How long is an unrefrigerated egg good to eat?

[Henny Loggins]

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Oh, yes, I remember someone telling me this before. Thanks!

 

[tiffanyg2]

Ohhh my GOSH! I never knew you didn't have to refrigerate eggs

All my life I always thought you had to get them in the fridge and they only lasted a few weeks~ man I''ve been a fool! Haha I love this site and all the good information on it!

 

[BarefootMom]

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Most eggs in the grocery stores are already 6 weeks old or older. just a FYI

 

[Bard's Rock!]

Geez! I remember my folkes moving into town and getting a Kelvinator after having an ice box on the farm. It had a tilt out bin in the bottom my Mother used for paper sacks. If I remember right they got the Kelvinator from Sears & Roebuck. Anyway, I do not refrigerate my eggs so that if I get a broody hen I can stick a half dozen under her.
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[dainerra]

Bard's Rock! :

Geez! I remember my folkes moving into town and getting a Kelvinator after having an ice box on the farm. It had a tilt out bin in the bottom my Mother used for paper sacks. If I remember right they got the Kelvinator from Sears & Roebuck. Anyway, I do not refrigerate my eggs so that if I get a broody hen I can stick a half dozen under her.

that's what my grandma always used to do

If it gets too hot at home, I keep my eggs in the basement.​

 

[Denninmi]

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Actually, I wouldn't have any qualms about it, either, my 7-10 day figure was to "err on the side of caution."

 

[Denninmi]

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Float testing doesn't really tell you all of the time if its a BAD egg -- a lot of older ones, especially from the fridge, which dries them out, float because they've lost a lot of moisture and have big air cells. But those floaters are still perfectly edible and even tasty.

With floaters, I just open them cautiously, one at a time into a bowl, and go from there. If the white is still clear, not cloudy, and clear to yellowish in color (they get more yellow as they age), and it doesn't smell "funny" then its ok, just dehydrated a bit. If the white is green, cloudy, or the egg smells the least bit bad, bye bye.

 

[sfischer]

I used to be a pastry chef at a pretty darn nice restaurant. Our policy was an egg never goes bad. Leave it out or dont it has to be cracked to go bad. I am sure this isnt really true and in part because we would use the eggs well before they could go bad but they are one thing we were never concerned with spoilage.

 

[BarefootMom]

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Float testing doesn't really tell you all of the time if its a BAD egg -- a lot of older ones, especially from the fridge, which dries them out, float because they've lost a lot of moisture and have big air cells. But those floaters are still perfectly edible and even tasty.

With floaters, I just open them cautiously, one at a time into a bowl, and go from there. If the white is still clear, not cloudy, and clear to yellowish in color (they get more yellow as they age), and it doesn't smell "funny" then its ok, just dehydrated a bit. If the white is green, cloudy, or the egg smells the least bit bad, bye bye.

guess I have never had any like that then. My eggs don't last that long once they are brought into the house. I usually only do the floater test when I find a stash of eggs somewhere. My hens don't like to lay in boxes...they are weird like that. lol. Heck today I was selling eggs straight out of the barn! I can't keep my customers in enough eggs!

 

[ThinkingChickens]

We are also going to be keeping our eggs on the counter. I even picked out the darn cutest glass hen dish to keep them in. Plus, we'll be sharing. I figure they'll be eaten within a week but I'm not too worried about it.

Now, growing up, I never knew eggs could be left out and I honestly had never seen a chicken until I was probably 20. That's what happens when you grow up in Los Angeles I suppose. Ha ha