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In the UK eggs are sized as, small, medium, large and extra large.
What weights/ratios do these correspond, so if a recipe calls for 1 large egg, how many small eggs could I use in its place?
I assume that other countries have similar sizing standards, so if we can aggregate non-UK information as well, that'd be a worthwhile addition to the site.
From http://www.egginfo.co.uk/page/eggsizes:
|-----------------------| | Size | Weight | |-------------|---------| | Very large | >= 73g | | Large | 63-73g | | Medium | 53-63g | | Small | <= 53g | |-----------------------|
From http://www.georgiaeggs.org/pages/sizeequivalents.html:
Size equivalents
US recipes using eggs, but not specifying size, are referring to large eggs. Here is a substitution table:
|------------------------------------------| | Large | Jumbo | X-Large | Medium | Small | |-------|-------|---------|--------|-------| | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | | 5 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | |------------------------------------------|
Here is a cup equivalency table as well:
|-----------------------------------| | TO MAKE 1 CUP | |-----------------------------------| | Egg Size | Whole | Whites | Yolks | |----------|-------|--------|-------| | Jumbo | 4 | 5 | 11 | | X-Large | 4 | 6 | 12 | | Large | 5 | 7 | 14 | | Medium | 5 | 8 | 16 | | Small | 6 | 9 | 18 | |-----------------------------------|
The first row reports the American size, and the other one reports the European size.
|------------------------------------------------------|
| Jumbo --| X-Large | Large -| Medium | Small | Peewee |
|---------|---------|--------|--------|-------|--------|
| V. Large| Large --| Medium | Medium | Small | Small -|
|------------------------------------------------------|
