I Was Just Watching Something Online

[Redhelen72]

Where individual who was American said they wash and scrub their eggs and in some instances wash with bleach.
Why?
The most I have ever done is wipe over with a damp cloth and that is there is loose much on them.

[Atheist]

Maybe it was just a fussy person. I once knew someone who peeled their mushrooms.

[rowanwitch]

I suppose in case there are traces of chicken poo, when you consider what rubbish they are portrayed as eating you do wonder why they bother

[youngmafbog]

Not sure why anyone would do that. Do they eat the shell or something?

My mother peeled mushrooms Atheist - no me neither.

[gingejbee]

In the US, eggs are washed/cleaned before being packed...it's something they do ( and why their eggs need refrigeration in store).
In the same way, they also over-chlorinate their water supplies - because they think it's better practice.

[Atheist]

Helen; "The most I have ever done is wipe over with a damp cloth and that is there is loose much on them."
You big fuss-pot!

[Canary42]

Amazing, they legally manufacture working firearms for kids, but have to wash their eggshells. Defies belief.

[wolf63]

I buy very few eggs and those that I do are usually covered in chocolate.

[Redhelen72]

Thanks all very interesting

[William51]

You are right, no need to wash and scrub them as we eat the insides and not the shell.

[Xeronema]

Thanks for the chuckle Susan, I really needed it right now.

[wolf63]

If a person from any other country has said it I may have thought that there might be something to it.

But anything from the US is suspect!

Dizmo, chocolate is good for you :-)

[jourdain2]

I certainly don't wash mine unless sometimes they're pretty mucky (a friend has free-range rescue hens) in which case I give them a wipe.

I also just wipe mushrooms (if you peel a chestnut mushroom it loses most of its flavour) but I do trim the bottoms off the stems. That's because when I was a child, they were grown in horse manure - our local riding stables did a roaring trade. :)

[Vagus]

I don’t wash, scrub or peel any veg or fruit, or eggs.
The only time I would wash or scrub veg is if it was straight out of the ground and covered in soil.
And I’ve lived to tell the tale ;)

[pastafreak]

Like gingebee says. Here's more info. I can't remember ever washing them though...maybe it's a recent thing

https://www.insider.com/why-europeans-dont-refrigerate-eggs-2016-12