Eggs In The 'fridge ?

[mikey4444]

This has probably been asked on AB in the past, but should we keep eggs in the 'fridge or not ?

[boxtops]

Look at all the related posts below this one, mikey!

People say no, but we keep ours in the fridge to stop the catz playing football with them.

[tiggerblue10]

I always keep my eggs in the fridge.

[Lie-in King]

I don't know about "should", but I've always done so & found that they're perfectly edible for a good while after the "Best Before Date".

[boxtops]

Do have a look at the 2006 thread about why eggs in fridges don't hatch - I don't recognise any of the contributors, but it doesn't half go on.

[Robinia]

I keep eggs in the fridge where they're safe from my clumsiness :)... I try to take them out about half an hour before using.

[boxtops]

me too, LIK!

[Barmaid]

As a chicken keeper, I dont keep my eggs in the fridge. As long as I can prevent Fatboy (one of the cats) sitting on them, they are absolutely fine kept in the cold utility room. If that was a warm room, I wouldn't keep them there, but it is relatively cold so they are fine. And they keep for AGES.

[piggynose]

as long as you know how fresh they are. My brother in his student days, didn't and almost paid with his life, getting samonela. I think the eggs he ate were a late meal after a few drinks.

[gingejbee]

It's simple really...the cooler you keep them, the better and longer they keep. So, if you don't have a cold room (above)...then refrigerate.

[anneasquith]

if we are not meant to keep eggs in the fridge, why do all fridges have egg compartments ?

[pips1]

The answer lies in where you buy them - they are never in fridges in shops, supermarkets, garden centres or farm shops - in fact nowhere!!!

[mikey4444]

Thanks everybody.

I bought some free-range eggs from my local Co-op exactly one week ago. I had two of them fried that morning and another 2, fried again, for tea today. But noticed that they spread out very large in the pan today, but didn't a week ago. I have always thought that the spread-out factor was a sure sign of how fresh eggs are.

I don't know the date that they were laid but the pack has a best-before date of 14th of January, and I have not kept them in the 'fridge for the last week.

[gingejbee]

pips...there are a number of items in the supermarket that are sold at ambient temperature...that you should refrigerate on arriving home.

[gingejbee]

mikey: you've found out exactly what I said...they keep better and longer when stored cool...like all other fresh food.

[IggyB]

Boxtops - I'm involved in that 2006 thread, I was user name undercovers at the time... Made me laugh reading through it again.

[B00]

No, but that's only because i've got one of these to store them in....

http://images.ilikechickens.co.uk/images/products/zoom/1323709471-48905400.jpg

[cecil39]

Egg whites do spread out in the pan when they start to go stale, you can delay this by keeping in the fridge, if they float when you put them ( in their shells) in a jug of water its time to throw them out, some folks have funny ideas about what to keep in the fridge, my brother told me once to keep cheese in a dish in the kitchen, and it went mouldy within a week, but keeps several weeks in the fridge, just common sense really.

[boxtops]

Haa, thanks, iggy!

[Buenchico]

An 'official' answer (from the British Egg Information Service):
http://www.egginfo.co.uk/egg-storage-and-handling