I'm always trying to cut recipes in half but --- how do you halve 3 eggs??? What's currently in my fridge were labeled and sold as large. According to Terry Golson, author of 'The Farmstead Egg Cookbook' (see webcam.com), a large egg weighs 2 oz., medium 1 3/4, extra large 2 1/4, etc. When I was buying eggs from someone with a small flock, I always weighed them to know what I had so if I needed 2 large I could use a medium and an extra large. That's what Terry does. Since the eggs I am currently buying don't always look like the same size I still weigh them and these all weighed in at 2 1/4 -- extra large. What's a baker to do? Since baking is really applied chemistry, measurements can be very critical to success. Carolyn One large egg = 3 1/4 Tablespoons.....so if you'd like to mix one of the eggs and measure "half" that is one option. Other bakers like to use one whole egg and one egg white as half of 3 eggs! Happy Baking! Irene P.S. Terry told me she makes a trip to Norwich once or twice a year from eastern Mass. and stocks up. Her husband pushes the cart and she fills it!

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