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eggs - best to keep in the fridge?
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I've always kept my eggs in the fridge, just on a shelf in the box they come in.
I always use them straight from the fridge as well, for making cakes etc and my cakes always turn out nice
Totally amazed by the fact they can last for 7 months if covered in oil :eek:
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I'm guessing its cos of the slim chance of salmonella in eggs that they should be kept in the fridge.0
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I have a wooden egg rack DS1 made in school many years ago and eggs are kept in that. On the odd occasion I've bought lots I've put the surplus in the fridge and then promptly forgotten they were there! I really have had to discard several from the fridge due to being weeks past their sell-by date!Resolution:
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The reason you're told to put your eggs in the fridge is because the temperature is constant there. They're not refrigerated at the supermarket because they're kept at a regular temperature there - no matter when you go the temperature's pretty much the same, not fluctuating all over the place (climate control I guess). If you keep them on your shelf at home, you may get the sun shining on them, the kitchen gets warm etc, then at night they cool down. That's what causes problems, if I've understood our local health inspector correctly.....0
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they are not in the fridge at the supermarket so was wondering if i really need to keep them in the fridge at home?????
so... do i just keep them out of the sun and use them by the use by date or not?????
very confused after thinking about it because it has always just been habit to put in fridge but people used to have those ceramic hen things to put eggs into!!!!!!!!!it's nice to be important but more important to be nice!! :kisses3:0 -
No, they are kept on the shelves in the supermarkets at room temperature, and I have always kept mine in my utility room. It obviously makes sense not to keep them somewhere too warm, but I don't think that there is any need to keep them in the fridge.December GC: £3500
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No, I never do - I have a basketful a week sat on the sideboard - theyd never fit in for a start lolMSE-ing since 20070
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I never keep my eggs in the fridge, fortunately we have a pantry so as soon as I collect them from my chickens at the bottom of the garden they go straight in there!Aug GC £63.23/£200, Total Savings £00
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In a book I have on poultry keeping, it just says keep them in a cool place.Just when I'm about to make ends meet, somebody moves the ends0
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