Do you refridgerate your eggs?

[Mags 112]

I do refrigerate my eggs. Doodle your right in the UK they dont put them in the frig, first time i saw that i was shocked! For some reason i thought they were gonna be off and you couldnt eat them, but they were fine.

I'm from the UK and I don't know anyone who doesn't stick their eggs in the fridge!

My MIL doesnt, neither do some mates of mine from the UK, so guess they are weird

That's really bizarre! Perhaps it is an area thing???

[Donna A 4]

we have always refridgerated our eggs except when the easter bunny came and hide them the night before. we still ate the hard boiled ones and well im still here.

[Lou Lou 1]

I do refrigerate my eggs. Doodle your right in the UK they dont put them in the frig, first time i saw that i was shocked! For some reason i thought they were gonna be off and you couldnt eat them, but they were fine.

I'm from the UK and I don't know anyone who doesn't stick their eggs in the fridge!

My MIL doesnt, neither do some mates of mine from the UK, so guess they are weird

That's really bizarre! Perhaps it is an area thing???

Maybe a generation thing? My Mum lives in an old house and puts them in a pantry. My grandmother used to keep them in the pantry so they were always near room temperature for baking. Now I have the dilemma. When I buy my eggs they are often warm as the chicks have just laid them. Then I feel like I have to wait for them to get to room temperature before I stick them in the fridge. And for those who love chickens (I do cos we kept them when I was a kid), here is the hencam. Not quite Africam, I'm afraid.

http://www.clarencecourt.co.uk/hencam.asp

[featherB 1]

I do refrigerate my eggs. Doodle your right in the UK they dont put them in the frig, first time i saw that i was shocked! For some reason i thought they were gonna be off and you couldnt eat them, but they were fine.

I'm from the UK and I don't know anyone who doesn't stick their eggs in the fridge!

Exactly... what else are those little egg-shaped compartments in fridges for, huh? Not that anyone uses those, but still. I can report that I, and every other UK-er whose refrigeration arrangements I'm familiar with, keeps eggs in the fridge! That said, I'm aware that you don't need to - I think it says something like 'store in a cool dark place' on egg boxes... keeping them in the fridge is great though, they last forever... ('best before' dates be damned!!)

[Niels Bohr 72]

Food infection is a common infection to all household as all of you are aware. Eggs is no doubt one of the members that is home of salmonella bacteria. The new generation is a little smarter about these things than do older generations. This is due to the fact the new generation had more schooling, and new stuff to learn about medical science. I hope many of you who are not keeping these eggs inside areas that is suited for them will reconsider.

[Aymerlu 3]

I grew up on a farm and we had a ton of chickens. We'd leave for a weekend in the summer, come home, go to the chicken huts to get the eggs and then put them in the fridge. They had already been in the 100+ degree heat all weekend. I grew up on farm fresh eggs like that and I'm fine. Makes me wonder though......maybe it's all the hormones and steriods that chickens are given these days that promotes bacteria earlier than they did back in the day.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Aymerlu,

You are correct. Bacteria colonies will grow very quickly given enough biomass and nutrient resources to sustain them. Today, with constant treating to these chickens, the eggs are bigger and contains more nutrients.

[Mags 112]

Aymerlu,

You are correct. Bacteria colonies will grow very quickly given enough biomass and nutrient resources to sustain them. Today, with constant treating to these chickens, the eggs are bigger and contains more nutrients.

Nope, less nutrients actually. There was a study done on chicken and eggs. Due to the way that chickens are reared now, with antibiotics and growth hormones, their meat now contains substantially LESS nutrients and MORE fat. Chicken 40 years ago was better for you. Same goes for eggs.

[Welshcookie 17]

I don't put my eggs in the fridge, never have done.

[Niels Bohr 72]

Something I didn't know.

[Nessa 23]

oops I'm still on Easter spirit, I thought you were talking about chocolate eggs so I voted no, but normal eggs yes I refrigerate them.

[Kez/JWolf 6]

I am from the north of Scotland but have lived all over the UK and I do not know anyone who does not keep their eggs in the fridge.... my mum and my grandmother allways kept eggs in the fridge and if you are unsure how fresh an egg is fill a jug of water and gently pop the egg into the cold water if it sinks it is fresh if it floats or is very near the top it is stale and should not be eaten.... only time in my life an egg has ever made me ill was when I bought eggs from a farm we were passing when we were on a camping trip... they were ment to be fresh.....

Kez

[mawilson 2,133]

Doodle your right in the UK they dont put them in the frig

We don't?

I've never met anyone who doesn't keep their eggs in the fridge.

I don't put my eggs in the fridge, never have done.

Must be a Welsh thing, then!

[Mary Lou 681]

Doodle your right in the UK they dont put them in the frig

We don't?

I've never met anyone who doesn't keep their eggs in the fridge.

I don't put my eggs in the fridge, never have done.

Must be a Welsh thing, then!

My MIL doesnt keep eggs in the frig, she's in Antrim. My mates in Manchester and Cheshunt dont as well.

My guess its a preference or maybe how they grew up *shrugs*

Edited April 9, 2007 by garyandmarylou

[Saddle Bronc 124]

I can understand the following reasons for not refrigerating eggs:

• Your household goes through a container (12 or 18) in ONE opening
  
• You're cooking at institutional levels, so MULTIPLE CONTAINERS get used at a time
  
• You buy eggs individually, not by container (it is possible in a very few US supermarkets/hypermarkets such as Meijer, found in KY, MI and OH; in some countries outside North America, this is commonplace)