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In Somerville, people were heeding the French Toast Alert

By adamg on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 4:47pm
Few eggs left at the Somerville Whole Foods

Matt Keeter surveyed the egg shelves at the Somerville Whole Foods around 4 p.m.

It's a three-slice alert.

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Comments

By Robert Winters on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 5:01pm.

I generally buy my eggs at the Everett Costco store. Yesterday, for the first time ever, there were no eggs to be found at the Costco - completely cleaned out. I managed to get a couple dozen at the Market Basket on the way home.

There has been talk about the bird flu and how this will affect egg supply and prices, so I don't think it's all about the elevated French Toast Alert.

By David Cronin on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 8:08pm.

We know about the old "bread, milk, eggs" or whatever whenever there is a forecast. I also agree that there is some potentially serious stuff happening with poultry like culling, etc. So, with some potentially bad "bird flu" stuff along with a "storm" it is not surprising to see something like eggs being scarce.

By lbb on Mon, 01/20/2025 - 11:29am.

I'm hearing that farms in western MA are taking precautions. Avian flu was apparently found (don't ask me how) in geese on the UMass Amherst campus. It's definitely a Massachusetts thing. Find a local supplier and hope they have good hygiene practices, I guess.

https://www.mass.gov/info-details/avian-influenza#:~:text=Massachusetts%....

By SwirlyGrrl on Mon, 01/20/2025 - 4:40pm.

For spread to humans, anyway.

The state is testing regularly and doing a lot of outreach to workers for this.

By serene_lovelace on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 11:13pm.

It’s good to have a bit of food prepped all the time. I’ve started doing it the last few months. It’s not a lot but it came in handy for the post-holidays illnesses. I didn’t have much to worry about when I did my shopping on Friday. Just bought a few things. Got bread on sale, but we have powdered/evaporated milk and frozen/saran-wrapped eggs at home!

By mg on Sun, 01/19/2025 - 11:55pm.

I'm allergic to eggs, milk, and bread (both the flour and the yeast). I've found satisfactory substitutes for the eggs and milk, but French Toast-able yeast-free/gluten-free bread is a no-go so far.