storing eggs??

[honey33]

wher is it best to store eggs...in fridge or do you just leave them out on the work tops?

also which ever way does it affect the best before date

[naflharrison]

aparently eggs should not be kept in the fridge. look at things this way if you buy it from a fridge or freezer in the supermarket then thats where it belongs if not a cupboard is the place to be.

[puddicat]

as above not in the fridge keep mine on the work surface in a dish

[Hawkwalk]

if they should not be in the fridge then why does every fridge have an egg compartment?

[Postdog]

I used to keep mine in the fridge, but have found them to be far better (break cleaner, retain seperate yolk and white) since I stopped and just kept them out. Providing you use them by the date, they should be OK.

[B00]

Eggs aren't purchased from a fridge department where I live, at least not in Asda, Tesco or Co op.

But yes, I myself put them in the fridge, and I wouldn't have thought that it affects the use by date.

[ethandron]

i've never kept eggs in the fridge and sometimes use them well past their best before date too. we go through phases of using 6 in a week, and then maybe only one or two in a month so sometimes i'll use eggs 2 or 3 weeks past their use by date. never done me or my family any harm.
crack older ones into a cup or something first, you'll soon know by the smell if they've gone off.

[burston]

I keep them in their box in the cupboard. Im a bit funny about using things after the use by date so I used to throw them out until my elderly neighbour shouted at me, and now I pass them onto her and she uses them easily and if she makes a cake with them, she gives me a piece and I eat it ( how mad is that ) I think we are too fussy and throw out too much food whereas the older generation never did.