Chef Andrew Zimmern Suggests Breakfast Options as Egg Costs Skyrocket

People are having a shell of a troublesome time sustaining with hovering egg prices … nonetheless Chef Andrew Zimmern has a solution — check out abroad breakfast menus for some inspiration.

TMZ caught up with the four-time James Beard Award-winning chef and TV character … and he thinks a no brainer method to keep away from losing {{dollars}} is to cease the “egg-laden” American breakfast and take a look at some swaps from cultures that don’t primarily use eggs as a staple of their diets.

Zimmern notably applauds Japan and Italy for having filling breakfasts with out eggs. The Asian nation incorporates grilled fish, rice, pickles and soup into their morning meals … whereas Italians attain for meat, cheese and toast, with some ricotta and jam.

In any case, the “Bizarre Meals” creator is all for the usual egg substitute — he recommends the Merely Egg mannequin — though he acknowledges that plant-based alternate choices might be exhausting on the pockets.

He says he’s not too hopeful egg prices will come down any time shortly … citing the extraordinarily infectious hen flu, present and demand, and updated presidential authorities orders impacting each half from who picks our meals to who cooks it. He believes if people uncover diets with fewer eggs, some pressure might be taken off the market.

For people who’re nonetheless dizzied by the extreme worth of eggs … Lisa Steele, a fifth period hen keeper and founding father of Latest Eggs Day by day, tells TMZ … eggs are nonetheless sometimes cheap when as compared with the prices of various groceries.