Leaving eggs at room temperature

Merlin5

Merlin5

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Hi guys. I took 3 eggs out of the fridge yesterday afternoon but didn't end up using them to make scrambled eggs and so was going to cook them today instead. They're still in the shells at room temperature. According to google, leaving eggs for more than 2 hours after taking from the fridge can be hazardous and they need to be thrown. I'm not worried about binning 3 eggs but wondering if that's being overly worried unnecessarily and if they'd be ok, or if you would say I should throw them?
 
montymint said:
I leave eggs out for days / weeks, we don't have blistering ambient temperature and higher standards of eggs here.

You can always do the old test of filling a tall glass or jug with cold water and if the egg sinks, it's fine.
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But it's different if the eggs have been refrigerated and then left at room temp. So I'm not sure if thr egg sink test applies.
 
This is what I'm getting from egg safety sources on Google.

'After an egg is refrigerated, it must be kept at that temperature. "A cold egg left out at room temperature can sweat, facilitating the growth of bacteria that could contaminate the egg," according to the United Egg Producers association. "Refrigerated eggs should not be left out more than two hours'
 
montymint said:
Test should still be fine, the test picks up air that's permiated into the egg over time - giving you an indication of freshness. It'll be fine.

Another obvious test is just to smell them as you're scrambling them. If they're off they'll stink.
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Well they're certainly all sinking. Best before date is 25th June and they sink with the wide end facing up which is normal for it's age. Oh well, I'll take that as being ok to eat.
 
Well It's due to available space. Cupboards are full and I keep them in the fridge because I've already got enough things out on the worktop.

My understanding though is that eggs last longer in the fridge. However I just googled that and apparently they could actually last less time if put in the door of the fridge (which is where I put mine), because of the temperature changes due to constant opening and closing of the door. . Apparently they need to be at the back of the fridge to last longer. But I used to put eggs at the back and they always cracked and oozed yolk.
 
cheesyboy said:
The sink test won't work for bacteria, as that's different from decomposition.
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Exactly, that's what I was saying earlier, that this seems to be a different problem from the normal air getting into the shell and making it float.

arknor said:
maybe if your american.....

you never saw eggs without refrigeration just sitting on a shelf in a supermarket? do you think chickens lay egs directly into a fridge?

don't trust google american eggs aren't the same as ours

In europe it's illegal to wash eggs so they still have the cuticle that protects them, In america it's different and their eggs are washed by law



only in america, we are not americans, they wash the protective layer away, we don't
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Are you saying because our eggs aren't washed and still have the protective cuticle that they can't sweat and allow bacteria to contaminate? I know it's fine to leave eggs at room temp that have never been refrigerated, but in my case, it was leaving at room temp for more than 2 hours after having been refrigerated.

As it happens, I cooked and scrambled them yesterday, no smell to them at all and I'm still alive. :D
 
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