DO YOU WASH & REFRIGERATE YOUR EGGS?-

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How on earth can they claim there eggs taste better?
By that logic i should notice a better taste in my own eggs if i simply do not wash or refigerate them????
Nonsence, the taste and flavor of an egg is dependent on the health, lifestyle and nutrition of the hen that lays it.
My farm fresh eggs taste much better than store baught or any resturant eggs that i have tried.
My summer eggs taste better than my winter ones.
In spring , summer and fall my chickens eat less feed and free range and eat bugs, grass, worms, natures seeds and what ever my yard and orchard provide for them.
To the UK i say Poppycock!

 

[coach723]

Actually, while informative, that video made me laugh a few times, especially the beginning. It's just slanted a little bit in favor of the UK practices, and they obviously aren't warm and fuzzy about the FDA. I actually can't write what I generally say that FDA stands for, it's not PC at all. I don't wash my eggs, the idea of soaking them in poop soup is not pretty. I also keep the dirty ones for my own use, never, ever have I gotten sick. While I do try to keep a clean coop, a poopy egg does happen once in a while, as does a broken egg or a broken blood vessel on laying. I don't get grossed out too much by many things, but for the eggs I sell, I try to make it the clean ones. I actually had someone complain once that they found a feather on one. Whew! What a disaster! My suggestion was to save them and make a pillow. I do refrigerate my eggs because especially in the spring I can have a glut and people tend to buy several dozen at a time and then I have a gap before they come back. Once they are refrigerated though, I make sure they stay that way. I'm in the middle of nowhere, so traffic is light. My personal eggs often sit on the counter til I use them, which is usually not long. I seem to use a lot more eggs than the average, guess that happens when you have a steady supply.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I don’t wash my eggs either. My only regular egg customer prefers I leave the bloom in tact. For the rare dirty egg I do wash it then refrigerate. That goes into the scrambled eggs I feed to my girls.

 

[igorsMistress]

I don't wash my eggs, just put them on the counter until I use them. If one's dirty I wipe it off with a dry paper towel.

ETA: thanks for the video, had a chance to watch it.

I rinse my eggs before using them, a quick hand scrub in hot water. Like another member I also break them into a bowl before adding to things, even other eggs. I had a hen with reproductive problems that became evident in her eggs and had to start over on a cake because I didn't do that.

 

[slordaz]

I was told that by washing the egg, you remove the coating that prevents bacteria from entering the porous shell. So, in the beginning I didn't wash, though I did refrigerate. However, I now have an immune suppressed family member and have chosen to err on the side of safety, and I do now rinse them off.

I do wash before using them just as I am getting to it, but now days your supposed to rinse anything off you buy in the store too lol

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I like to use the counter ones for scrambled eggs - they make better scrambled eggs than refrigerated ones. I wash all eggs when I use them and I crack them into a little bowl before adding to other ingredients - even other eggs to scramble. I don't candle my eggs and I have had a couple with some pretty nasty blood spots that I would rather not eat or cook with.

I do a lot of baking. I usually grab them right out of the nests. If none are available, I let some come up to room temp out of the icebox. Cold eggs & recipes not good bed fellows.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

I do wash before using them just as I am getting to it, but now days your supposed to rinse anything off you buy in the store too lol

True. Every seen that tv deal where they used ultraviolet light on random store products. The dust on can goods has much _____

 

[Lazy Farmer]

How on earth can they claim there eggs taste better?
By that logic i should notice a better taste in my own eggs if i simply do not wash or refigerate them????
Nonsence, the taste and flavor of an egg is dependent on the health, lifestyle and nutrition of the hen that lays it.
My farm fresh eggs taste much better than store baught or any resturant eggs that i have tried.
My summer eggs taste better than my winter ones.
In spring , summer and fall my chickens eat less feed and free range and eat bugs, grass, worms, natures seeds and what ever my yard and orchard provide for them.
To the UK i say Poppycock!

I believe the premise was commercial eggs in that video. USA uses hot water up to 90^F that the UK claims penetrates the shell and waters down the contents.

 

[Lazy Farmer]

For the rare dirty egg I do wash it then refrigerate.

I chuck the ugly ones to my pigs..

 

[Lazy Farmer]

Actually, while informative, that video made me laugh a few times, especially the beginning. It's just slanted a little bit in favor of the UK practices, and they obviously aren't warm and fuzzy about the FDA.

Roger that. I believe it was produced overseas. I didn't catch any credits.