How do you REMOVE your EGGS from the CARTON?

[AviatorTom]

Eggs often come twelve (a dozen) to a carton, as shown in the picture.

When you select your eggs for cooking, how do you take them from the carton?

I am an engineer, and I take them, typically two at a time, from opposite ends of the carton, so that the carton stays balanced when I carry it. So, if I were to empty the carton over several days, I would remove the eggs like this:

1+12, 6+7, 2+11, 5+8, 3+10, and 4+9

which, interestingly, each pair of eggs totals 13, a lucky number.

Do you have a plan for removing eggs from the carton, or do you just grab them randomly? And is there any particular reason for the way you do it?

G@G users would kike to know.

Updates

+1 y

I'm really surprised at how many try to keep things balanced. I am not alone.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

Typically just in a linear sequential order from whichever end is closest to me in the fridge. My wife and I just consume them from the fridge until the carton is empty and throw away the empty carton, so I never considered removing them in a bidirectional fashion like this to maintain balance when carrying the carton [*].

[*] Although that's totally the type of thing I'd do, also coming from an engineering background, if I had to carry half-emptied cartons frequently.

I also generally grab an odd number of eggs. Typically if I'm just a little bit hungry, I'll make one egg. If I'm really hungry, I'll make three. I rarely make two.

[NathanDavis]

I'm an engineer at heart... and I also have cats

so, what I do is to first take the 6 and 12... 5/11... 4/10 and so on

the purpose of this is that, I do not usually carry them on but the carton stays put... now, we the cats try to get to them or play with them, they do tend to push it to the edge so it falls and they break, and SO... by leaving the weight on one side, it will either be heavier for them to bother and push it all the way through... or if they try with the lighter end they will have it spinning or going around rather than taking it to the edge

[7Phoenix7]

Very smart 👌

[NathanDavis]

[KittyKat90210]

I keep mine in an egg section of my refrigerator door, so I always remove from the front row first (from left to right, but I don't know why) and then the back row. So it would be 7-12 and then 1-6 in your graphic. My rationale is that I keep the weight in the back of the carton so it isn't as likely to fall.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Just like you, I take the ones in the ends to keep the carton balanced despite knowing the carton lays securely on a flat surface.

I watched my mom do that when I was a kid and it just stuck in my mind.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Thanks @AviatorTom for the MHO. :)

[PBandJ_Nerd]

I sometimes might grab eggs depending on the size of them, but that's about it.

[purplepoppy]

I just grab anyone. It's a box of eggs not a palate of bricks

[DJB72]

I'm OCD so I need to leave the carton symmetrical. I didn't realise until I was rearranging the eggs after someone else had used just one. After about ten minutes I ate an egg. Not because I was hungry, but because of it not being symmetric if I didn't 🤦

Talking that one through with my psychologist has been interesting...

[OlderAndWiser]

I thought I might be the only person in the world OCD enough to make sure the carton remained in X- and Y-axis balance! Thank you for this revelation!

[OlderAndWiser]

[FunkyMonkee]

I depends on how I felt like doing it. It could any of these variations.
7, 1, 8, 2, 9, 3.
7, 8, 9, 1, 2, 3.
7, 8, 9, 4, 5, 6.
7 through 12.
Or any variation of any of those. (Instead of 7 - 12 it could be 1 - 6, etc.).

[Fireguy17]

I open the box and grab what I need.
I sent my early years on my grandparents farm, so I've handled countless amounts of butt nuggets.
Collecting, cleaning, sorting, boxing selling and eating them.
They're eggs.

[Kelley1]

I just start at one end and go to the other. The carton is rigid enough to hold it from one end regardless of where the eggs are.

[LazerBean]

I do it the same way you do, and for the same reason

[Wiredone]

It depends on how the carton is placed. I might take 1&2 or 1& 7 or 7&8. I could also take it in the same pattern from the other end of the carton

[Iron_Man]

I only buy white eggs. I just pulled them out with my fingers but I always check the eggs to make sure they’re not broken before I buy them at the store

[Khaanapackaging]

yes egg carton is remove, but Discover top-quality food packaging boxes designed to keep your delicious creations fresh and appealing.

[Pink2000]

I go

1 - 7

2 - 8

3 - 9

like that

[Drumlin2001]

I do it at random, just to annoy OH. Though I don't cook eggs often, only for the kids

[OtterMan68]

1-12-7-6 then work my way to the middle to keep the carton balanced.

[KittygosMeoWW]

I pick whichever and play egg roulette with an unbalanced carton. It makes me feel reckless.

[LiamS95]

I always leave the container balanced weight wise and relocate eggs if I have to to do so.

[Twalli]

I usually start in the middle and move outward for the same reason

[Demonatrix]

I remove them in diagonal

[Amy10223]

Very, very carefully.

[stark04]

I have OCD so I'll be going in sequence of 1-2-3.

[exitseven]

Iwork left to right.

[jamesgoldman]

1/6
7/12
2/5
Etc.

[LavLavLuv]

🥚 One by one 🥚

[noohair]

I do the balance thing too.

[Zorgz]

I just go chronologically I guess

[boobliker]

1 7 6 12 and so on

[RelentlessWitch]

One by one

[msc545]

1+6. 2+8...