As the title says... do you refrigerate your eggs?
My mum (a nurse) was absolutely nutty about food hygiene when I was young (and still is). We always had our eggs in a basket, away from sunlight.
This is how I've stored my eggs since leaving home. (I'm also pretty sure that until recently, supermarkets had their eggs stored on un-refigerated shelves?)
So last night I boiled some eggs, forgot about them and left them sitting in the water for 3-4 hrs, I googled food safely la la la to see if they would be safe to eat, and I came across this...
Q. I forgot and left 4 eggs in room temp water overnight. Can these be hard boiled, refrigerated and eaten? Thank you.
A. No, no, no! Discard the eggs. Once left at room temperature, the danger zone temperature, for more than two hours, if pathogenic microorganisms were present, no amount of cooking will be able to kill all the bacteria or toxins that had developed in that time. *
and this...
Q. I bought a carton of eggs and forgot to put it in the fridge. It was therefore at room temperature for about 12 hours. Is it still safe to consume the eggs....Thanks.
A. Discard the eggs. They have been left out in the danger zone temperature for more than two hours. *
So now I'm frrrrreaking out! Have I just been suuuuuper lucky to have gone more than 26 years without a serious dose of food poisoning? Where do you keep your eggs?
* copied and pasted from this website
My mum (a nurse) was absolutely nutty about food hygiene when I was young (and still is). We always had our eggs in a basket, away from sunlight.
This is how I've stored my eggs since leaving home. (I'm also pretty sure that until recently, supermarkets had their eggs stored on un-refigerated shelves?)
So last night I boiled some eggs, forgot about them and left them sitting in the water for 3-4 hrs, I googled food safely la la la to see if they would be safe to eat, and I came across this...
Q. I forgot and left 4 eggs in room temp water overnight. Can these be hard boiled, refrigerated and eaten? Thank you.
A. No, no, no! Discard the eggs. Once left at room temperature, the danger zone temperature, for more than two hours, if pathogenic microorganisms were present, no amount of cooking will be able to kill all the bacteria or toxins that had developed in that time. *
and this...
Q. I bought a carton of eggs and forgot to put it in the fridge. It was therefore at room temperature for about 12 hours. Is it still safe to consume the eggs....Thanks.
A. Discard the eggs. They have been left out in the danger zone temperature for more than two hours. *
So now I'm frrrrreaking out! Have I just been suuuuuper lucky to have gone more than 26 years without a serious dose of food poisoning? Where do you keep your eggs?
* copied and pasted from this website