Refrigerate eggs?

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:11 pm

I always thought you should, till I moved here. In the states they keep them in the cooler case at stores. But here they are just on a shelf, like bread.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:14 pm

Well, the Easter Bunny always keeps the eggs cool....................

*ah, a companion for the butter thread!*

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:18 pm

Ham and eggs...................

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Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:24 pm

And what about the color! I notice the eggs here are all brown! In the states they are white!

But they dye up just as nice here, for easter. Better actually! Go figure.

pina · Post by **pina** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:32 pm

Eggs should never be kept in the fridge if your baking cakes with them, but they are fine for anything else.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:36 pm

Why is that? Do you know?

buttercup · Post by **buttercup** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:37 pm

duck eggs, so rich, so yummy

pina · Post by **pina** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:40 pm

Raven wrote: Why is that? Do you know?

In sponge cakes and things it stops them from rising.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:42 pm

LOL! I had no idea! And I bake! No wonder my cakes and breads are better here! I dont refrigerate the eggs!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 2:46 pm

For some types of cooking you should remove the eggs and allow them to

come up to room temp, but otherwise they should stay in the fridge.

In California it's a law.

Brown eggs are no better or different than the white ones, they just

come from a different type of hen!

Eggs will generally keep up to a month in the fridge. They should be

stored in their original packaging, not taken out and put in the holder

that came with the fridge! (Not too many do come with that holder

any more, that I've seen!)

Eggs that are a few days old hard cook better than absolutely fresh,

when fresh the membrane clings too tightly to the shell!!

Want to tell if an egg is cooked or not? Spin it. Cooked eggs spin

in an even fashion, uncooked wobble.

That's it in a nutshell! (Huh?)

:D

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 3:14 pm

Egg-sactly correct as always, Val!:)

An unfertilized ostrich egg is the largest known single cell.

sunny104 · Post by **sunny104** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:34 pm

Yeah, I noticed that in Ireland too! They're out on a shelf in the store but it seems that everyone keeps them in the fridge at home!

Rapunzel · Post by **Rapunzel** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 5:36 pm

When I lived in the States I found most people stored everything in their fridge. I think its because your temperatures are generally hotter than ours and so you have a lot more bugs and insects. A lady I knew in New York even kept her sugar in the fridge because it kept the ants out. I think they used to have trouble with cockroaches too and keeping stuff in the fridge was the only way to keep those lil suckers out!

I usually keep eggs in the fridge, unless I know I'm going to be using them.

I left them out today and made a huge batch of fairy cakes for the kids supper tonight. I love my mixer! You just chuck all the ingredients in and whizz it up! No mixing, stirring, folding, blending or whatever. Just chuck, whizz and bung into cake cases. I put a ton of chocolate buttons in them too. I've now got so many that I had to store a load in the tin for the rest of the week. Yummy! Cakes straight from the oven are delicious when they're hot............and no preservatives too! mmmmmmmmmmmmmm....................................

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 01, 2006 2:15 am

I LOVE fairy cakes! They are so tiny! And try finding a proper cupcake tin here! LOL! I wish you could have seen the trouble I had! But my knight finally found a couple for me! Bless him!

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:35 am

If the chickens are refrigerated then the eggs should be refrigerated.

Hellooooooo !

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:39 am

Nomad wrote: If the chickens are refrigerated then the eggs should be refrigerated.

Hellooooooo !
Good point, nomad! :wah: So where do you think they refrigerate chickens?

in a morgue?

Nomad · Post by **Nomad** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:42 am

Raven wrote: Good point, nomad! :wah: So where do you think they refrigerate chickens?

a morgue?

It really depends Raven.

Thats not really something I can just throw out though.

It gets complicated.

Raven · Post by **Raven** » Mon May 01, 2006 9:58 am

I used to live in Phoenix! The only other place that was warmer was YUMA!

Air conditioning for chickens?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:39 am

This one can go hand in hand with the butter thread.:-3

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:57 am

Raven wrote: And what about the color! I notice the eggs here are all brown! In the states they are white!

You can get white hens eggs in the UK - you can also get blue ones, such as the

Clarence Court Old Cotswold Legbar Free Range Eggs sold by Tesco:

http://www.tesco.com/superstore/xpi/0/xpi54708360.htm

Some are a delicate green shade, too.

Bill Sikes · Post by **Bill Sikes** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 7:02 am

Raven wrote: I always thought you should, till I moved here. In the states they keep them in the cooler case at stores. But here they are just on a shelf, like bread.

That's fine. Class "A" eggs must not be washed prior to sale, either. For more

information than you want on eggs and "regulations", see:

http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/poultry/epfaq.htm

We used to keep pails of eggs under the kitchen table, stored in water-glass.

They kept for ages.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:05 am

WHAT HAPPENEDS WHEN GOOD EGGS GO BAD

Wolverine · Post by **Wolverine** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:35 am

is this thread going to be the next

Refrigerate Butter"???:wah:

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:45 am

Wolverine wrote: is this thread going to be the next

Refrigerate Butter"???:wah:

Oh, why not?? :-6

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Wed Sep 13, 2006 3:31 pm

tmbsgrl wrote: It says on my egg carton that the egss need to be in the fridge to prevent sickness:rolleyes: Just thought I should let ya'll know!

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And remember...leave them in the carton, also.

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:13 pm

Oh well, may as well have a matched set.

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:15 pm

Ha-the eggs too!

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 2:33 pm

S C R E A M !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CARLA · Post by **CARLA** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:29 pm

EGGS AND BUTTER TOGETHER, SURE WHY NOT.. :-5

G-man · Post by **G-man** » Sun Sep 17, 2006 5:58 pm

What would happen if you stored the eggs in the un-refrigerated butter?

Just sorta' squished them in there? :-2

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:40 am

So, what do you get if the eggs and the butter in the refrigerator were to mate?

Has anyone really thought this one through?

Lulu2 · Post by **Lulu2** » Sat Oct 14, 2006 3:52 pm

Might make things easier for the hens?

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 7:23 am

Should we ask Tombstone to merge this thread with the butter thread?

AussiePam · Post by **AussiePam** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:23 pm

I just merged the eggs and butter, tossed in some sugar and a few secret ingredients, whipped up some cream for topping, dug out some cherries and mugged Chockoholic.. and voila!!! Tuck in !!!

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chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:18 pm

Pinky, you need a snack! Whip up some pancakes with butter on it, and eggs on the side!

chonsigirl · Post by **chonsigirl** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:30 pm

A princess is never pudgy..........................

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 7:23 pm

Pinky wrote: Eggs and butter? Lets start a pancake thread!

Rick made me pancakes for breakfast this morning. With cinnamon and bacon bits in them.

Insomniac · Post by **Insomniac** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:47 pm

Mmmm, that sounds so good! Can't wait til tomorrow morning so's I can eat brekkie!!

Marie5656 · Post by **Marie5656** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 8:26 am

Equal time for the eggs.:wah: