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Cooking & Baking

SeattleVet

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

Reply to Bev54 (Reply #10)

Tue Oct 7, 2025, 05:32 PM

Oct 7

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

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I accidentally left eggs in my shopping bag [View all] BlueKota Oct 7 OP

No. elleng Oct 7 #1

no Jaydog Oct 7 #2

No, the hens don't lay them in the refrigerator lol questionseverything Oct 7 #3

I didn't think of that BlueKota Oct 7 #8

And they probably weren't refrigerated on the way home from the store Retrograde Oct 8 #16

No. CentralMass Oct 7 #4

Put them in a bowl of water. CivicGrief Oct 7 #5

Thank you. BlueKota Oct 7 #9

No enough Oct 7 #6

No!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Oct 7 #7

In the UK they sell eggs off the shelves not refrigerated. Bev54 Oct 7 #10

In the US we wash off the protective cuticle that most other countries leave in place. SeattleVet Oct 7 #11

Just an hour . FarPoint Oct 7 #12

Nope!!!!! BigmanPigman Oct 7 #13

No. But eggs are washed in the US which removes their natural shield from bacteria. I haven't broken my sinkingfeeling Oct 7 #14

No poroblem Warpy Oct 8 #15

Dear lord, no. PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 9 #17

Many baking recipes Retrograde Oct 9 #18