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Leave them “dirty” in an egg carton right on your counter (away from windows or an oven that’s always on) and just clean the eggs you want to use right before you use them by rinsing them in like warm water and gently rubbing with your thumb (do not use dish soap or hot water). Mine stay on the counter for weeks at a time, and if I’m every weary about eating them I do the egg test.... drop them in water and see if they float... floaters are bad bc that means they have decomposition gasses in them (causing them to float). A good egg will stay on the bottom of the water container and not float.
Your eggs have something around them called a bloom which keeps bacteria out, that’s why you don’t want to wash it off. Counter eggs taste so much better than cold eggs and backyard raised chicken eggs have way way way less concerns of disease causing bacteria.
 
Hi, welcome to BYC! :frow

Let me give you the low down..

Eggs will age faster at room temp than in the fridge. Many of us like to think our eggs are unwashed and SAFE to stay on the counter. Which IS true... BUT quality diminishes rapidly at room temp! :old

The eggs get thinner, runnier whites, wrinkled yolks that pop easier, larger air pockets. Down graded (if they were graded by the USDA). The WHOLE reason I keep chickens (at least initially) was for FRESH eggs. My understanding is that 1 day on the counter is equal to 7 days in the fridge. So as much as I romanticize keeping eggs on the counter, we don't do it anymore unless they are going to be used within the next day or two. ;)

Regarding rot... I have used eggs from my fridge that were over 6 months old for human consumption and were still as good as store bought (which can actually be more than 90 days old cuz they get sent back and regraded with a new sell by date if not sold in their first 30 days). I have also fed room temp eggs that were 60 days old back to my animals. They had NO sign of rot or smell. They were thicker from all the evaporation that occurred and some of the yolks were more stuck to the side from not being turned like we do for hatching eggs.

Secret... fresh boiled eggs don't HAVE to be nightmare to peal! Whether they are room or fridge temp... get your water boiling BEFORE adding eggs. No salt, vinegar, or other "trick" or expense needed. When they are cooked, they MUST be shocked by cold water. My well tap is cold enough but some people may need to use a little ice in their water. Using this method... NOT hear say, I get virtually 100% easy to peal eggs. :thumbsup

ETA: I never wash my eggs not even before use in 9 years. I feed eggs that aren't clean back to the animals.
I hope this is helpful. :pop
 
Aapomp831 said:
Leave them “dirty” in an egg carton right on your counter (away from windows or an oven that’s always on) and just clean the eggs you want to use right before you use them by rinsing them in like warm water and gently rubbing with your thumb (do not use dish soap or hot water). Mine stay on the counter for weeks at a time, and if I’m every weary about eating them I do the egg test.... drop them in water and see if they float... floaters are bad bc that means they have decomposition gasses in them (causing them to float). A good egg will stay on the bottom of the water container and not float.
Your eggs have something around them called a bloom which keeps bacteria out, that’s why you don’t want to wash it off. Counter eggs taste so much better than cold eggs and backyard raised chicken eggs have way way way less concerns of disease causing bacteria.
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I have to say I'd read about the float test and never done it. I recently went to boil approximately a dozen eggs that were all laid within the week. I had one floating in there and was perplexed. I knew the eggs were fresh. My first thought was that the float test was bunk. If I had a fresh egg that floated, how could that mean the float test only detects bad eggs? On closer inspection, it turned out this particular egg was cracked and very well may have been bad.
 
The float test only shows that the egg has lost water through evaporation and pulled in air. It's not decomposition gases... unless you have a super old egg.

There was an experiment I read where someone kept unwashed eggs on the counter for 7 months, cracking one open every month or so. They were all edible. Watery, yes, because the proteins break down, but perfectly edible.

Don't wash them, keep them away from a heat source, and they'll keep for months outside the fridge. I've used eggs that were store bought months past their sell by and they've been fine. I've NEVER experienced a rotten egg.

I keep eggs that come out of the nestbox clean in boxes under the sink, ready to go out as gifts. If they come out dirty they get washed and put in the fridge. I use those first, then move onto the oldest clean ones.
 
I have always refrigerated my eggs daily. I don't take chances with my family's health. But that's just me.
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