Easter potato hunt? High egg prices drive potato industry to push alternative

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With egg prices still high, the potato industry is looking to scramble up Easter traditions with a budget-friendly alternative: Easter potatoes.

also were inspired by the memes to write posts with directions on how to best dye and paint potatoes.

“For people who are still being very concise of their food budget due to inflated costs on nearly everything, I think potatoes will be a really viable option for the Easter holiday,” Pyper said.Because egg prices have fallen from their January record high, Garska Rodriguez, of Houston, doesn’t expect potatoes will be filling many baskets.

“Since the price of eggs has stabilized a bit, I think that most people will probably stick with tradition and decorate eggs,” she told Axios. “If the prices had stayed high, then all bets would be off.”Krazy Coupon Lady“Eggs and potatoes both probably represent a food waste risk,” she said in an interview with Axios. “I don't know how different it is from painting a rock, which I think is also a decent alternative and even more cost effective.

“What’s fun as we tried this, the food-safe food dye only breaks through a little bit of a layer of the skin of a potato,” Johnson said. “So when you do slice them up, they're just spectacularly beautiful.”

 

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The poor kids who get conned into believing the Easter Bunny hid potatoes.

Who the fuck is using real eggs for an Easter egg hunt?

This is so sad

Just get those plastic eggs they make for Easter....that break in half, and you put candy in them.....there! Problem solved.

a dozen eggs is $3 give it a rest

SenatorRisch looks like an idea you could legislate

Who sets the prices axios

YES

“scramble” heh

TheOnion

Due to price gouging by the Egg industry, children forced to color potatoes for Easter. Fixed.

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