Sometimes, it's hard to suspend belief...

[wendy-lebaron]

the increasing attempt to "ex-you-analyze" everything. has turned me almost away from local television. badly-dressed women needing to work, no i don't really care.

sadly it has never changed over 40 years at least. for one local channel. the only thing that really changed was the show's name. i'm surrounded by people. who only beg for controversy and political strife. which are never my favorite topics.

i was accused last year of being someone i'm not. i expected it from someone on the street. enough said. this and many other things. would have made me quite incredulous for the rest of my life.

 

[MikeRocor]

It's also a 'mostly-American' thing, as many parts of the globe do not refrigerate their eggs.

I've been told that, if you don't was the eggs, they don't need to be refrigerated. I'll take mine washed anyway, thanks, and I'll keep them in the fridge.

Having raised chickens back in the day, I can vouch for that!

My parents and I raised a dozen chickens once. My brother, bless his heart, bought his wife a dozen cute little yellow peeps for mothers' day one year - not sure what (or if) he was thinking. He bought them a bit ahead of time and by the time he gave them to her, they were in that not-so-cute in between stage. His wife would have nothing to do with them, so they lived their fairly brief lives at my parents' place, where I was still living at the time. Becoming familiar with chickens "on-the-hoof" nearly cured me of ever wanting to eat chicken again. Nasty disgusting creatures! We did, in fact, end up eating them. None of them ever got to an egg laying career, but I've occasionally helped friends tend their egg layers and just "no" - eggs can be washed and refrigerated.

I once bought unduly many eggs when they were on sale and experimented a little: They freeze (and thaw) ok, though I found they keep well enough in the fridge that freezing isn't really necessary - I didn't buy -that- many! Freezing does give the yolks a funky texture - not so liquid any more - but they taste the same.

As an aside regarding the dozen chickens: as soon as we kept chicken feed in our shed, we got rats. Nice big healthy rats, but still rats. As soon as the chickens (and the chicken feed) were gone, the rats were gone. Rats apparently don't like dog food, because we've kept that in the same shed for decades and never had a rat problem other than with the chicken feed.

 

[KGIII]

I've been told that, if you don't was the eggs, they don't need to be refrigerated. I'll take mine washed anyway, thanks, and I'll keep them in the fridge.

Washing removes the 'bloom' or 'cuticle'. Removing that is removing the egg's protection against bacteria.

They both have similar preservation lengths. In the US, you can expect your eggs to be good for 3 to 5 weeks. In Europe or the UK, they generally expect their eggs to be safe for four weeks.

You can still wash off the disgusting stuff before using it, but it's illegal for the provider/seller to do so (at least in the UK, and likely elsewhere in the EU at least). They are moving the burden of cleaning the eggs onto you, and you're expected to clean them before using them.

I was quite taken aback when I first saw someone pulling eggs off a literal shelf as they were about to do something, which also made my head turn quizically. They were getting out eggs to make mayonnaise. Up to that point in my life, I'd never had homemade mayonnaise.

It was on that day that I learned at least two new things.

I was quite put off by this, as I'd once ended up in the hospital for a few days due to botulism. Botulism isn't something I'd wish upon anyone. It's a lot different than generic 'food poisoning', and botulism is the most potent poison on the planet. We can't eve sythnesize something more deadly than botulism.

I'd learn an interesting fact later in life. They say not to eat old potato salad because the eggs go bad. They're completely wrong. It's actually the potato causing problems. Here's an AI snippet from Google:

You are completely right. The potatoes themselves (along with other low-acid mix-ins like eggs or meat) provide the perfect, nutrient-rich environment for bacteria to multiply. Commercial mayonnaise, being acidic, actually has a protective effect and slows bacterial growth.

So, now you'll have some fun trivia at your next picnic or cookout.

 

[VP9KS]

go to the local neighborhood bar and which the drunks being stupid

That can be VERY entertaining. I noticed that the local Kroger now has a draft bar in the store. Oh boy, now you can be drunk and disorderly at the local grocery store! What could POSSIBLY go wrong?

 

[MikeRocor]

I once bought unduly many eggs when they were on sale and experimented a little: They freeze (and thaw) ok,

FWIW, I did not try nuking a frozen egg, nor even a previously frozen egg, with or without water. If anyone wants to try this, please let me know the results (with pictures, if possible).

 

[Rocketing-warp9]

FWIW, I did not try nuking a frozen egg, nor even a previously frozen egg, with or without water. If anyone wants to try this, please let me know the results (with pictures, if possible).

Sure, but I would need to acquire a atomic bomb first.. as we lost our microwave
(Just joking)

 

[MikeRocor]

as we lost our microwave

I used to try to fix non-working microwaves in much the same way I do with non-working computers but I quit doing microwaves - It's more expensive and, unlike computers, microwave ovens have bits inside that can kill you if you're not careful enough. I suppose you could do yourself in with computer innards, too, but it would be more work.

If you want to try building your own A-bomb for this, I heard a certain Middle-Eastern country might be willing to sell off ... never mind. (Note to the NSA: Really, "nuking" one's food is just an idiom - it means to heat it with microwave radiation in a common kitchen appliance.)

 

[KGIII]

Really, "nuking" one's food is just an idiom

Something that many people don't know...

Quite a bit of what you (probably) eat is actually irradiated before it is sold to you.

Food Irradiation: What You Need to Know

Irradiation does not make foods radioactive, compromise nutritional quality, or noticeably change the taste, texture, or appearance of food.

www.fda.gov

(It's harmless, but does make a subset of people think they're trying to kill us all with radiation, or some other odd conspiracy theory.)

I'm not against irradiated food, though I don't eat much of it. I know where a lot of my food comes from. As for when I'm eating elsewhere, bring on the irradiated food. Don't forget to toss some dyes into it, add a bunch of preservatives, and slather it in salt!

 

[MikeRocor]

I'm not against irradiated food, though I don't eat much of it. I know where a lot of my food comes from. As for when I'm eating elsewhere, bring on the irradiated food. Don't forget to toss some dyes into it, add a bunch of preservatives, and slather it in salt!

When I was much younger and worked as a security guard And irradiated foods were first becoming a thing, I worked at the headquarters office of Westinghouse's "Commercial Nuclear Fuels Division" and thought at the time that they should have a "Commercial Nuclear Foods Division", too. As a lowly contractor, I never brought this up with their management so they never developed the idea.

 

[wendy-lebaron]

i was accused last year of being someone i'm not. i expected it from someone on the street. enough said.

just this morning, again in real life. by someone "inside the house." i have nowhere else to go, i want to move away so much after this.

it was like this movie i saw several years ago. before "miami csi" and shows like that. where the truth is digged out from the ground. or it's just inferred. the movie was about a guy who was surprised one day. with being accused of killing his young female employment colleague. originally accused of trying to coerce her privately. because she refused, he killed her. nope, it was because he got along so well with her. both got along so well at employment. that his wife boiled herself inside a pan. was the one who killed the young lady. did something else (r-rated) that left him helpless. that almost sent him to jail. until his crazy wife confessed right on his face what she did.

it might not be wise to reveal something of myself on internet. but i just don't know where else to go.