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Exactly the opposite. You should wash any dirty eggs with warm water. However, if you are washing right before eating, it doesn't matter.
We are a 'waste not, want not' family. We eat as many of our eggs as possible. When we aren't sure of an egg, we break it into a little cup first ... looks good, eat it. We find nests of eggs in our barn on a regular basis that are probably days to weeks old. Normally, about 90% are still good. (I never sell those eggs, but we sort through them for ourselves.) Old eggs get fed back to the dogs. Eggshells, etc. get fed back to the chickens.
Yep, use water at least 20 degrees warmer than the egg.
Eggs with the bloom intact can last for months, not days or weeks. Supermarket eggs can be somewhere around 6 weeks old and still sold.
Here's an interesting article from Mother Earth News on storing eggs and how long they are good for:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Fresh-Eggs.aspx
Great article! Thanks for sharing!
Exactly the opposite. You should wash any dirty eggs with warm water. However, if you are washing right before eating, it doesn't matter.
We are a 'waste not, want not' family. We eat as many of our eggs as possible. When we aren't sure of an egg, we break it into a little cup first ... looks good, eat it. We find nests of eggs in our barn on a regular basis that are probably days to weeks old. Normally, about 90% are still good. (I never sell those eggs, but we sort through them for ourselves.) Old eggs get fed back to the dogs. Eggshells, etc. get fed back to the chickens.
Yep, use water at least 20 degrees warmer than the egg.
Eggs with the bloom intact can last for months, not days or weeks. Supermarket eggs can be somewhere around 6 weeks old and still sold.
Here's an interesting article from Mother Earth News on storing eggs and how long they are good for:
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Sustainable-Farming/1977-11-01/Fresh-Eggs.aspx
Great article! Thanks for sharing!
