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In switzerland they are without fridge in the store and then go straight into it at home. No idea if and how this makes sense.

by faebi 5y ago

Bayart 5y ago
We usually do the same in France. Not so much out of a belief than the cold is necessary, but more so that it's practical to have the eggs close by the other ingredients.
- jjgreen 5y ago
  I'm from the UK and lived in France for a couple of years. French food is almost always superior to British, from carrots to kebabs (if expensive) with the single exception of eggs. French eggs are OK, but British eggs are noticeably better. On visits to the UK I would return to France with a dozen eggs in my bag, prompting suspicious looks from customs inspectors at Paddington station.
sschueller 5y ago
We also have dishes in Switzerland that use raw eggs so they better not be contaminated with salmonella etc.
scotty79 5y ago
The trouble with cooling eggs is that when you stop, moisture from the air condensates on them and wets their shells which may let bacteria develop. So it's safer (from European point of view) to never cool them on supply chain but after bringing them home put them in the fridge and take them out immediately before eating when condensation is not a problem anymore. They obviously last longer in the fridge than out of it. But since they are sold quickly it's not worth to refrigerate them before they are in the hands of consumers.
pvaldes 5y ago
Hen will lay one egg a day until finishing the clutch. Eggs are programmed to stand in an empty nest for up to 15 days without moving a eyelash. Its development is triggered when the temperature reachs 40ºC and remains stable for some hours, and the eggs with 1 and 10 days will hatch at the same time. So eggs in a supermarket are just doing what they are programmed to do; no problem. But when moved to home there is a problem. Eggs in a sunny kitchen could activate. Cracking some eggs a week later to find several dead chicken embryos is disgusting. Keeping them in the fridge will avoid this problem.
- NinjaKitten 5y ago
  You have actually just demonstrated that you have no idea how chicken reproduction works. None of the eggs you can buy at the store are fertilised. It is rather obvious when they are. You cannot develop a chick embryo in unfertilised eggs. You just get rotten eggs if they lie around for too long and get warm.
  - pvaldes 5y ago
    > You have actually just demonstrated that you have no idea how chicken reproduction works. > None of the eggs you can buy at the store are fertilized. We were talking about a tradition that was created in the middle of the last century, when home fridges started to include egg trays, and supermarkets were (probably) a little different than today. Yes, I can inform you that you can definitely buy organic fertilized eggs in many places, at least in Europe. And if you think that we never studied embryology and sexual reproduction in the faculty of biology and that I did my thesis in animal reproduction without knowing what is an ovule and what is a spermatozoa... well, you have a really weird sense of the reality. I would not buy anything "demonstrated by you" at this moment. By the way, my rooster send you a salute.
  - NinjaKitten 5y ago
    https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/fertile-chicken-eggs.html https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/fertile-chicken-eggs....
  - systoll 5y ago
    > It is rather obvious when they are. Commercial egg-laying hens aren’t going to be let anywhere near a rooster, so you’re not going to get fertilised eggs from the store. But… unless they’ve been incubated, the only difference is a white spot in the yolk. If you get eggs from a recreational / family farm, you may well get a bunch of fertilised eggs — you wouldn’t notice unless you knew what to look for.
    - NinjaKitten 5y ago
      > Commercial egg-laying hens aren’t going to be let anywhere near a rooster, so you’re not going to get fertilised eggs from the store. That's why it's rather obvious when they are fertilised. Because you actually will often have to consciously go out of your way to ask for fertilised eggs, usually specifically for chicken breeding purposes. Sorry for that I could have made it more obvious. Haha.
squarefoot 5y ago
> In switzerland they are without fridge in the store and then go straight into it at home. No idea if and how this makes sense. Same here (Italy). It might be due to them having a relatively long conservation life compared to other food. They stay no more than 4-5 days at ambient (albeit cooled) temperature at the store, but their marked life is usually about 2 weeks. Fresh natural eggs, those we sometimes get from relatives who have a farm in the south, last a lot more, often well exceeding 3 weeks after travelling over 500 km by car.
herbst 5y ago
I just have mine where I keep my noodles and canned food, in a dark cool storage corner. It never occurred to me to put them in a fridge.

In switzerland they are without fridge in the store and then go straight into it at home. No idea if and how this makes sense.

by faebi 5y ago

In switzerland they are without fridge in the store and then go straight into it at home. No idea if and how this makes sense.

Bayart 5y ago

We usually do the same in France. Not so much out of a belief than the cold is necessary, but more so that it's practical to have the eggs close by the other ingredients.

jjgreen 5y ago
I'm from the UK and lived in France for a couple of years. French food is almost always superior to British, from carrots to kebabs (if expensive) with the single exception of eggs. French eggs are OK, but British eggs are noticeably better. On visits to the UK I would return to France with a dozen eggs in my bag, prompting suspicious looks from customs inspectors at Paddington station.

sschueller 5y ago

We also have dishes in Switzerland that use raw eggs so they better not be contaminated with salmonella etc.

scotty79 5y ago

The trouble with cooling eggs is that when you stop, moisture from the air condensates on them and wets their shells which may let bacteria develop. So it's safer (from European point of view) to never cool them on supply chain but after bringing them home put them in the fridge and take them out immediately before eating when condensation is not a problem anymore. They obviously last longer in the fridge than out of it. But since they are sold quickly it's not worth to refrigerate them before they are in the hands of consumers.

pvaldes 5y ago

Hen will lay one egg a day until finishing the clutch. Eggs are programmed to stand in an empty nest for up to 15 days without moving a eyelash. Its development is triggered when the temperature reachs 40ºC and remains stable for some hours, and the eggs with 1 and 10 days will hatch at the same time. So eggs in a supermarket are just doing what they are programmed to do; no problem. But when moved to home there is a problem. Eggs in a sunny kitchen could activate. Cracking some eggs a week later to find several dead chicken embryos is disgusting. Keeping them in the fridge will avoid this problem.

NinjaKitten 5y ago
You have actually just demonstrated that you have no idea how chicken reproduction works. None of the eggs you can buy at the store are fertilised. It is rather obvious when they are. You cannot develop a chick embryo in unfertilised eggs. You just get rotten eggs if they lie around for too long and get warm.
- pvaldes 5y ago
  > You have actually just demonstrated that you have no idea how chicken reproduction works. > None of the eggs you can buy at the store are fertilized. We were talking about a tradition that was created in the middle of the last century, when home fridges started to include egg trays, and supermarkets were (probably) a little different than today. Yes, I can inform you that you can definitely buy organic fertilized eggs in many places, at least in Europe. And if you think that we never studied embryology and sexual reproduction in the faculty of biology and that I did my thesis in animal reproduction without knowing what is an ovule and what is a spermatozoa... well, you have a really weird sense of the reality. I would not buy anything "demonstrated by you" at this moment. By the way, my rooster send you a salute.
- NinjaKitten 5y ago
  https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/fertile-chicken-eggs.html https://www.raising-happy-chickens.com/fertile-chicken-eggs....
- systoll 5y ago
  > It is rather obvious when they are. Commercial egg-laying hens aren’t going to be let anywhere near a rooster, so you’re not going to get fertilised eggs from the store. But… unless they’ve been incubated, the only difference is a white spot in the yolk. If you get eggs from a recreational / family farm, you may well get a bunch of fertilised eggs — you wouldn’t notice unless you knew what to look for.
  - NinjaKitten 5y ago
    > Commercial egg-laying hens aren’t going to be let anywhere near a rooster, so you’re not going to get fertilised eggs from the store. That's why it's rather obvious when they are fertilised. Because you actually will often have to consciously go out of your way to ask for fertilised eggs, usually specifically for chicken breeding purposes. Sorry for that I could have made it more obvious. Haha.

squarefoot 5y ago

> In switzerland they are without fridge in the store and then go straight into it at home. No idea if and how this makes sense. Same here (Italy). It might be due to them having a relatively long conservation life compared to other food. They stay no more than 4-5 days at ambient (albeit cooled) temperature at the store, but their marked life is usually about 2 weeks. Fresh natural eggs, those we sometimes get from relatives who have a farm in the south, last a lot more, often well exceeding 3 weeks after travelling over 500 km by car.

herbst 5y ago

I just have mine where I keep my noodles and canned food, in a dark cool storage corner. It never occurred to me to put them in a fridge.