eggs - best to keep in the fridge?

needaspirin

Yes it works by stopping the shell from "breathing". You can use vaseline or lard etc. Yachtsmen do it to keep eggs fresh for long periods at sea. Best to do it when they are fairly fresh though.

ckerrd

From the Food Standards Agency

Storing eggs safely
Here are some tips to help you store your eggs safely:

• Do store eggs in a cool, dry place, ideally in the fridge.
• Do store eggs away from other foods. It's a good idea to use your fridge's egg tray, if you have one, because this helps to keep eggs separate.
• Do eat dishes containing eggs as soon as possible after you've prepared them, but if you're not planning to eat them straight away, cool them quickly and then keep them in the fridge.
• Don't use eggs after their 'best before' date for the safest choice.
• Don't use eggs with damaged shells, because dirt or bacteria might have got inside them.

Personally I don't keep them in a fridge, just in their containers on the worktop. So far they haven't killed me.

free4440273

thanks all

woofwoofwoof

yellowmonkey wrote: »

Hi.

I keep mine in the fridge and generally take them out about 30 mins before using. I have a nice egg holder in the fridge with 7 holes . As eggs come in 6 and 12's always wondered why they put 7 spaces for eggs in:rotfl:

ym

Maybe its for those days when you open the fridge and say 'oh, I've only got one egg left, must go an buy half a dozen' then the 6 new ones have somewhere to sit:rotfl:

Agutka

I keep mine in their boxes on the worktop, out of the sun, but nowhere particularly cool. And I keep them till they're used. This can be months. With older ones I'm careful to check they haven't gone off, before ruining a dish, and I've only come across one like this - it was about 4 months past it's sell by date, poor thing.
Until the chicken itself stamps a date on the egg, I will do what I do.

Agapanthus

The British Egg Information Service (yes, really!) has advice about storing eggs here:

http://www.britegg.co.uk/safety05/startsafety.html

Producers and retailers are supposed to store eggs at below 20 degrees C. I can't for the life of me see why, at the point of sale, they suddenly need refrigerating when they come into my house, although they were fine before!

I suspect that the advice errs on the side of caution, as many kitchens are warmer 20 degrees. In the days before central heating eggs were always kept in a cool larder and I still do that. If you can keep them cool enough then they don't need to be in the fridge.

buxtonrabbitgreen

Agapanthus wrote: »

The British Egg Information Service (yes, really!) has advice about storing eggs here:

http://www.britegg.co.uk/safety05/startsafety.html

Producers and retailers are supposed to store eggs at below 20 degrees C. I can't for the life of me see why, at the point of sale, they suddenly need refrigerating when they come into my house, although they were fine before!

I suspect that the advice errs on the side of caution, as many kitchens are warmer 20 degrees. In the days before central heating eggs were always kept in a cool larder and I still do that. If you can keep them cool enough then they don't need to be in the fridge.

I do keep mine in the fridge, but I suppose because shops are air conditioned they are not going to be kept at above 20 degrees

Stephen_Leak

My domestic Bible (apart from this forum, of course), "Household Management For Men", has this to say about egg holders in 'fridges: "Throw this away or use it as a mould for homemade candles or a foot spa for a pet tarantula. Keep eggs on the main shelf in the shop carton." It doesn't explain why, though.

lisaab70

I am an aussie and lived in WA for the first 31 years of my life before coming to manchester for the last few years, Maybe its just that us Australians are 'upside down' or something but we have NEVER kept our eggs in the fridge. And I remember a few years back there was a big tv campaign about it, and adverts telling you not to store your eggs in the fridge but to keep them on a sideboard, workbench ect. Even on the side of the egg cartons there were big messages saying 'always keep at room temperature'.When I was a kid my mum always had her eggs in a basket on the kitchen bench and I have just followed suit and always keep mine in a basket too.I guess if the british egg people say to keep them in the fridge it must be that different countries have different ways lol

Lyndsay_21

i always keep mine out for the simple fact if i want to bake a cake now i would have to wait for 30mins till the eggs warmed a bit so i keep them out instead so they're always ready to use