
lilyfield,
Feb 5, 11:54pm
6
rainrain1,
Feb 6, 12:00am
6 or 7
socram,
Feb 6, 12:56am
2oz in old money! It was easy then to get the proportions 100% right when cooking sponges for example. Equal amounts of butter, sugar and eggs etc. (Not that I personally ever weigh or measure anything!)
cgvl,
Feb 6, 1:10am
I use size 6 as a standard size for all my recipes. If I happen to have 5's or pullet eggs then I sometimes use 2.
cleggyboy,
Feb 6, 1:34am
I always purchase 7s but I swear there is a mixture of 6s & 7s in the carton. One of these days I will do some weighing cos there is quite a difference in price.
deanna14,
Feb 6, 2:29am
The old 7s used to be very big and wouldn't be considered the right size egg for a recipe. But nowadays its so close to a 6, so would probably be fine.
Personally I've always bought jumbo eggs and that is that I use. Now I have my own hens, just what ever they lay. If the egg is little, I use two little eggs.
kaddiew,
Feb 6, 3:07am
I always buy size 7 - and these days they're no bigger than size 6 used to be.
carter441,
Feb 6, 4:07am
Thanks people.
sarahb5,
Mar 24, 5:12pm
6 or 7 but I get cage free or free range eggs so the sizes are a bit variable - if a recipe says large eggs I just pick the biggest in the box
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