Eggs?

[Verinda]

This isn't really a hen related question so I hope it's ok to put it here.

I'm just wondering where you all keep your eggs? Should they be kept in the fridge or at room temperature? I keep mine in the fridge but my mum kept hers just in the kitchen and I know other people who do not keep eggs in the fridge.

I know this sounds a bit trivial but as I sell my hens eggs I want to do the right thing with them!

Many thanks,

Fi

[scarey55]

I never put my eggs in the fridge. I don't know which is the best way and it seems that either is good but that's just what I do. So far, so good...

[Hazel at the Hill]

There is no difference in safety between keeping them in or out of the fridge according to this study.

[roitelet]

Points down and in a cool place they will keep at least 3 weeks. The eggs that you buy in the supermarket aren't kept in a fridge.

[Verinda]

Thanks for your replies everyone and for the interesting link Hazel. Hmm yes hadn't thought of that, supermarkets don't keep them in the fridge. I think I'll stop putting them in the fridge it doesn't feel right somehow.

[Snadger]

You could put them in the fridge, but treat them like red wine and bring them up to room temperature before use.

[veggiechicken]

I keep mine in the fridge - only because I'm less likely to break them in there

[Verinda]

You could put them in the fridge, but treat them like red wine and bring them up to room temperature before use.

Haha that made me chuckle!

[Dorothy rouse]

No need to keep them in the fridge, less likely to crack when boiled if not kept in fridge.

[chris]

Mine are kept on an egg skelter on the worktop.

I've had them for over a month and they've still been fine - as long as they don't smell or look different then they'll be fine. You an tell if they're off anyway - I boiled an egg once and when I cracked it open it was like grey jelly. Probably a hairline crack in the shell or similar.

On that note, when the egg is laid the hen coats it with a bloom/cuticle layer that is antibacterial/prevents baddies getting in the shell. If you wash the egg if it's dirty you'll remove this layer and therefore decrease the shelf life of the egg.

I only wipe them with damp tissue paper if they're REALLY dirty. I wash the shell before I break the egg open then - unless it's clean of course

Besides- supermarket eggs are a week/couple of weeks old before you get them


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[Verinda]

Oh, that's interesting about the bloom/cuticle layer, I must stop washing the eggs so much and stick with a damp tissue.

[Nicos]

Mine are unwashed, pointy side down on top of the fridge in the kitchen.

[Bren In Pots]

I leave mine in the fridge mostly to save worktop space.

[Glutton4...]

I was always told to keep them out of the fridge. Mine are in an Egg Skelter, too. Mucky ones get a quick light scrub with a dry scourer pad (those green things) or sold dirty.

[The Cobra]

Why do fridge makers put in a egg section then??? Strange. They are giving us false information here!!