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Old 02-03-2015, 08:10
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What is best ?, Eggs in fridge or left out in Kitchen, My wife plays up when I put in 'fridge as she says she needs them at room temp' to cook with, and " My Mum never kept her eggs in 'fridge" I reply "She never had a bloody fridge that's why".
Sorry if this has been discussed before, but I never use this section.
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Old 02-03-2015, 08:39
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I always keep them in the fridge. In fact it says on the box I buy to keep them in the fridge.
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Old 02-03-2015, 08:58
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If you keep them in the fridge you have to bring them to room temperature to use them, so I don't keep them in the fridge. I buy them weekly and they seem to keep perfectly fine just sitting in my china chicken.

Boiled eggs burst if you use them from the fridge
Egg whites won't whisk from the fridge
Cakes don't rise properly with eggs from the fridge
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Old 02-03-2015, 09:08
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I keep my eggs in a cool dark cupboard in the utility area of the house.
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Old 02-03-2015, 09:58
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If I was to use eggs every day I would definitely keep them out of the fridge - they really do cook better from room temperature.
However, as I only use eggs on average about once a week (for cakes or a quick meal) I keep them in the fridge and take them out a couple of hours before I use them.
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Old 02-03-2015, 10:37
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Makes sense we use eggs couple of times a day so they need to be room temp all the time really - never know when someone will need one.
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Old 02-03-2015, 11:04
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I never put them in the fridge and they should be used according to "the fresher the better". Eggs laid the same day are so much tastier than eggs even a few days old, and one an egg is a couple of weeks old hen it's only really worth using in baking.
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Old 02-03-2015, 11:40
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If you keep them in the fridge you have to bring them to room temperature to use them, so I don't keep them in the fridge. I buy them weekly and they seem to keep perfectly fine just sitting in my china chicken.

Boiled eggs burst if you use them from the fridge
Egg whites won't whisk from the fridge
Cakes don't rise properly with eggs from the fridge
I always cook them straight from the fridge and don't have any problem with them.
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Old 02-03-2015, 13:26
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If you keep them in the fridge you have to bring them to room temperature to use them, so I don't keep them in the fridge. I buy them weekly and they seem to keep perfectly fine just sitting in my china chicken.

Boiled eggs burst if you use them from the fridge
Egg whites won't whisk from the fridge
Cakes don't rise properly with eggs from the fridge
Really? I've used eggs from the fridge for 20 years and never had any of those problems. Ever.
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Old 02-03-2015, 13:36
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Yes in my experience that is true obviously not in yours. No problems we can go on doing what suits us best.
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Old 02-03-2015, 13:53
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I never put eggs in the fridge. Mine are stored in a kitchen cupboard. My fridge is kept very cold. I once cracked an egg straight from the fridge and it was frozen !!
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Old 02-03-2015, 14:01
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Oh, and to continue with my reason to keep them in fridge, there's little egg shaped indents in the door lining seems a shame not to use them.
I might add we are both 77 and were the first in either of our entire families to own a fridge, and a house for that matter. Things have certainly progressed in our lives.
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Old 02-03-2015, 14:20
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Oh, and to continue with my reason to keep them in fridge, there's little egg shaped indents in the door lining seems a shame not to use them.
I might add we are both 77 and were the first in either of our entire families to own a fridge, and a house for that matter. Things have certainly progressed in our lives.
Well done ! One of the major reasons I never use the indents in the door is we never had fridges when I was young so I sort of assume we survived warm eggs for centuries and are unlikely to expire now but as I said earlier whenever I have tried using the fridge I have had problems, particular fondness for boiled eggs and soldiers and I don't like the egg to crack which it does with a sudden change of temperature I have found.
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Old 02-03-2015, 15:11
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If they were meant to be kept refrigerated then that's where you'd find them in the supermarket.
Our eggs are stored on the work top inside an egg basket that's shaped as a chicken.
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Old 02-03-2015, 15:22
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If they were meant to be kept refrigerated then that's where you'd find them in the supermarket.
Our eggs are stored on the work top inside an egg basket that's shaped as a chicken.
Good point ! ours is a china chicken but similar principle I guess.
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Old 02-03-2015, 18:48
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it's a quirk of the law that they can't sell them as "fresh" eggs from a fridge.

of course they ought to be in a fridge.
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Old 02-03-2015, 18:53
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If they were meant to be kept refrigerated then that's where you'd find them in the supermarket.
Our eggs are stored on the work top inside an egg basket that's shaped as a chicken.
This is what I go by!
I've got a wire basket tho'.
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Old 02-03-2015, 20:58
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If they were meant to be kept refrigerated then that's where you'd find them in the supermarket.
Our eggs are stored on the work top inside an egg basket that's shaped as a chicken.
Yet as previously pointed out it says on the box/info to keep refrigerated after purchase
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webst...oduct/81220971
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Old 02-03-2015, 21:59
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it's a quirk of the law that they can't sell them as "fresh" eggs from a fridge.

of course they ought to be in a fridge.
Yet as previously pointed out it says on the box/info to keep refrigerated after purchase
http://groceries.asda.com/asda-webst...oduct/81220971
Eggs an ancient food stuff
Refrigerator a relatively modern convenience

Says it all for me I think.
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Old 02-03-2015, 22:13
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Eggs an ancient food stuff
Refrigerator a relatively modern convenience

Says it all for me I think.
Many, if not most food stuffs were around before the invention of the fridge/freezer.
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Old 02-03-2015, 22:44
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Many, if not most food stuffs were around before the invention of the fridge/freezer.
Exactly so unless things go off quickly - milk etc nothing else needs to be in there.

I tend to use the fridge for milk, cooked meats, raw meat, and a couple of veg that last better when kept cold.
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Old 02-03-2015, 23:13
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Refrigerator a relatively modern convenience

Says it all for me I think.
So where do you keep milk, cheese and meat? Or do you think they were all invented in 1931 by Frigidaire. Before domestic fridges, food wasn't typically kept in the same room it was prepared and cooked (in ovens, hobs and other heat sources). And 'room temperature' was considerably lower.

Surgery and dentistry are both considerably older practices than the relatively modern convenience which is anaesthetic. That's why I always tell my dentist, "No! No novocaine. It dulls the senses."
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Old 02-03-2015, 23:21
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If they were meant to be kept refrigerated then that's where you'd find them in the supermarket.
Our eggs are stored on the work top inside an egg basket that's shaped as a chicken.
Supermarkets are forbidden by legislation to store eggs in fridges. The problem is that changing temperature quickly harms the eggs.

If you use the eggs quickly then no need to refrigerate but they keep longer in the fridge. Keep them in the specially designed packages they come in rather than in the fridge door.
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Old 03-03-2015, 00:04
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I always keep eggs out of the fridge but then I'm in the tradition of buying most things to be eaten as and when rather than mass-buying for weeks.

If you tried making a custard or mayonnaise with eggs straight from the fridge you'd end up with a curdled mess.
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Old 03-03-2015, 00:08
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So where do you keep milk, cheese and meat? Or do you think they were all invented in 1931 by Frigidaire. Before domestic fridges, food wasn't typically kept in the same room it was prepared and cooked (in ovens, hobs and other heat sources). And 'room temperature' was considerably lower.
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I keep meat and milk in the fridge but if for some reason I couldn't it would keep well in my very cold slate-lined larder (where presumably they would have been kept years ago).

As for room temperature we've always preferred a cooler environment, especially in the kitchen.
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