Wash before boiling, or no?

[Erin80]

Possibly a stupid question...haha. I'm making egg salad sandwiches....we don't usually ever wash our chickens eggs unless they are noticeable dirty (pretty much never). Do I need to wash them before boiling them? I'm guessing probably not....

 

[Jetblack2004]

We don't wash our eggs before boiling unless there's a huge splodge of poop or something. It's just the shell that's dirty

 

[aart]

If there's any poop on them, I wash them.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I wash them before boiling regardless of how they look because... well, I wash everything in the kitchen. I wash them after they're done boiling too. I must be part raccoon or something...

 

[aart]

I must be part raccoon or something...

 

[RUNuts]

I used to wash everything. Then I found out how dirty water really it. Now I eat right out of the garden and daughter is convinced that I'm going to die of something. Water is dirty. Don't drink water. Drink whiskey!

When you boil the eggs, the boiling water kills most things. Washing again introduces whatever is living in the water or chemicals. Now, I will rinse boiled eggs in cold water to make them shell easier. What doesn't kill us, strengthens us. Whiskey still tastes better. And the alcohol kills most everything.

 

[Dayrel]

I wash them before boiling regardless of how they look because... well, I wash everything in the kitchen. I wash them after they're done boiling too. I must be part raccoon or something...

I liked it for the smile. But I hates raccoons. Hates them...

 

[rosemarythyme]

When you boil the eggs, the boiling water kills most things. Washing again introduces whatever is living in the water or chemicals. Now, I will rinse boiled eggs in cold water to make them shell easier. What doesn't kill us, strengthens us. Whiskey still tastes better. And the alcohol kills most everything.

I'm alcohol intolerant. The alcohol will kill me too.

(And yes shocking the hot eggs in cold water makes peeling tons easier. I don't keep ice around so cold running water is the way to go for me.)

 

[aart]

so cold running water is the way to go for me

Well, that's not exactly 'washing'....that's 'chilling'.