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Warpy

(114,045 posts)
15. No poroblem
Wed Oct 8, 2025, 07:22 PM
Oct 8

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.

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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 Thursday #17
Many baking recipes Retrograde Thursday #18
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