Storing Farm Fresh Eggs

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fmdog44

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I just watched an information type show on eggs and learned that "farm fresh" eggs (only) can be stored unrefrigerated for a month. I guess being city born has its downfalls.
 

old medic said:
Coat with Vaseline and there good for months...
never seen eggs refrigerated till i was a teen... even in our local store
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Yup.

I moved to the country in 2010. Eggs sit out next to the produce in these little stores.

I still recall the first one I had here. As soon as I cracked it open, I could smell egg! After decades of eating the grocery store stuff, I forgot that eggs have a smell to them. They also have flavor. Brought back memories.

Something else I learned after hard-boiling some with a splash of white vinegar. The color on brown eggs is applied within 20 minutes or so of the thing being laid...it's a coating applied as the egg wends its way through the chicken, not a shell-material color. And it's alkaline in nature, so the acidic vinegar makes the coating sheet off into the water.

Since I'm rambling, one other thing I learned after getting a couple dozen "double yolk" eggs from the farm across the street...double yolk eggs come from young hens early in their laying lives. They tend to ovulate twice in a cycle, with both eggs being encased in a single shell.
 
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In The Sticks said:
Yup.

I moved to the country in 2010. Eggs sit out next to the produce in these little stores.

I still recall the first one I had here. As soon as I cracked it open, I could smell egg! After decades of eating the grocery store stuff, I forgot that eggs have a smell to them. They also have flavor. Brought back memories.

Something else I learned after hard-boiling some with a splash of white vinegar. The color on brown eggs is applied within 20 minutes or so of the thing being laid...it's a coating, not a shell color. And it's alkaline in nature, so the acidic vinegar makes the coating sheet off into the water.

Since I'm rambling, one other thing I learned after getting a couple dozen "double yolk" eggs from the farm across the street...double yolk eggs come from young hens early in their laying lives. They tend to ovulate twice in a cycle, with both eggs being encased in a single shell.
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Seriously, brown eggs aren't naturally brown???
 
JaniceM said:
Seriously, brown eggs aren't naturally brown???
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Sure, "naturally" as in they come out of the chicken that way. But it's not really the color of the shell material, it's something inside the breed of chicken that applies that brown alkaline coating or dye to the egg as it wends its way through her.

I reworded my original comment. I didn't mean to imply that "within 20 minutes after being laid, a coating is applied."
 
RadishRose said:
There was some discussion on a forum a few years ago about Europeans not having to chill eggs but Americans do, I can't remember what the difference was.

I have heard to bring eggs to room temp before using them for baking, but I don't bake.
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I recall that. Here's what the internet says:

Unlike European eggs, American eggs are washed and sprayed with a sanitizer immediately after collection, then placed into a cooler. Bringing the eggs back to room temperature would increase the chance of bacterial growth, according to the USDA's egg grading manual. Bottom line: we have to refrigerate our eggs because our egg distributors do.
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Funny, I just read a website that said farm-fresh eggs are good for 60 days unrefrigerated as long as you don't "wash the bloom" off of them, and that if you want to clean them, do so with a dry brush. It also said that fresh eggs are good for 6 months when refrigerated. I know I've kept some for a pretty long time...at least a few months.

That website also said that the eggs we buy in stores are likely older than 60 days.

The guy I've been buying my eggs from used to charge $2/dozen, but people recently started hoarding so he raised his price to $2.25 to stop it! Gotta love country life.
 
Have you tried to peel an egg when the shell doesn't come off. I swear I was ready to throw that egg across the room. I think I will change to free range as I heard they are better. I always refrigerate my eggs.
 
I had to collect eggs from my daughter's chickens when she went on vacation. I was shocked when she said not to wash them or refrigerate them! I also learned that a 'broody' chicken gets really angry when you try to get her eggs! This bird flew up in my face repeatedly, with chicken toes aimed at my eyes!
 
Pappy said:
Any doubts how fresh an egg is. Fill a bowl with water, put an egg in the water And if the egg lays on its side on stands on end, you’re good to go. If it floats to top, don’t use it.....
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I 'saved' the dozen eggs that got frozen during my refrigerator disaster... (Cheap,Cheap as the birds say) - I'm going to try this! If they float, I'll use them to fertilize my blueberries. Thanks!
 
Em in Ohio said:
I 'saved' the dozen eggs that got frozen during my refrigerator disaster... (Cheap,Cheap as the birds say) - I'm going to try this! If they float, I'll use them to fertilize my blueberries. Thanks!
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Update - saved 7 of 12 that all sank appropriately. The other five cracked when frozen but I didn't notice until I tried to pull them from the carton for the egg-sink test. They did get blended, shells and all, and fed to my blueberries.
 
IrisSenior said:
Have you tried to peel an egg when the shell doesn't come off. I swear I was ready to throw that egg across the room. I think I will change to free range as I heard they are better. I always refrigerate my eggs.
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I can relate! I often make deviled eggs for family gatherings. I can prepare them all the same way. There always seems to be at least one that is demolished as I try to 'chip' away the shell. I don't understand why!
 

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