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)