Egg washing

[Ridgerunner]

I know all about the bloom, how to wash an egg, that they have to be refrigerated if you do, etc. My question is, do they really need to be washed before you eat them?

If you are selling them each state has its own laws and regulations. Some farmer's markets have their own requirements. Usually these include washing and refrigerating requirements. But that is not what you are doing.

If mine are dirty I wash them and put them in the fridge. I wash any that I put in the fridge, dirty or not, it just feels better. If they are not dirty I store them on the kitchen counter without washing them. I do not wash them before I crack them. I always crack them in a separate bowl before I mix them with anything because some can have weird stuff inside. I do wash my hands when I'm finished cracking all I'm going to crack because stuff can be on the outside of the egg. To me, that's standard hygiene.

If I were going to eat the egg raw I would wash the shell before opening it.

 

[Love My Chickies]

If you are selling them each state has its own laws and regulations. Some farmer's markets have their own requirements. Usually these include washing and refrigerating requirements. But that is not what you are doing.

If mine are dirty I wash them and put them in the fridge. I wash any that I put in the fridge, dirty or not, it just feels better. If they are not dirty I store them on the kitchen counter without washing them. I do not wash them before I crack them. I always crack them in a separate bowl before I mix them with anything because some can have weird stuff inside. I do wash my hands when I'm finished cracking all I'm going to crack because stuff can be on the outside of the egg. To me, that's standard hygiene.

If I were going to eat the egg raw I would wash the shell before opening it.

I began by leaving them on the counter, but now the roosters are with the hens so I just feel safer putting them straight into the fridge lol.

 

[Wrooster]

...If you wash them you don’t need to refrigerate them....

Is that really what you meant to say? Everyone else in this thread and everything I have heard before say that if you wash, you refrigerate.

 

[Chookchicken]

Is that really what you meant to say? Everyone else in this thread and everything I have heard before say that if you wash, you refrigerate.

I don’t refrigerate them.

 

[adstowe]

I only wash the ones that are heavily soiled. I refrigerate all of them. Not because I think they need refrigerated. It's just a convinient, out of the way place to store them. If I had more kitchen space I'd leave them out.

 

[50-45-1]

The shelf life of an unrefrigerated egg is 7 to 10 days and for refrigerated egg it’s about 30 to 45 days.
Refrigeration is proven to keep your food fresher.
My pioneer great grandmother probably had to keep her food in a root cellar.
If she had electricity and a refrigerator like me, she would be thrilled to use it
I notice that when cracked in the skillet an egg yolk from my refrigerator stands up. An egg yolk stored a few days at room temp flattens out and sometimes breaks when cracked.

 

[Wrooster]

There's a wide range of estimates for how long you can keep unrefrigerated eggs: "7-10 days" (India Times), "at least a month" (thehappychickencoop.com), "weeks" (me). That would be unwashed, of course.

 

[Chookchicken]

If an egg has been sitting out on my bench for any longer then 2 weeks I throw it out.

 

[HumbleAmerican]

Mine get eaten within a week. Once my bowl overflows I start doling them out to my neighbors.

7-8 eggs a day doesn’t seem like much until you skip eggs 2-3 days a week!

 

[HumbleAmerican]

We also crack ten at a time and vacuum seal/freeze. I never run out of eggs to scramble or cook with in fall.