I have an eggsitential problem

Drez

I need help understanding this.

Egg Beaters brand liquid egg whites lists 3/4 of a cup of their liquid egg whites as the equivalent of the whites of 4 large eggs.

Bowl & Basket brand liquid egg whites lists 1/2 of a cup of their liquid egg whites as the equivalent of the whites of 4 large eggs.

Since the base element of both measures is pure egg whites, I don't understand this paradoxical difference in measurement.

Is this because I only took math up through Calculus 3 in college? Is this a problem that involves quantum mechanics? I have not delved too deeply into the math of time travel, but is that necessary? I've watched Primer. But I've also watched Hot Tub Time Machine and I feel like those two movies cancel each other out.

I really need help understanding this. I can barely sleep while the implications gnaw at me and my psyche.

Please help me.

Photographinomical evidence of paradoxia:

tynic

'Large' isn't actually an SI unit. Problem solved.

Heffling

They all convert the units correctly, i/e 16 TBSP = 1 Cup, it's just that one claims a large egg white is 2 tbsp and one claims it is 3 tbsp. A large egg is typically 2 tbsp egg white and 1-1.25 tbsp yolk.

Large eggs are defined as having 24 oz weight per dozen eggs.

Drez

Thank you.

tynic

My backup suggestion was going to be breeding metric chickens.

Drez

tynic wrote: »

My backup suggestion was going to be breeding metric chickens.

I tried but all the chicks rejected me

SummaryJudgment

tynic wrote: »

My backup suggestion was going to be breeding metric chickens.

I feel like this would be on the farm that grows square watermelons

dispatch.o

This is why I ignore all of it and use weight measurements. Even when it comes to liquids, I convert whatever volume in a recipe to grams.

Volume measurements are stupid for cooking.

Burtletoy

dispatch.o wrote: »

This is why I ignore all of it

measurements are stupid for cooking.

Yes, I agree

Heffling

SummaryJudgment wrote: »

tynic wrote: »

My backup suggestion was going to be breeding metric chickens.

I feel like this would be on the farm that grows square watermelons

They also breed spherical frictionless cows.

Capt Howdy

Does the carton even say "Chicken Eggs"? A large chicken egg pales in comparison to the size of a duck egg. (And creaminess, I might add)

Drez

Good question, I dunno.

What I decided though is that the "correct amount of egg" is whatever I want it to be.

Is THAT an SI unit?

Drez

It says "CAGE FREE*" on the front.

And next to the asterisk it says "Demogorgons are free roaming inside a barn."

So I guess it's Demogorgon egg whites.

Drez

No, wait...it says "Hens" sorry. I thought it said Demogorgons.

Capt Howdy

Hens or Hans? If it's the later I'd make sure it's not the Gruber variety. They don't do so well with falls.

Heffling

Drez wrote: »

Good question, I dunno.

What I decided though is that the "correct amount of egg" is whatever I want it to be.

Is THAT an SI unit?