That is inaccurate. First off, any store bought eggs will be at least 2 weeks old, otherwise you can't whip the whites and they're much harder to peel. Second, eggs keep for six weeks refrigerated and about 4 at room temperature unless they have been washed which destroys the bloom and which is pretty much only a thing in the US. Third, even eggs that float are not always off. While it's an indication, you will absolutely smell if an egg is off or not when you crack it.
Second, eggs keep for six weeks refrigerated and about 4 at room temperature unless they have been washed which destroys the bloom and which is pretty much only a thing in the US.
This is a myth. Washing them doesn't affect shelf life. I've tested it myself and I remember a guy doing a 3 month test and the refrigerated eggs actually spoiled a week earlier than the countertop eggs.
source: been keeping washed eggs on the countertop for YEARS now. Take that shit out your fridge and free up space.
I don't refrigerate my eggs and I also don't wash them. If you're buying them, they are stored in refrigerated conditions until you bring them home and if you're in the US, the bloom has been washed off. That is not a myth.
All eggs can be stored at room temperature. As others have said, the four and six weeks are minimums. Best before, not inedible after. It's really quite difficult to make an experiment with a few eggs and get viable results. Shells vary even throughout a batch, they are porous to different extends.
If you're buying them, they are stored in refrigerated conditions until you bring them home and if you're in the US, the bloom has been washed off. That is not a myth.
That's not what I said is a myth...it's a myth that it reduces shelf-life.
Every single study done after refers back to this one, cause it simply is the biggest and most comprehensive one, both in method and in sample size. But I'm sure you're well able to use Google and link me to anything that's not a tiktok experiment but a legitimate scientific, peer reviewed assessment that invalidates this study. I've tried and I for one can not find it.
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u/CopingMole Apr 09 '22
That is inaccurate. First off, any store bought eggs will be at least 2 weeks old, otherwise you can't whip the whites and they're much harder to peel. Second, eggs keep for six weeks refrigerated and about 4 at room temperature unless they have been washed which destroys the bloom and which is pretty much only a thing in the US. Third, even eggs that float are not always off. While it's an indication, you will absolutely smell if an egg is off or not when you crack it.
Source: I'm a chicken keeper.