well, sorry if it's a dumb question but, I just moved in a new place and my landlord just gave me like a shelf in the refigerator to put my stuff. Since I buy my eggs in bulk, it would pretty much take up the whole place. I don't think it would matter storing it i room temp. but since the eggs were delivered and placed in a controlled temp, is it ok to put them back to room temp.?
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08-01-2008, 01:54 PM #1
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Storing eggs at room temperature???
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Wow, good question.
Logically, eggs should remain fine at room temp, even warmer - because eggs dont hatch as globs of bacteria.
Eggs also have a long shelf life in the fridge, ~2 months sometimes, depending.
Even dairy is ok for a couple days at room temp before "unsafe"
Refridgeration doesn't magically PREVENT bacteria growth, only slows it, so with all that said
If it were me, I would store them at room temp for a week, maybe longer.
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The eggs you buy at the store and eat won't hatch. Period. They are unfertilised, and unless you got some weird ass radiation in your kicthen that causes a chick to hatch with half it's chromosomes, then you're not going to get any hatching eggs.
Yes, refridgeration slows down bacteria growth but eggs can carry salmonella and e-coli so they really should be refridgerated (despite that fact that many stores don't refridgerate them). I'm not a big hygiene freak but when it comes to the likes of poultry, dairy and meat I'd say refridgeration is best.
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08-01-2008, 03:06 PM #13
I've heard that outside the U.S., many people do not store their raw eggs in the refrigerator, though I'm not sure if this is true or how long they would be good for if left at room temp. Based on personal experience, I've left hardboiled eggs (still in their shells) at room temperature for about a week. The eggs tasted fine, and I never had a problem with food sickness. Just make sure to leave the hardboiled eggs in the shell and peel them only when you're about to eat them.
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Some reading I have done on it seems to indicate that mass produced eggs tend to carry greater risks of samonella and e-coli.
Anyhow, at the end of the day, I buy my eggs non-refridgerated. I've yet to buy eggs from a store where they have been refridgerated. They go in the fridge when I get them home, mostly out of habit and because I still haven't shaken the big salmonella scare that the UK got back in the 80s/90s.
Three fridges worth of eggs seems a bit overkill - I bet your toilet smells of roses.
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08-01-2008, 05:25 PM #22
in the US pretty much all eggs are refrigerated in stores, but in other places like australia many of the stores just have them out on shelves (took me awhile to get over, because in the US it is ingrained in us that eggs have to be kept cool). the difference between a refrigerated egg and a room temp egg is that like previous people have said, the cooler egg will last longer. if i was you i would keep most of my eggs cool and only keep the eggs that you are going to eat that week out in room temp.
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08-02-2008, 05:47 AM #27
as long as you're using them within a week, it should be fine without the fridge. use common sense, don't leave them in a hot car all day long and expect the same results. And don't freeze them, trust me. At normal room temp, you'll be fine.
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