I never got why folk don't put them in the fridge. They've always said "once opened, keep refrigerated" on the label!
But to OP, my eggs are in the cupboard and are fine (often long past the BB date too!)
Leaving eggs out of the fridge
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I never got why folk don't put them in the fridge. They've always said "once opened, keep refrigerated" on the label!
But to OP, my eggs are in the cupboard and are fine (often long past the BB date too!)
Soldato
The float test is a perfectly good way to check the freshness of eggs and to tell what to use them for.
No float/lies on side = very fresh, these are the best to use for frying as the white will still be quite firm.
Floats slightly but not fully upright = fresh, best for poaching
Floats on one end, is upright = still fine to eat, best for scrambling or using in baking.
Floats at top of water = throw it away, it's gone bad.
No float/lies on side = very fresh, these are the best to use for frying as the white will still be quite firm.
Floats slightly but not fully upright = fresh, best for poaching
Floats on one end, is upright = still fine to eat, best for scrambling or using in baking.
Floats at top of water = throw it away, it's gone bad.
Thanks, good info. I've pasted and saved all that into my phone's food and recipes notebook.
Man of Honour
despite what Eggwina Currie told you in the 80s we don't have sarmonella in (most) chickens so we don't wash our eggs so we don't need to refrigerate them.
Remember that thread where someone asked how to tell if an egg was fresh, took the advice to see if it floated in water.... And cracked the egg into water
Legendary thread
Soldato
Found it:Remember that thread where someone asked how to tell if an egg was fresh, took the advice to see if it floated in water.... And cracked the egg into water
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/eggs-still-safe-to-eat.18563492/
Had to search for where I'd posted "Brilliant" as I suspected that would have been my response - and it was