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Because as much as the ads yell about disinfecting, very little actually needs disinfecting in order to be safe for you. And of course eggs are their own speci
by TheRealPomax 4y ago
Because as much as the ads yell about disinfecting, very little actually needs disinfecting in order to be safe for you.
And of course eggs are their own special story. They already come with a protective coating. The US and Canada just washes it off, actually making the eggs _less_ safe, necessitating refrigeration.
- xupybd 4y agoYeah, here in NZ we keep our eggs on the bench for weeks before using them. A quick test to see if they float in water before cooking them lets you know that they're safe.
- TheRealPomax 4y agoIt doesn't, because a float test doesn't tell you anything about bacterial infection, but yeah: in most places that aren't North America and don't wash their eggs, eggs will indeed keep just fine for at least two weeks. Just smell it before you eat it, and you're good to go. Smells off? Bin it, and next egg. That smell off too? Time for a shopping run, it looks like we need fresh eggs.
- LargoLasskhyfv 4y agoSame in Germany.
- Ekaros 4y agoAnd it is possible to have salmonella free eggs. Though getting to that point is hard and expensive. I'm not sure if irradiation is the correct way to attain it.
- TheRealPomax 4y agoEven in the US, eggs have been salmonella free for decades now. There is literally no reason for North America to wash eggs anymore, other than "this is how we do it, it would cost us more to change than to just keep doing this". Which ironically of course keeps people thinking that it's still in place because it's necessary when it really, really isn't. It hasn't actually been necessary for longer than most of us have been alive now. Heck: lettuce has been a vector for salmonella several orders of magnitude greater than eggs =)