where do you keep your eggs?

cattom

we were having a discussion at work last week, about where certian foods should be kept. I remember my nan all ways kept eggs in the fridge, bread in the bread tin,and spuds under the sink. but some of my young work colleagues tell me that the modern thinking is to keep the eggs on the worktop in a bowl, and the bread in the fridge,which i think is completely wrong. so tell me, where do you keep your eggs, bread etc?

Pollycat

Official:

Store whole eggs in a cool dry place, ideally in the fridge, until you use them.

https://www.food.gov.uk/sites/default/files/media/document/sfbb-chinese-eggs.pdf

I store mine in the fridge.

I can't think of another use for those egg-shaped trays.

Shop-bought loaves should be kept in an air-tight plastic bag at room temperature rather than in the fridge. For bakery breads that are usually sold in a paper bag, remove them from the bag when you get it home, wrap tightly in cling film and store it at room temperature. Bread boxes are great if you want to keep a loaf for a couple of days.

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/house-and-home/household-advice/a673628/how-to-make-bread-last-longer/

All my bread (bought in store) goes straight in the freezer.

That's a toastie loaf, malted rolls, paninis.

FatherTireseus

I used to keep eggs in the fridge.  Then I thought I read somewhere that you didn't need to (can't find the link now, it was ages ago) and now I keep them on the kitchen worktop, still in their boxes.  But we tend to get through quite a few eggs a week so they aren't sitting around for long.

Your question prompted me to google the answer (other search  engines are available) and the Food Standards Agency says you should keep them in a cool dry place, ideally the fridge.  I think a key part of it is keeping the temperature constant, so that means no eggs in the fridge door where they might be subject to more temperature variation when the fridge door is opened.
https://www.food.gov.uk/safety-hygiene/home-food-fact-checker#eggs

I think part of my switch away from keeping eggs in the fridge was the realisation that eggs are not kept in refrigerated conditions in the supermarket - at least, not in the supermarkets I usually buy eggs from.

I've never refrigerated bread.

I used to keep potatoes and onions in the same cupboard near the sink, but then I read that onions give off a gas which makes potatoes go bad faster, so now the potatoes go in the fridge.  But we don't eat that many potatoes so it's not like my fridge is full of them.

One thing I have found in using the internet for answers is that you can very quickly find answers both for and against almost anything you want to ask!

jackieblack

Eggs kept in the fridge, only because I don’t have enough space to keep them out on the counter (and also the cats haven’t worked out how to open the fridge yet - they can open the cupboards 🤦🏻‍♀️)
Bread kept in the breadbin
Potatoes in a cupboard (onions in a different cupboard - like the above poster I read that onions makes potatoes go bad faster when they’re kept together)

elsien

Question for folks with bread bins - the air tight ones. Do they not make the bread go mouldy - I can remember that being a problem with one my mother had? 

JGB1955

I keep eggs in the larder cupboard (so at room temperature) and that's where my bread is too.  Putting bread in the fridge dries it out and it becomes stale far quicker than at an ambient temperature (IMO).  I also keep butter in the larder, other than when it's REALLY warm.  I also keep ketchup and salad cream in the larder.  My fridge, basically, has milk, cheese, cream, other dairy products, wine, fresh vegetables (but definitely not potatoes) and .... that's about it!

GSDMum

I keep mine in a cupboard under the worktop and have had no problem with eggs going off. Think it's more important to realise the shells are porous, and bacteria can enter through the shells so best to store them in their boxes. 

Pollycat

I keep my potatoes in a brown paper bag (courtesy of Primark) in a box in the garage.

I keep my other veg in the garage too.

I really wouldn't have room in my fridge to keep bread in it.

Mojisola

UK eggs aren't washed so are fine to store out of the fridge.

In the USA, eggs are washed and so have to be kept in the fridge - washing removes the natural barrier on the shells which protects the egg from bacteria.

phoebe1989seb

Eggs on the worktop in an open tray, bread in the bread bins (we have two for some reason, so keep loaves in one and croissants etc in the other!) - have never kept bread in the fridge or freezer - potatoes in a pull-out metal basket built in to the butcher's block and onions in a bowl on the island.....

All except the bread gets used fairly quickly, but I've never had bread go mouldy in a bread bin 😉

carriebradshaw

eggs on the counter in a Portmerion hen, fresh bread in the slow cooker except when in use (then its just on the countertop for a  few hours),spuds under the sink in a black cotton bag, fresh carrots in the salad drawer in the fridge