Sorry! Boring! Eggs in the fridge or not?!

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I never know....

I do, but I fully accept that they don’t need to be!

No

Are you in UK?

if so-no

No need in the UK

yup, uk

No need. Also if you’re baking etc they should be at room temp before using them.

If it’s really hot I do tend to stick them in the fridge, but only if I’m planning on poaching or frying them.

I keep them in the fridge, just because there is an egg holder in there and it saves stuff being on the worktop

No.

No

I keep them uncooked out of the fridge, cooked in the fridge.

No, it makes the membrane inside shrink away from the shell slightly which sucks any dirt/bugs on the outside through the shell. Which makes them more likely to go off.

If you wash them (also unnecessary in the UK) then you should keep them in the fridge as the shell becomes permeable.

Not.

Thank you!

I put them in fridge because I flat share and there is not much room. They are safer in the fridge though I know they are best used at room temp.

Room temp,I have a small basket on the window sill.

I have a wee wooden egg cupboard on my windowsill for them

I do but know it’s a) not needed and b) I shouldn’t - makes boiled eggs more difficult to peel and makes scrambled eggs less uniform, apparently.

DP is from the US where commercial eggs have to be kept refrigerated for safety (not vaccinated? Farmed differently?) and when he moved to the UK he went without eggs for weeks because he couldn’t find them in the chilled section, couldn’t find a specialist egg shop, and was too proud to ask somebody what we did with our eggs!

Not

I live in Canada but am from the UK so I keep my eggs outside the fridge

Should I be keeping them in the fridge?!

Nothing bad has happened yet though....

I keep mine in the fridge. Never had a problem cooking whatever I want with them.

@ComtesseDeSpair US eggs are washed which removes the protective outer layer and so must be refrigerated. UK eggs aren’t so they’re fine out of a fridge.

No. They are not in the fridge in the shop, are they? I just keep them on the worktop.