How many people wash their eggs?

[catdaddyfro]

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As they say in south La. MEEE TOOOO. I agree with Mac just a little scrub with the ol' Scocthbrite and everthing should be fine and yes soaking the egg only makes the problem worse. in fact if the shell is just not absoluty covered I don't even worry too much about it and I tell my egg customers if they want to wash their eggs go right ahead they now own them.


catdaddy

 

[fowltemptress]

None of the above. Chickens and dogs get eggs that have poop on them, but the other eggs never see water unless there's a recipe that calls for eggs and water.

I refuse to eat eggs at my mother's house ever since I noticed her rinsing them in water before storing them in the fridge . . . gross!

 

[19hhbelgian]

We wash our eggs even though you'd never know it - they are normally clean from the nests. Hot water... DH says must clean them because they came from a chickens butt

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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I clean the ones I sell. There are too many folks selling eggs around here, customers are fickle, and their are a lot of tightwads who like to point out the price of eggs in the store, so I try to provide the best quality product that I can. I've sold 500 dozen jumbo eggs in the past three months and I made sure they all had clean, high quality shells, and packed them in new cartons. Many are sold by my relatives who take 10 or 20 dozen at a time for friends or co-workers or if I have a glut of eggs I will take 30 dozen down to the local tavern where the owner buys them from me and resells them.

 

[UK Chicken rancher]

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I have to ask, do you keep your eggs out and only put them in the fridge once a week? If I understood this correctly do they really keep ok at room temp that long? We are always worried about collecting eggs daily and getting them in the fridge, course this time of year it's cold but we get hhhoootttt summers.

 

[UK Chicken rancher]

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Why?

 

[beachchickie]

If there is a spot of something stuck. That spot gets a wet paper towel wipe until gone. That is it until time to eat. Then I wash them b/f cracking them.

 

[Mac in Wisco]

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Why?

Using cool water causes the contents to contract, drawing bacteria on the surface into the pores of the egg.

 

[Sissy]

my eggs are pretty clean but when they have
a roll around

I use warm water and a damp paper towel.
I also leave eggs on the counter for a week
until I get enough
to fill an 18 count carton then into the frig.
they go.

 

[CARS]

I use warm water and my fingers to get any poo off. Then they are dried, placed in a carton, and refrigerated.