As egg prices soar to unprecedented levels, with a reported 15.2% month-over-month increase, many Americans face sticker shock. However, individuals with egg allergies, like the author, have adapted to life without eggs for years. Reflecting on their childhood in the '90s, the author recalls the challenges of navigating food options with limited awareness and availability of egg alternatives. Today, in 2025, the landscape has significantly changed, with a wide array of egg-free substitutes accessible, making life without eggs less daunting than it was decades ago.
To be honest, though, I didn't even realize prices had gone up because I've never purchased a carton of eggs in my life.
Although millions of Americans are now in a panic over the price of eggs, many people like me have been living without them for decades.
Navigating an egg allergy decades ago was challenging but not impossible, as allergy awareness was not as prevalent in the '90s as it is now.
At the time, there were no crowdsourced Reddit threads I could reference for suggestions for egg substitutes, and plant-based eggs wouldn't be widely available for another few decades.
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