WTF have I just read

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Transgender woman loses case against ex who threw out jar of testicles https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062699/testicles-michigan-transgender-muslim-woman-sued-genitals.html?ito=native_share_article-nativemenubutton

That quote just makes its own jokes…

Good grief, the world really has gone bonkers.
"Kingsley reports up to 26 different medical conditions and disabilities and refers to self as "medically fragile".
Is one of those conditions the lack of a brain?
Also, can true Muslims have gender changing surgery? I thought that you are supposed to love your body as it is because Allah made it so it's blasphemous to alter it.

Kingsley's conversion of faith and adoption of a different style of dress happened after the transition and is relatively recent. As per Meg's deep dive (video above) it seems to be related to her new partner.

Fnaarr!

ApocalipstickNow · Today 16:38

Fanny Craddock said “I would no more keep an egg in a refrigerator than a baby.” I trust Fanny.

What? Do you not keep the baby in the fridge to prevent mischief? Are you mad?!!!

Eggs matter and must therefore be discussed. Bollox however…

I don’t keep eggs in the fridge. Or pay attention to the use by. In 30 plus years I’ve never seen a bad egg.

I prefer them room temperature for cooking. They are more consistent. Easier to get the doneness correct.

What temp are your kitchens? Mine only gets above 18 in high summer.

Damn, it won't let me edit. @MNHQ -previous post was obviously in jest and not to be taken as any sort of advice.

If you only use them for baking, you won't notice the deterioration of quality so much. As long as they're not actually bad, you can still use them. But you can take eggs out of the fridge a while before using them if you want them at room temperature for baking. 18 degrees is still too high to keep eggs fresh.

I like to poach eggs sometimes. You need a fresh egg otherwise it doesn't hold together in the water. I also find older eggs which have been stored for weeks at room temperature (like supermarket eggs) have an unpleasant taste.

I never buy supermarket eggs. I'm lucky that I can buy eggs from smallholders near where I live. They're never more than a few days old when I get them, then they go straight in the fridge to keep them fresh.

Apart from the quality (taste) issue, pathogens multiply much faster in a warmer environment. This is less of an issue now that most hens are vaccinated against salmonella, but other pathogens are available.

You can keep eggs out of the fridge, but why would anyone want to? There are no benefits to not refrigerating them and quite a few negatives.

I don't know the common protocol for storing testes though. 😂

I believe attached to the owner is the usual location!

Yes, but testicles are stored outside of the body to keep them cooler, was my understanding. So fridge may be best.

Once detached, of course. Otherwise shutting them in the door may not be the preferred option.

Do you find them annoyingly hard to peel when hard boiled? Even supermarket eggs are if quite new.
I don’t have access to small holder eggs unfortunately.

Are we still talking about testicles?

Do you find them annoyingly hard to peel when hard boiled? Even supermarket eggs are if quite new.

Yes, but I'll tolerate that for the fresher taste. You must have better supermarkets than we do here if you can get fresh eggs. Whenever I've looked the eggs are always at least 2 weeks old (and sometimes kept on a top shelf so that they get particularly warm).

Meg's just released another update based on the hearing livestream (1st video upthread). As ever, Meg's done some very helpful and useful background research.

Preferably descended, as undescended ones don’t work properly.

Everyone here cracks eggs one at a time into a container in case 1 is off/bad - it never occurred to me that anyone wouldn’t! 😳😳😳

I was taught this - both by my mum and school - in the 70s. I can’t remember when or why I stopped doing it. I have had one bad egg (in the 80s) which made me very cautious for some years!

No need to refrigerate specimens in formalin though.

If they'd become noisome in the fridge, I suspect that they weren't in formaldehyde...

I never cracked them one at a time! I was a straight into the bowl with the rest of the cake ingredients sort of person. Until the day I cracked open a fertilised one.

I now crack eggs one by one into a cup first. I prefer my cake without a baby chick in it.

God i still shudder at the memory! It put me off eggs for a good few months.

Once, many years ago, my brother and I were travelling off the Western tourist track in China. Our return flight was delayed due to an electrical storm and, with great efficiency (far better than BA!) we were all bussed off to a state hotel to stay overnight.

Breakfast was a buffet and - understandably! - contained no western dishes at all. I took a hard boiled egg. Cracked it, and pulled out an almost to term baby chick. I'm vegetarian. My brother nearly wet himself laughing. Judging by the enthusiasm of our fellow diners, this was a delicacy, not a mistake.

I've viewed eggs with deep suspicion ever since.

I must say I now follow that advice without fault, I had a rotten egg ruin a perfectly good toad in the hole batter. It was the most revolting thing ever. Ever! I still shudder thinking about it.

Sorry about the PSA derail, as you were...

Oh I remember that. He’s saying “As an ordinary member of the public” because he was previously a Cambridge councillor, so presumably could have been held to some basic standards of decency in messages.

I have seen multiple comedy tv series in which this happened.

The quote function didn’t pick up the “suck my formaldehyde pickled balls” screenshot @OldCrone included.

My mum said that there was a series of ads in the fifties telling people they didn’t need to any more (in England and probably the rest of Britain). I don’t think I’ve had a bad egg since the 1970s.