I don’t know about you, but I like my eggs lightly scrambled with lots of butter.
I prefer mine with cream if cream is available, but milk will do. And I’m not talking about the kind that comes in a can.
I don’t like salty food so my eggs are lightly seasoned although I don’t hold back on the black pepper. Quite the opposite.
Some people say eggs are not good for you, but that never stopped me from indulging. So is drinking alcohol.
They say eggs can lead to heart disease because these are “extremely high in cholesterol and saturated fat,” which can clog the arteries.
Eggs can also lead to obesity, but only if you eat a dozen a day every day. Duh!
An internal medicine specialist at Keck Medicine of USC (University of Southern California), Kurt Hong, MD, however, says otherwise.
“Eggs are a good source of protein (both whites/yolk). They also contain heart-healthy unsaturated fats and are a great source of important nutrients, such as vitamin B6, B12 and vitamin D,” he says.
Either way, I’ve stopped minding what other people say. Because what is good for you today can be bad for you tomorrow and vice versa. Remember cigarettes?
At any rate, I haven’t had eggs in the last five days. My helper is out of town and cooking for one person is not worth the postprandial cleanup.
That’s why I was surprised to find out that the price of egg had gone up.
Apparently, egg producers in Bantayan Island in northern Cebu, also known as the egg basket of the Visayas, had another price hike two weeks ago. I didn’t even know about the previous increase.
Alan Pastoril, president of the Bantayan Island Layer and Hog Raiser Association Inc., said they had no choice if they wanted to make a profit.
He said 50 kilograms of feeds that used to cost P1,400, now cost P1,800. And each chicken consumes 100 grams every day. And he’s not just talking about 50 or 100 chickens, but thousands. So imagine how many kilos that is.
Obviously, nobody runs a business so he or she can break even or worse, lose money, and Department of Agriculture (DA) Visayas Assistant Secretary Salvador Diputado is very well aware of that, but that didn’t stop him from urging egg producers to also think about the welfare of the consumers.
Well, the DA could not do anything about the price of onions going up to as much as P700 per kilo, so I’m not very optimistic about the egg situation, but at least Diputado tried.
So will I be forced to cut down on my egg consumption? I guess I’ll find out when my helper returns.