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Will we get sick?

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Pink977 · 07/12/2024 19:39

Baked a cake. Eggs had been in the fridge previous. Since found out that the eggs I used had actually been sat out on the kitchen side from 11am-6pm when I used them for the cake. Will we get sick??!

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tilypu · 08/12/2024 04:42

L0bstersLass · 08/12/2024 00:04

@Pink977 That's advice from the USA, where they wash eggs before sale.
That process removes a natural protective membrane resulting in the eggs having to be refrigerated.

In the UK our eggs aren't washed and therefore don't need to be refrigerated and there is no 2 hour rule here.

There is nothing to worry about if you're in the UK.

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Read it again. British Lion Eggs are the British egg safety people. Nothing to do with America. And it's advisory, unlike in the US where eggs need to be refrigerated.

VegTrug · 08/12/2024 01:24

@dementedpixie Only if cooked at an EXTREME temperature for over an hour

JingleB · 08/12/2024 01:15

Sometimes questions on this place are wild. Haven’t you ever cooked with a egg before, OP?

WreggGallace · 08/12/2024 00:13

Bjorkdidit · 07/12/2024 20:22

OP questions like this baffle me.

When did people start to think eggs (and butter) needed to kept in the fridge or else they'd turn into poison in a few hours. WTF has that come from?

In my entire life of over 50 years I've never put eggs in the fridge. As it happens I've just had some that were 2 days out of date when I cooked them so had probably been out of the fridge for around a month and they were fine. As was I.

Millennials think like this. They also think food goes bad on the stroke of midnight on a use by date

L0bstersLass · 08/12/2024 00:04

Pink977 · 07/12/2024 21:39

I’m in the UK. British lion eggs actually say on their website thing egg info to store in the fridge as it keeps them at a constant temperature and keeps them fresher for longer. I read somewhere that eggs should be discarded if left out for longer than 2 hours after refrigeration so I panicked! It said about salmonella.

@Pink977 That's advice from the USA, where they wash eggs before sale.
That process removes a natural protective membrane resulting in the eggs having to be refrigerated.

In the UK our eggs aren't washed and therefore don't need to be refrigerated and there is no 2 hour rule here.

There is nothing to worry about if you're in the UK.

GargoylesofBeelzebub · 07/12/2024 23:42

You're supposed to leave your eggs to get to room temperature before baking with them if they've been refrigerated. You'll be fine.

dementedpixie · 07/12/2024 23:37

VegTrug · 07/12/2024 23:04

Whilst I agree with your overall point that the eggs will be fine, them being cooked in a hot oven makes zero difference. E-Coli & salmonella is heat resistant. That's why people still get food poisoning from fully cooked food!

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E coli and salmonella are killed by cooking so I don't know why you are saying they are heat resistant

SensitivePetal · 07/12/2024 23:34

Apolloneuro · 07/12/2024 23:21

That an unnecessary comment. How do you get through life with your social skills!

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My social skills are pretty good thanks. Good job, good friends, ans good social and family life.

Google is free to use and full of good stuff. I just can’t be doing with folk who can’t google how to safely store an egg. I don’t think that’s completely unreasonable.

niadainud · 07/12/2024 23:28

Pink977 · 07/12/2024 19:41

I’m worried about the temperature change from them being in the fridge to then being at room temp and used

And how were you proposing to bake a cake without the eggs changing temperature?

What do you think happens when you boil/fry/poach/scramble them?

Apolloneuro · 07/12/2024 23:21

SensitivePetal · 07/12/2024 22:26

A Very, very cursory google would bring up the facts.

How do you live your life with such poor research and critical thinking skills?

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That an unnecessary comment. How do you get through life with your social skills!

TerrysCIockworkOrange · 07/12/2024 23:20

I am mid 40s and have never in my life refrigerated an egg. The egg holder for my fridge lives in the kitchen junk drawer

Apolloneuro · 07/12/2024 23:20

genesis92 · 07/12/2024 23:15

I never keep my eggs in the fridge. You do realise you don't buy them from a fridge in the supermarket?!

I think it’s as much a storage issue for me. I like to keep kitchen sides clean and use cupboard space for other stuff.

I don’t think there’s really a right or wrong way.

Apolloneuro · 07/12/2024 23:18

I’m in the UK, keep eggs in the fridge, as does everybody I know. It’s a really normal thing to do, in my experience.

@Pink977 regardless, the eggs have now been cooked. I don’t they will cause you to be sick. Xx

genesis92 · 07/12/2024 23:15

I never keep my eggs in the fridge. You do realise you don't buy them from a fridge in the supermarket?!

SALaw · 07/12/2024 23:09

Where were they in the shop when you bought them?

Rachie1973 · 07/12/2024 23:07

Eggs don’t need to be in the fridge and they don’t need date stamps.

Sassysia · 07/12/2024 23:06

Pink977 · 07/12/2024 21:39

I’m in the UK. British lion eggs actually say on their website thing egg info to store in the fridge as it keeps them at a constant temperature and keeps them fresher for longer. I read somewhere that eggs should be discarded if left out for longer than 2 hours after refrigeration so I panicked! It said about salmonella.

We never put our eggs in the fridge and we are still here to tell the tale!

VegTrug · 07/12/2024 23:04

Hurdlin · 07/12/2024 19:44

Eggs should never be kept in the fridge.

You then baked the cake in a hot oven.

Absolutely fine.

Whilst I agree with your overall point that the eggs will be fine, them being cooked in a hot oven makes zero difference. E-Coli & salmonella is heat resistant. That's why people still get food poisoning from fully cooked food!

InWithThePlums · 07/12/2024 23:03

SensitivePetal · 07/12/2024 22:26

A Very, very cursory google would bring up the facts.

How do you live your life with such poor research and critical thinking skills?

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Aw that’s harsh. Everyone has something they believe that turns out to be a load of bollocks, usually because they’ve half remembered something they’ve read.

The OP had me scared for a second because I’ve never refrigerated an egg in my life. Mind you, I’m also not dead.

Hayley1256 · 07/12/2024 22:56

If there british lion eggs they are vaccinated against salmonella. It says to store at less than 20 degrees for freshness and quality- nothing about them making you ill of you don't stick to that. It also says to take them out of the fridge 30 mins before cooking so the shells don't crack. There on supermarket shells for ages before people buy them. Unless you left them on on a radiator for 5 hours I'm sure they were fine. Even in tje summer I don't keep eggs in the fridge

OchonAgusOchonOh · 07/12/2024 22:55

Bjorkdidit · 07/12/2024 20:22

OP questions like this baffle me.

When did people start to think eggs (and butter) needed to kept in the fridge or else they'd turn into poison in a few hours. WTF has that come from?

In my entire life of over 50 years I've never put eggs in the fridge. As it happens I've just had some that were 2 days out of date when I cooked them so had probably been out of the fridge for around a month and they were fine. As was I.

I only start to get concerned if they're a month out of date and then I just do the float test. Eggs are fine months after the bbd.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/12/2024 22:54

SensitivePetal · 07/12/2024 22:30

Also, the reason eggs are nearly 100% safe in the UK is nothing to do with washing. It’s because all UK hens are inoculated against salmonella now.

The not washing is to stop them going rotten.

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/12/2024 22:53

oviraptor21 · 07/12/2024 22:45

I've never met anyone who doesn't keep their eggs in the fridge!
Just seems easier to me. They keep longer. Just let them get to room temperature before baking.

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How do you know? Have you had eggs go off?

MereDintofPandiculation · 07/12/2024 22:52

Pink977 · 07/12/2024 21:39

I’m in the UK. British lion eggs actually say on their website thing egg info to store in the fridge as it keeps them at a constant temperature and keeps them fresher for longer. I read somewhere that eggs should be discarded if left out for longer than 2 hours after refrigeration so I panicked! It said about salmonella.

Yes, it’s to keep them at a constant temperature, that’s all. Elsewhere on the site it says they should be kept below 20deg,

The 2 hour thing may have been for eggs that have already been cracked and aren’t any longer protected by their shell

dementedpixie · 07/12/2024 22:46

Pink977 · 07/12/2024 21:39

I’m in the UK. British lion eggs actually say on their website thing egg info to store in the fridge as it keeps them at a constant temperature and keeps them fresher for longer. I read somewhere that eggs should be discarded if left out for longer than 2 hours after refrigeration so I panicked! It said about salmonella.

The 2 hour thing will be advice for the USA as they wash their eggs. Also UK hens are vaccinated against salmonella.

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