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[AndyH1981]

Hi

 

This question just popped into my head (think its coz I'm making a Spansih Frittata for dinner and I was just looking at the egg box)... but, How long do eggs keep?

 

In other words, how soon should you eat them before you bin them!?

 

I know if you buy them from the shops its like 2 weeks or something, but I'm dumb so I don't know if its the same? I guess the time extends if you keep them refrigerated?

 

ttfn,

Andy

[Budgies]

There's loads of info around the forum on this - but the advice from the government keeps changing.

 

Personally I wouldn't refrigerate - it kills off the germ in the egg so they don't last for long once taken out of the fridge. Also eggs are best cooked from room temp. so if you do refrigerate them, take them out an hour before cooking.

 

The main thing is keeping them at a steady, cool temperature if possible. They should be stored pointy end down.

 

They'll last three weeks - if you have any older than that, fill a bowl with fresh cold tap water and plonk your eggs in. If any float, they're rotten, so discard.

[Samuel Morse]

Budgies, at the other end of the scale how soon can you eat them after they are laid?

[AndyH1981]

Budgies, at the other end of the scale how soon can you eat them after they are laid?

 

Oh, good question!! I assumed that you could pretty much just collect them, rinse them and go!

[Samuel Morse]

If you can then I am looking forward to my first egg even more. Has to be poached.

[Budgies]

Fresh eggs, bottom warm!! Yummy!

 

Most of them come out clean. If you DO rinse, you need to then eat them right away as the shell is porous and by washing them you'll rinse away the protective layer that dries once the egg is laid, allowing microbes to enter the egg.

 

Fresh eggs are best poached, soft boiled, scrambled and fried. For hard boiled eggs you're best off selecting eggs that are a week or so old, so the egg doesn't come away with the shell when you peel them.

[Chucky Mama]

Budgies, at the other end of the scale how soon can you eat them after they are laid?

 

It is not unusual for one of my children to go out and grab an egg from under a chicken for breakfast

 

I do the 'floating in water' technique for checking if eggs are fresh

[BarbaraJ]

Personally i don't like new eggs fried as the white is too thick and it takes too long to cook as i like soft eggs!

[TOMWARDFARM]

BarbaraJ

 

When I was working in a top restaurant in Kent when we did breakfasts, we used quite a lot of oil in the pan, as the oil heats up (not too hot) break the egg into the pan and as you are cooking the egg splah the hot oil over it, this cooks the egg from both sides, doesnt over cook it and means you dont need to flip it. It cooks the white perfectly.

 

For the health conscious amongst us you can allways set it down on kitchen paper to drain beofore eating it!

[Budgies]

TOMWARDFARM that's how I do mine! I just assumed everyone else did the same!! What does everyone else do when they fry an egg then?!

[TOMWARDFARM]

I've fried eggs all sorts of ways, you can do it with minimal oil, and do them over easy (flipping them) you can steam fry them by using a little oil and as the white goes solid add a little boiling water and place a plate over the pan till it cooks................. i am sure everyone has their own unique way

 

I only learnt of the flicking the oil over when I worked in the restaurant

[Budgies]

Cheers for that, now I see! My Dad taught me and he's always flicked the oil across the top of the egg to help it to cook through quicker - I did the same for my Brownie's domestic badge many years ago! Don't think I'd cope with the over easy method as I'd probably break the yolk!!

[Guest]

Oh I had noticed that the fresh eggs took longer to cook as they stand up so well in the firm white. I usually flip it over, I thought it was just my bad cooking skills.

 

Why do the eggs have to be stored point down as I store them the other way

 

indie

[Budgies]

It's to do with the air sac in the rounded end Indie. Apparently it actually damages the egg in some way to store it rounded end down. I think it might mean it goes off quicker. Certainly a fertilised egg should never be stored rounded end down as it becomes unviable very quickly.

 

You'll notice if you ever buy them from the supermarket they're always stored point down, and that's the best way to store them at home.