Re: Egg container ideas

In article <1289nibhsscfkea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Dee Randall" <deedovey@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

This Friday or Saturday when I pick up eggs I'm going to take a picture of
them.
I really don't want to wash eggs, as I've read the information about washing
eggs. I'd rather have the cleanest eggs possible without washing.
Thanks, Ranee.

Here's the deal, there is a "bloom" on the egg which protects the
contents, when you wash it, you remove that. However, if you have a
really dirty egg that you want to eat, you need to wash it. When you do
that, it makes it much easier for all the germs/gunk to get in the egg.
If it is just a little speck, you can wash it in cool water just before
using it, and be fine, but you don't want your egg sucking in all sorts
of germs and basically forcing the salmonella/e. coli/poop/etc into the
egg by washing it. It's better to toss a dirty egg, IMO. If you do
have an egg you want to use that requires washing, it is better to do so
just before using it, in cool water, so you have a better chance of
retaining the bloom and so it doesn't have the bacteria forced into it
and then sit in your fridge for however long incubating.

The reason the big agribusiness companies do it is that their eggs
have pretty much zero contact with the chickens once laid. The chickens
are crowded in cages all the time, and the egg is laid into a separate
compartment and rolls away. They sterilize them for appearance sake,
and because they are going to be in cartons and on trucks and in stores
for much longer than a farm egg is going to be. There isn't much that
that egg comes into contact with at all.

Regards,
Ranee

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