Do you keep your eggs in the fridge?
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No, I have thousands of eggs daily from my Hens and guidelines are to keep them below 18C
Fridge isn't too good for them for reasons mentioned re taking on other tastes + from a commercial point of view, you don't want condensation in the packaging.
Fridge might also wick away moisture from the eggs faster due to porus shells.
Re Potatoes & Onions comments, although keeping in the fridge will prevent sprouting and prolong life, the cold temperatures turn the starches into suguars which burn when cooked, discoloured chips being a common symptom. Best place is a cool dark place such as a kitchen cupboard or garage (although garages in winter can be too cold)
Fridge isn't too good for them for reasons mentioned re taking on other tastes + from a commercial point of view, you don't want condensation in the packaging.
Fridge might also wick away moisture from the eggs faster due to porus shells.
Re Potatoes & Onions comments, although keeping in the fridge will prevent sprouting and prolong life, the cold temperatures turn the starches into suguars which burn when cooked, discoloured chips being a common symptom. Best place is a cool dark place such as a kitchen cupboard or garage (although garages in winter can be too cold)
Davi said:
My wife can't comprehend that an egg doesn't go off the day the date on the calender matches the little lettering stamped on them. I've given up worrying about where she stores them for the ludicrously short time they stay at our house before excess are thrown in the bin...
It's not a sell by, it's when they 'go off'. Mine has expressed astonishment at how Heinz can predict the exact date and time sometimes of a tin of baked beans demise.Mind you, I did have a dab of chilli sauce at my grans stored in the back of a cupboard from the pre sell-by days. It was not very nice. There was some kind of competition advertised on the bottle, expiry date circa mid seventies. That was off.
We keep everything (bar tins) either in the fridge or in the freezer.
The atmosphere here is humid and contains a s
t load of mold...which is perfect for growth of green stuff on food if left out.
Put it this way, one night I made a chilli, forgot to put it away and came down next morning, it had a furry top across the whole thing...
The atmosphere here is humid and contains a s
t load of mold...which is perfect for growth of green stuff on food if left out.Put it this way, one night I made a chilli, forgot to put it away and came down next morning, it had a furry top across the whole thing...
From a domestic perspective based on normal half to dozen quantities I'd keep them wherever you have space as you are likely to use them in a matter of days.
From a commercial point of view where I buy in 300+ eggs a week we rotate from fridge to ambient. I hate cooking eggs such as boiled or poached from chilled and will take what I want for breakfast from the fridge to our kitchen the night before I need them. This is naturally about 14-16 degrees apart from mid summer (if we get one!)
From a commercial point of view where I buy in 300+ eggs a week we rotate from fridge to ambient. I hate cooking eggs such as boiled or poached from chilled and will take what I want for breakfast from the fridge to our kitchen the night before I need them. This is naturally about 14-16 degrees apart from mid summer (if we get one!)
clarksonisawilly said:
Davi said:
My wife can't comprehend that an egg doesn't go off the day the date on the calender matches the little lettering stamped on them. I've given up worrying about where she stores them for the ludicrously short time they stay at our house before excess are thrown in the bin...
It's not a sell by, it's when they 'go off'. - sung heartily* oh no it isn't!
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