Storing Eggs

[Maydup]

In or out of the fridge - how should we store eggs?

[micmak]

Don't know, but they are never in the fridge in the supemarket. On the other hand, why is there an egg tay in the fridge.

[micmak]

'tray'

[Maydup]

My thoughts exactly.

There's an egg tray in the fridge yet we can also buy ceramic egg crocks.

Which is better for the eggs?

[AlBags]

Cool room temperature, so far as I'm concerned.

[micmak]

We had one once in the shape of a hen. It got knocked off the worktop when I swotted a fly. LOL

[boxtops]

We keep ours in the fridge, principally because we only eat a couple of eggs each a week, and if we leave them out, the catz play football with them.

[Maydup]

Phew - pleased you didn't spray that fly in the kitchen Micmak!

[PurpleParis]

Well Maidup....I make cakes as a hobby and I always keep my eggs in a basket on my kitchen worktop.....thats the advice I got from many many bakers....

[Maydup]

Maybe room temperature is good if you eat the eggs quickly but fridge is better for anything longer than a few days?

[NOX]

Always keep mine in a crock, they last for weeks.

[webbo3]

in the fridge, according to my local butcher to whom i asked the same question and he said that supermarkets, shops etc are cooler than your house so they dont need to be in a fridge but when you get home and its warmer they need to be kept in the fridge.


Dave.

[Mamyalynne]

Cool part of the kitchen or larder.

[vivandorron]

I always keep my Supermarket Eggs in a fridge and am not bothered about using them a few weeks past their 'use before' date. Eggs will keep for quite a long time in cool conditions. Furthermore I can remember when people preserved them, during the second world war, in water to which isinglass was added to seal the surface of the liquid.

Ron.

[plautus]

It doesn't matter whether you keep them in the fridge or not as long as they are at room temperature if you wish to boil one. Otherwise the shells have a tendency to crack. I think the egg tray in the fridge is primarily for hard-boiled ones.

[gingejbee]

Ron: eggs were preserved in Water-glass (sodium silicate solution).

[welshlibranr]

I bake a lot, and keep mine at cool room temp, they aren't in a fridged area in my supermarket by the way.........I find that if I fridge them and want to fry one the yolk is likely to break!.........

[Maydup]

Well it seems to be 50/50 for and against the fridge. Thank you for your replies.

I have always kept eggs in the fridge as I don't eat many and can't think that I have a particularly cool area in the kitchen. I've always gone for better safe than sorry, but i realise they are not refridgerated in the shops and that many people keep them at room temperature.

The problem is I cannot remember to get them out in advance of cooking so am thinking of changing to keeping them in a basket which now I know many of you do, I might start doing once the weather cools down.

[hc4361]

When fridges were first produced for the mass market the manufacturers wanted to make them as appealing and necessary as possible. They sold fridges with clearly defined spaces - butter, milk, veg, meat, eggs.....

Eggs do not last longer if kept refrigerated, nor do they cook as well.

Eggs have been a staple of the kitchen for centuries because they keep well at room temperature. They should not be refrigerated and if you are in doubt about the freshness of your egg, put it in a bowl of water.

Keep eggs out of the fridge.

[hc4361]

maidup, I don't even keep mine in a special basket. Mine sit happily on the worktop in the carton they were bought in.
Haven't had a bad egg yet, and we don't eat a huge amount of eggs.

[Maydup]

Thanks HC

And can you remind me to test the freshness - you put the egg in water and it floats if its fresh or bad, Which way round?