Americans are coloring potatoes for Easter because of high egg prices

In the United States, chicken eggs have become so expensive that some residents of the country are going to replace them with potatoes and onions for Easter, which will be painted in different colors. The New York Times (NYT) writes about this on April 4.

"Videos on how to color marshmallows, potatoes, and even onions began to spread on social media and on news sites," the newspaper writes.

Eggs in the United States rose sharply in winter after tens of millions of laying hens died from avian flu. In February, a dozen eggs cost an average of $5.9 (499.43 rubles), which is the maximum cost over the past 10 years. At the same time, in some states, buyers could pay more than $10 (846.48 rubles) per pack. Wholesale egg prices began to decline only in March, but in general, it will take time for egg prices to return to more reasonable levels.

Now the videos of creative culinary bloggers offering their recipes for making eggs for the Easter table are gaining tens of millions of views. One of the blog's authors suggested making an egg from peanut butter and coating it with a glaze of white chocolate, dyed blue, similar to robin's eggs (Crowded Kitchen Peanut Butter Eggs).

Facebook instagrammed and posted more than 64 million views and 33,000 comments on the video, which demonstrates the process and the finished product — a pale blue egg with specks of cocoa powder - on Instagram and Facebook (both social networks belong to Meta, a company whose activities are recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation. — ed.) and TikTok," the newspaper writes.

Essentials: prices for eggs and butter may fall by 5%

Experts admit that this will happen after the abolition of a bonus of the same size to retailers

On March 2, US President Donald Trump rejected accusations that the price of chicken eggs had increased significantly during the first week of his rule in the country. He noted that he had just taken office at that time and could not in any way influence the situation with prices for this product.

CNN reported on January 14 that U.S. citizens are facing a shortage of eggs due to avian flu. It was specified that the restoration of stability in the food market in the country may take from six to nine months. In addition, the shortage has led to higher prices for eggs. On February 7, it became known that amid the shortage, stores in the United States imposed restrictions on the purchase of eggs.

On March 19, White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt accused the administration of former US President Joe Biden of killing almost 8 million chickens across the country before his departure.