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Weighing Easter eggs: everyone does it. Is it banned or not? – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

La Cucina Italiana


We would have imagined everything, except seeing signs in the supermarket reading “We inform customers that it is absolutely forbidden to weigh Easter eggs”. In truth, we wouldn’t have even imagined seeing dozens of people weighing Easter eggs on the scales in the fruit and vegetable department. Yet this also happened. Indeed, it is happening, and in every corner of Italy.

Why Easter eggs weigh

All because of social media. Just click on Tiktok, Facebook or Instagram to believe: There are thousands of videos featuring users weighing Easter eggs. The reason? Many are convinced that, through its weight, it is possible to identify with certainty the surprise contained in the egg to get the favorite one and therefore avoid that disappointment effect that often happens once it has been discarded.

How much Easter egg surprises weigh

Along with the videos, there are always some circulating on social media tables that with mathematical precision indicate how many grams correspond to the surprises of this year’s eggs dedicated to some of the most beloved cartoon characters. Starting with those most sought after by collectors, with Dragonball in mind. Fans are delirious, perhaps also because the new animated series has just been announced and will air next autumn in Japan. According to these tables the Easter eggs dedicated to Dragonball which contain the miniature of the protagonist weigh 272 grams.

Easter egg weight “tables”.

However, Dragonaball is not the only one: the eyes of collectors (and not just theirs) are in fact also focused on many other characters. And so, scrolling through the social tables you discover, for example, which to take home Flying Batman the egg must weigh 550 grams, for the Batmobile 650 grams. Then there is Mickey Mouse which weighs 279 grams. To keep him company Sineretta Ariel (502 grams), Cinderella (716 grams) and many more. And the craze is spreading: according to many users, the tables work. And perhaps this is also why, together with the videos in which people are seen weighing Easter eggs with cartoon characters, others are starting to appear which concern many other large-scale retail brands that offer Easter eggs for adults, often with designer surprises.

Whether or not it is forbidden to weigh Easter eggs

A “craze” destined to continue, also because despite the prohibition signs appearing in supermarkets, we have every right to weigh Easter eggs. “No one can stop you from weighing Easter eggs,” as she explained in a video Massimiliano Dona, lawyer, president of the National Consumers Union and digital creator. «Stories have spread on social media that say that by weighing Easter eggs you discover the surprises inside. The supermarket can prohibit the use of the scales in the fruit and vegetable department for hygienic reasons or to prevent queuing but, if you want, you have every right to do so, bringing your own scales at home”, continued lawyer Donà.

How to use (your) scales at the supermarket

Not only that: in the same video the president of the National Consumers Union also gives another excellent advice, that is, use these scales brought from home not only for eggs, but for all other products. «Pbecause it can happen – even if it is very serious – that the weight indicated on the package does not correspond to the product contained inside, observes Donà, finally inviting us to also pay attention to the tolerances established by the regulations, i.e. the weight variations possible according to the law. Here they are: «Weight in grams or milligrams from 5 to 50 (tolerance 9%) from 100 to 200 (tolerance 4.5 g or ml) from 200 to 300 (tolerance 4.5%) from 300 to 500 (tolerance 9 g or ml) from 500 to 1000 (3% tolerance) from 1000 to 10,000 (1.5% tolerance).

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“Free” cakes: 10 recipes without lactose, gluten or eggs – Italian cuisine reinvented by Gordon Ramsay

“Free” cakes: 10 recipes without lactose, gluten or eggs


Any problems with gluten, dairy or eggs? Then this is the right article for you. Because thanks to these cakes “without” you can enjoy a delicious slice of dessert and not give up the taste. In addition to not losing the joy of sharing because the ones we offer are all sweet, good for everyone.
Inside the gallery you will find different types: some without any of the 3 ingredients, others simply only without eggs, gluten or lactose.

Pay attention to the ingredient

Especially for gluten, pay attention to the ingredients: in fact, there are baking powders on the market that contain gluten. Special attention should also be paid to cocoa and icing sugar. Some components of eggs are also often used in these ingredients. Finally, also pay attention to the wording “May contain traces”: in the case of allergic subjects, the possibility of contamination must also be taken into consideration.

What are gluten-free flours?

Are you looking for a gluten free solution? Be careful with the flour: the classic 00 for cakes, made of soft wheat, contains gluten. But there are now various naturally gluten-free flours on the market, and they are:

  • oatmeal
  • Rice flour
  • corn flour
  • Millet flour
  • Quinoa flour
  • buckwheat flour
  • Dried fruit flour
  • Legume flour
  • amaranth flour
  • sorghum flour

How to replace eggs in desserts

Eggs in desserts have the function of acting as a binder and giving structure. Some desserts do not require the use of eggs in the recipe, but if you still want to try making a recipe that includes eggs with a substitution, here are the 4 alternatives available to you:

  • There banana: half a banana is enough to replace an egg. The substitution is a winner because the banana also has a binding function and also helps to keep the dough moist;
  • There potato starch or cornstarch: they also have a high binding power. The proportion, for substitution, is two tablespoons of starch or cornstarch for each egg provided from the recipe.
  • Milk: 50 ml of milk they are enough to replace an egg;
  • The yogurt: one egg can finally be replaced with half a jar of yogurt.

How to replace butter and milk in desserts?

If you have an intolerance problem with dairy products, butter, milk and derivatives – such as cream – will be forgotten by you. Luckily there are many on the market today plant-based alternativesas the margarinethe so-called vegetable “milks”. and also the vegetable cream. And then, let’s not forget the good old guy olive oilperfect for replacing butter.

10 “without” cakes, good for everyone

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