cougarjo
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Post by cougarjo on Jul 4, 2016 22:25:22 GMT
Yeah I'm in the UK and I never refrigerate my eggs. I have them on the counter for up to 2 or 3 weeks - up to the 'use by' date on them.
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Post by cycworker on Jul 4, 2016 22:30:40 GMT
I'm the same as Lucy, and I'd toss 'em. Sorry.
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Post by joelise on Jul 4, 2016 22:53:58 GMT
Yeah I'm in the UK and I never refrigerate my eggs. I have them on the counter for up to 2 or 3 weeks - up to the 'use by' date on them. I'd probably go a week or two over the use by date to be honest! |
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Post by PLurker on Jul 4, 2016 23:04:42 GMT
I like to live dangerously and I would use them without a second thought if they'd been left out overnight. But three days in the Florida heat? Okay, even I would toss them. You probably win a prize, because this may be the first time I ever said toss it in a Would You Eat This? thread.  I hope the prize is eggs. or brownies. I corrected that for ya. |
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Post by papercrafteradvocate on Jul 4, 2016 23:43:58 GMT
I'd use them! (In fact I did the same last night and we used them today in a quiche)! If eggs are bad, the float--so test by putting them in a bowl of water. I don't believe the float test is an indication of bacterial contamination. Lol I should have read better! I was thinking it was only overnight, and we get all our eggs from an organic farmer. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2016 23:52:51 GMT
I would use them. I leave eggs out a lot.
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Post by Zee on Jul 4, 2016 23:56:44 GMT
I will eat almost anything on these threads, but I cannot bear the thought of eating unrefrigerated eggs. It's creeping me out to even think about it. I know it's not rational but I just can't.
I'll eat raw eggs blended into a protein shake, and cookie dough, and batter, etc etc but I wouldn't eat warm ones left out for days.
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Post by anniefb on Jul 5, 2016 0:51:27 GMT
Our eggs here are just on the supermarket shelves (not refrigerated) so I'd definitely use them.
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Post by annabella on Jul 5, 2016 3:33:58 GMT
I went to Cancun for Christmas and went to the giant modern grocery store. Yogurt and plenty other stuff were in the fridge. Eggs were sitting out on a shelf unrefrigerated.  |
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Post by mom on Jul 5, 2016 3:38:37 GMT
I went to Cancun for Christmas and went to the giant modern grocery store. Yogurt and plenty other stuff were in the fridge. Eggs were sitting out on a shelf unrefrigerated. Wow! I never knew that eggs weren't stored cold! Learned something new today! |
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Post by gmcwife1 on Jul 5, 2016 3:46:18 GMT
I went to Cancun for Christmas and went to the giant modern grocery store. Yogurt and plenty other stuff were in the fridge. Eggs were sitting out on a shelf unrefrigerated. I know Mexicans in both the US and Mexico that don't refrigerate their eggs. I was raised to put ours in the fridge. |
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Post by workingclassdog on Jul 5, 2016 4:19:18 GMT
I can take a lot of chances on a bunch of stuff, but I don't think I would with eggs. Eggs already kinda creep me out (I don't want to go there and explain, it grosses me out).... If I can keep myself from thinking of things I can eat them just fine... lol
I would toss.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jul 5, 2016 4:23:09 GMT
Well going by this thread I should be dead 20 times over. I'm sure there have been plenty of times where eggs have been in the fridge then left out on the counter for days and I've still used them.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 5, 2016 6:34:48 GMT
Eggs can be stored on the counter for several weeks, at least here, where we don't have salmonella (which is the only possible explanation I can see here. Is that the reason why so many of you say "toss it"?) It's only after we joined the EEA and had to adhere to EU regulations that that changed to two weeks max.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 5, 2016 6:36:39 GMT
Well going by this thread I should be dead 20 times over. I'm sure there have been plenty of times where eggs have been in the fridge then left out on the counter for days and I've still used them. Me too. I usually store eggs on the counter for a couple of weeks. |
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jul 5, 2016 6:57:33 GMT
Yeah I'm in the UK and I never refrigerate my eggs. I have them on the counter for up to 2 or 3 weeks - up to the 'use by' date on them. I don't know anyone in the UK who keeps their eggs in the fridge. In fact, I think we are advised not to. I have my own chickens, so I know exactly when each egg was laid, in any case. |
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Post by craftykitten on Jul 5, 2016 7:17:05 GMT
So if it's because the eggs have been washed...WHY are they washed?
I'm in the UK and my eggs never even go in the fridge
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Post by gale w on Jul 5, 2016 7:21:46 GMT
I don't know why eggs in the US are washed, but they are. Probably because of liability or something. So that makes it completely different from every other country that sells unwashed eggs unrefrigerated. US store bought eggs have to be refrigerated.
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Post by craftykitten on Jul 5, 2016 7:24:30 GMT
I don't know why eggs in the US are washed, but they are. Probably because of liability or something. So that makes it completely different from every other country that sells unwashed eggs unrefrigerated. US store bought eggs have to be refrigerated. I have visions of little minions sitting there hand washing each egg and then drying it with a fluffy towel  |
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Post by gale w on Jul 5, 2016 7:24:41 GMT
Eggs can be stored on the counter for several weeks, at least here, where we don't have salmonella (which is the only possible explanation I can see here. Is that the reason why so many of you say "toss it"?) It's only after we joined the EEA and had to adhere to EU regulations that that changed to two weeks max. where do you live? I thought anyplace that has animals has salmonella existing somewhere. |
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Post by Jockscrap on Jul 5, 2016 7:32:01 GMT
In the UK, eggs are stored on regular shelves like the photo posted above. I do store mine in the fridge, but it's more because it's a handy place to keep them and I don't want them cluttering the kitchen counters. I go through phases of eating eggs, so I regularly find that when I fancy having one, they are weeks out of date and I use them anyway with no issues.
So far as salmonella goes, back in the olden days before Edwina Curry (a UK MP who informed the wider public about the risk to health from eggs and salmonella), virtually all the eggs were salmonella contaminated, but this was only a health issue if they weren't cooked fully and good kitchen and hand hygiene wasn't employed after handling the raw eggs . As far as the OP is concerned, I'd have cracked the eggs in to a separate bowl before using, and if they looked okay, and smelt okay, and they were going to be cooked including being used in baking, I'd have used them.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 5, 2016 7:38:30 GMT
Eggs can be stored on the counter for several weeks, at least here, where we don't have salmonella (which is the only possible explanation I can see here. Is that the reason why so many of you say "toss it"?) It's only after we joined the EEA and had to adhere to EU regulations that that changed to two weeks max. where do you live? I thought anyplace that has animals has salmonella existing somewhere. Norway. And we haven't had an outbreak for as long as I can remember. Animal health are strictly monitored, and if something happens, the farm will be quarantined, and no eggs (or milk/meat for that matter) will reach the consumers. |
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Post by chrissypie on Jul 5, 2016 10:12:00 GMT
Aussies, I've done some casual research, and it seems that we're a bit like the US and a bit like the UK - our eggs are washed BUT we don't have the sort of Salmonella which can inhabit the insides of the egg like they do in the US. So it seems that it's not essential for our eggs to be refrigerated. Though probably desirable.
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Post by needtime2scrap on Jul 5, 2016 13:16:51 GMT
I leave mine out on the counter all the time and we've never been sick. We do have our own chickens and I know where my eggs come from. However I will leave out my store bought eggs as well. Although my kids eat a lot of eggs so a dozen eggs is usually gone in less than 3 days.
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Post by oh yvonne on Jul 5, 2016 18:54:22 GMT
I never knew this about refrigerated eggs not being able to be left out after they've been refrigerated, huh.
When I was a kid my mom had a special egg bowl she kept the eggs in right on the kitchen counter, and we ate eggs all the time and never go sick. She bought them at the grocery store and they were refrigerated there.
I've never left the eggs out before so I never thought to question it. I've left eggs out on the counter half the day for baking lots of times.(only the amount I needed for the recipe) Learn something new here all the time. Awesome.
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