Eggs, Fridge or cupboard?

[Anonymous No.4808026]

So /ck/, i am having some stupid argument with some anons. where do you keep your eggs? Fridge or cupboard? (i keep mine in the fridge like any sane person)

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[PastaMasta No.4808031]

Fridge, of course. I mean... they'd hatch otherwise, right?

[Zoervleis !wQyaA7zZ7Y No.4808030]

Fridge, obviously, they'll last longer

[Anonymous No.4808035]

>>4808031
This.

[Anonymous No.4808042]

WHICH FUCKING RETARD PUTS THEM IN THE FRIDGE. RAMSEY WOULD NOT APPROVE

[Anonymous No.4808045]

>>4808042
You calling me a retard?

[Anonymous No.4808049]

>Not putting your eggs in the freezer
>Not cracking them in a bowl
>Not having to worry about shell getting in the egg

Why do you think Penquins have lasted so long?

[Anonymous No.4808060]

Cupboard, had some for 3 weeks and they didn't go off.

[Anonymous No.4808061]

>>4808049
so where do you defrost your eggs? huh? punk?

[Anonymous No.4808062]

>>4808061

In a bowl do you want your eggs all over the worktop?

[PastaMasta No.4808063]

>>4808062
I bet you can't even into pasta

[Anonymous No.4808065]

>>4808062
Depends, what kind of worktop we talking about here?

[Anonymous No.4808067]

I left my eggs in the cupboard for a week, and now I have a dozen chickens laying eggs for me!

[Anonymous No.4808069]

It's like butter, you can refrigerate them or leave them in storage. As long as it's not too hot where you are then whatever is fine. Personally I keep them because they're right next to my margarine and meats that way. If I lived in a hot climate, I would probably keep them in the fridge. If you're big and think you're hard then you will probably say that refrigeration is unnecessary but improperly handled egg is a major cause of food poisoning.

[Anonymous No.4808070]

behold, the egg holder.

[Anonymous No.4808072]

>>4808063

I bet your father forces himself to love you

>>4808065

The kind with your phone and lettters and shit on it

[PastaMasta No.4808076]

>>4808072
I was born from pasta. I HAVE NO FATHER.

[Anonymous No.4808078]

inb4 i am your father

[Anonymous No.4808082]

bump. Fridge + eggs = your gf sucking me off

[Anonymous No.4808094]

;)

[Anonymous No.4808097]

To actually answer this thread:

Refrigeration does nothing for eggs. Eggs kept out of the fridge stay fresh just as long and taste just the same as eggs from the fridge. However, the fridge drastically reduces the rate of growth of salmonella. Most hens in civilized worlds are vaccinated against salmonella. If you know yours are, you can keep them out of the fridge. If you don't know, it's wiser to keep your eggs in the fridge so if you end up consuming any salmonella, it is kept minimal.

[Anonymous No.4808110]

>>4808097
Ok so it doesn't really matter where you keep them then, just as long as you know there safe. Cheers

[Anonymous No.4808130]

>>4808030
>eggs
>few hours

but that's wrong retard

[Anonymous No.4808246]

>>4808026
Fridge.

Always the fridge. This is especially true of store bought eggs that are already very old to begin with.

[Sony Computer Entertainment of(...) No.4808828]

>>4808026

I never tried the eggs in the pantry thing...it's just not convenient for me to have a bowl of eggs somewhere where I can just tip it and clean-up, but I'd do it.

[Anonymous No.4808868]

are you all fucking retarded? just put them in a cupboard like a goddamned normal person.

[Anonymous No.4808871]

>>4808049
please tell me this is a troll post

i can't imagine that's true

[Anonymous No.4808876]

>>4808031
Eggs sold in stores are not fertilized.

[Anonymous No.4808886]

Now, I heard somewhere that eggs originally have some kind of a thin protective membrane lining the outside of the shell, and eggs with this layer intact may be kept inside the cabinet. However, most store-bought eggs by law have had this layer washed off as it may carry food borne pathogens, which reduces their non-refrigerated shelf life, thus the need to keep eggs in the fridge unless gotten directly from the farmer w/ assurance they haven't been washed.

Feeling too lazy to look up a source on this, and I can't remember where I heard it (probably another /ck/ thread) so I'll leave it up to the /ck/ community, never one to misinform, to verify or call bullshit.

[Anonymous No.4808896]

>>4808070
That's fuckin' beautiful; I'm quite jelly.

Also, OP, think about it this way:

Eggs are traditionally kept outdoors, and heated by a chicken-ass for three weeks. The matter inside does not rot after a few hours, and 4808030 is daft.
To ensure the safety of your eggs, the FDA recommends storing them in a refrigerator. However, if you know where your eggs come from, and you know they were laid and processed in a safe environment, go ahead and leave them on the counter.

Example? My neighbor gives me eggs sometimes. I've been inside his coop, the eggs are laid in rather sanitary nest-boxes, away from feces, and there are no roosters available to fertilize them. Sometimes, I buy Eggland's Best Grade A Eggs from the grocery store, and I refrigerate them promptly.

[Anonymous No.4808904]

you can put them in dry storage. salmonella isnt nearly as prevalent as it was. the fridge, however, will increase shelf life.

[Anonymous No.4808924]

North America: Refrigerate.
Everywhere else: Leave on the counter.

Eggs are only sold in North America refrigerated. In the UK and throughout much of Europe, an egg can only be called "fresh" if it's not refrigerated, once it's refrigerated it loses that "fresh" label, so most stores sell them out on the floor (pic related).
Fresh eggs are typically much much better for many reasons. Firstly, room temperature eggs "cook better" in most recipes, and many bakers/cooks who "have to" use refrigerated eggs will let them sit in a bath of warm water for a couple minutes before using them or otherwise sit out to come down to room temp. However, once an egg has been refrigerated much of its texture is garbage and even if you bring it back to room temp, the whites will always be thinner and not "stand up" as well as their unrefrigerated brothers. Unfortunately since most Americans have never seen an egg that wasn't refrigerated at some point in its life before they got it, they won't believe that difference even exists, but it's the biggest reason why "farm fresh" eggs are so much better than store bought (and if you take them home and refrigerate them, this kills the egg).
NOTE: Mass-produced eggs in North America are "power washed" which removes most of the egg shell's protective coating, thus rendering it more porous and open to contamination. That, coupled with the generally hideous conditions of pretty much all North American chicken farms/plants, results in a far shorter shelf life, thus all but demanding that the eggs be refrigerated. And this is how North American's have become accustomed to some of the lowest quality eggs in the civilized world (and probably why none of them can ever make a fucking omelette without burning it dry and stuffing it with the leftovers of their last 4 meals).

[Anonymous No.4808932]

>>4808924

> This kills the egg.

[Anonymous No.4808972]

>>4808049
>>4808049
>Why do you think Penquins have lasted so long?

[Anonymous No.4808986]

>>4808924
>an egg can only be called "fresh" if it's not refrigerated,
that seems dumb

[Anonymous No.4808998]

>>4808924

>He says while posting a picture of a baby handling eggs that are left in the open to god knows what else.

Yuck.

[Anonymous No.4809205]

>>4808924

In Australia eggs are usually found in the chilled section of the stores and kept in fridges, even though they don't need to be. They aren't washed, if they were then i wouldn't regularly find eggs with grass, feathers and dirt (I choose to believe it is dirt) on them.

definitely fridge them in the summer though, I don't have ac and the inside of my house can get over 30.

[Anonymous No.4809289]

I refrigerate eggs for the same reason I always smell-test a lot of things before I cook them, regardless of when I got them.

[bacon No.4809382]

>>4808030
holy shit this is all lies
potato lasts 1 month bullshit a potato can last a year outside in a dark place
and cheese only lasts 4 months wtf

[Anonymous No.4809431]

>>4808026
It's like this: eggs store quite well at room temp, even in the summer. I know this from 20+ years of keeping my eggs out of the fridge. Never had one go off. Never. But they stay closer to freshly-laid condition in the fridge.

Some recipes actually work better with old eggs (e.g. meringue) so if you're planning on making one you should keep some eggs out specifically for this. For most other things you want to keep them in the fridge. High-tier poached eggs and fried eggs being two prime examples where you want the white as fresh as possible.

[Anonymous No.4809435]

>>4808030
Jesus Christ there is so much wrong with that.

>2-7 days for a banana
>few *hours* for an egg
>up to 4 days for carrots
Da fuq????

[Anonymous No.4809928]

Better in fridge. And I never consume them if they don't have a very stiff Chaliza.

[Anonymous No.4809942]

they last longer in the fridge, your friends are stupid

[Anonymous No.4809945]

>>4808924
>once an egg has been refrigerated much of its texture is garbage
bullshit
anecdotal evidence
etc.

[Anonymous No.4810015]

I thought there was a newspaper article recently about this.

The verdict, from the scientific community, was that eggs can stay out of the fridge as long as it is consumed within a month.

[Anonymous No.4810335]

>>4810015
Me >>4809431 My own experience would concur with this, although I did have eggs that were older than 1 month old and still edible. At a guess most of the time I'd buy they approximately 1 week from laying, and I'd sometimes have a few eggs from a large purchase (2 dozen) for longer than 3 weeks since I'd often try to do one large shop per month.

[Anonymous No.4810396]

>>4808030
what kind of a tomato lasts over a year in a cabinet? WTF??