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The washed ones last because you washed off all the hen house bacteria, and then kept it refrigerated so new bacteria wouldn’t grow. Chickens, especially comme
by relaxing 2y ago
The washed ones last because you washed off all the hen house bacteria, and then kept it refrigerated so new bacteria wouldn’t grow.
Chickens, especially commercial poultry farms, are disgusting.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoI get that washing off bacteria does something good. But it also makes the egg more vulnerable to any remaining bacteria. If both types are refrigerated, I wonder which effect dominates?
- moate 2y agoIf you put European eggs in the fridge, it actually DIMINISHES shelf life because it can cause condensation that begins to erode the cuticle (the thing that allows the egg to be stored at room temp w/o bacterial penetration). Like I said, there's advantages and trade offs to BOTH, otherwise the move would just be to do one and not the other (similar to how there are advantages to the Imperial measuring system that keeps it in place, but we're not going down that trail).
- rahimnathwani 2y agoWow I had no idea about that first thing. Good to know! I think my parents (in the UK) keep eggs in the fridge. They only buy a dozen at a time so it's probably not a big problem :)