I accidentally left eggs in my shopping bag

[BlueKota]

in a paper bag on dining room table for a hour. Do I need to toss them?

[elleng]

1. No.

[Jaydog]

2. no

That's not enough time for spoilage to occur.

[questionseverything]

3. No, the hens don't lay them in the refrigerator lol

[BlueKota]

8. I didn't think of that

😄

[Retrograde]

16. And they probably weren't refrigerated on the way home from the store

I often leave eggs out to get to room temperature when using them for cooking or baking. And as others have pointed out, in many countries eggs are not routinely refrigerated.

ETA: I have several old cookbooks that talk about how to preserve uncooked eggs for several months in a solution of "water glass" (sodium silicate)

[CentralMass]

4. No.

[CivicGrief]

5. Put them in a bowl of water.

If they sink, they are good, if they float, throw them away. That’s the general rule of thumb. I think they are probably ok. We don’t refrigerate our eggs from our chickens for a few days, but once they are refrigerated they should stay refrigerated.

[BlueKota]

9. Thank you.

I will do that.

[enough]

6. No

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

7. No!!

[Bev54]

10. In the UK they sell eggs off the shelves not refrigerated.

I looked for a long time in the fridge area before I asked and was shown them on the shelves. So no, they just last longer if refrigerated in the carton (a couple of months)

[SeattleVet]

11. In the US we wash off the protective cuticle that most other countries leave in place.

We wash them to scrub salmonella from the shells, which leaves them porous and subject to infection, but cuts the need for vaccinating chickens.

That means that we have to refrigerate our eggs, but most of the rest of the world doesn't. Here's the USDA info:

https://tellus.ars.usda.gov/stories/articles/how-we-store-our-eggs-bonus-content

[FarPoint]

12. Just an hour .

I would say your good. Refrigerate.

[BigmanPigman]

13. Nope!!!!!

In 1987 I learned from a friend that eggs will stay fresh for weeks!!! You just need to rotate them a little in their container and they're ready to go.

She had sailed from San Francisco to Hawaii and she told me about this tip.

I also learned from a student from the Philippians that butter can stay out of the fridge for a few days without going bad.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. No. But eggs are washed in the US which removes their natural shield from bacteria. I haven't broken my

habit of sticking them in the refrigerator although no one does that here in Costa Rica.

[Warpy]

15. No poroblem

If you don't use them up in the next couple of weeks, just test tem in a tumbler of water. A bad egg will float to the surface, large end first.

What makes eggs in the US unsafe when stored at room temperature is the insistence of producers on washing the protective coating off them because the jerks think housewives can't handle a few feathers or some chicken shit smeared on the outside.

Unwashed eggs can be safely stored at room temperature for weeks, which is what the rest of the world does.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

17. Dear lord, no.

I've left eggs out at room temperature for days at a time with no ill effects.

[Retrograde]

18. Many baking recipes

specify eggs at room temperature