Posted: 4/12/2011 2:36:01 PM EDT
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How is that disease prone eggs are safe to eat after they've been baked in a cake and sit out on your counter for a week but no other meat is safe to leave out that long and eat? (except dried or cured meats) |
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Because its not the eggs that are the disease, its when the outer surface isn't thoroughly washed of the chickenshit and other offal that the salmonella hides in. +1 I always wash the outside of eggs if I'm making something where they won't be cooked, like mayonnaise. |
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Most eggs are sterile inside. But because the eggs pass through the cloaca where the hen poos, the outside can be dirty. Eggs are normally washed and the wash water is supposed to contain a germicide but sometimes the illegal aliens running the egg plant don't keep track so one bad egg can contaminate all. Everything is fine until the eggs are damaged. Most of the time, pathogenic bacteria will form obvious products showing infection. Heat will destroy most bacteria or at least kill most so an infected egg won't hurt. Heat also denatures toxins released by the bacteria. |
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Most eggs are sterile inside. But because the eggs pass through the cloaca where the hen poos, the outside can be dirty is almost always covered in shit. Eggs are normally washed and the wash water is supposed to contain a germicide but sometimes the illegal aliens running the egg plant don't keep track so one bad egg can contaminate all. Everything is fine until the eggs are damaged. Most of the time, pathogenic bacteria will form obvious products showing infection. Heat will destroy most bacteria or at least kill most so an infected egg won't hurt. Heat also denatures toxins released by the bacteria. fixed. |
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Quoted: Egg is sealed. No air. On the weekends I eat eggs that have been out of their ass for maybe 10 minutes. THAT is a good egg!  Eggs have pores to allow gas exchange between the embryo inside and the outside environment. The pores are too small for bacteria to pass through. As long as the shell is not damaged nothing larger than relatively small molecules can pass in and out of the egg shell. |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? I've eaten refrigerated eggs over a month after the expiration date. People say you know when an egg has gone bad. Older eggs don't fluff up quite as nicely when you whisk them into omeletes, but taste fine at least a month after expiration. |
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Quoted: How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? They only lose a bit of water from transpiration. Yes, bacteria can still grow at refrigeration temperatures. Because really harmful bacteria are mostly anerobes, it is best to not seal eggs to prevent moisture loss. This loss of water can lead to separation issues from the shell membranes, mostly an issue with hard boiled eggs but also can shift water balance in cakes and other baking applications. |
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Quoted: How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? They do go bad but it takes a LONG time as long as you refrigerate them! You can tell if they are bad if they smell. I once found a dozen eggs that were pushed to the back of the fridge that I know were at least 2 months old that were fine. |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? They do go bad but it takes a LONG time as long as you refrigerate them! You can tell if they are bad if they smell. I once found a dozen eggs that were pushed to the back of the fridge that I know were at least 2 months old that were fine. No kidding? Havent I heard that when you crack the egg into a bowl or whatever that if the yolk is no longer intact the egg is old? |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? I've eaten refrigerated eggs over a month after the expiration date. People say you know when an egg has gone bad. Older eggs don't fluff up quite as nicely when you whisk them into omeletes, but taste fine at least a month after expiration. dude... i have eaten eggs over 6 months old from the fridge.... in my 38 years, i have only had 1 "bad" egg that was nasty when cracked... i regularly eat eggs that are 2 to 3 months old... |
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I had a food scientist explain to me the whole: "Why is this safe in my fridge for months, while this goes bad in my fridge after a week" thing. Its basically a combination of bacteria and "water activity" (I know I'm fucking up the terms  ).Essentially, if something doesn't have enough water in it bacteria have a hard time growing even if they are present in the food. Thus your bread and cake, though it does contain egg protein (and probably some bacteria from your dirty ass hands when you put it in the bag ), it has very little water, so it won't rot like the scrambled eggs I left in the pan in my sink (yes, I did that this week ).Milk has plenty of water so it goes bad pretty fast. Butter and cheese do not, so they can last longer. Its the same reason a piece of raw meat or fruit rot, but when dehydrated they last for a long assed time. |
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Quoted: How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? I rarely eat eggs. In college my parents came down around Christmas time to visit. I bought a dozen eggs and one morning me and dad had "Spam and Egg" omelets. My mother also was cooking things that day, so in order to make room in the fridge she put the half dozen or so that we had not used in the egg holder on the door. Since I never used this, I forgot they were there. Fast forward to Easter. My parents came down again so I stopped at the store to get some eggs. Dad made fried egg and sausage sandwiches one morning. They were damned delicious.  Putting the organge juice and milk away from breakfast I see a full carton of eggs sitting in my fridge. Confused I asked my dad where the hell he got the eggs to cook with? He said "Oh, I used the ones on the door." my expression went from  –––– ––––-None of us got sick, but we were a little worried for the first few hours after breakfast. |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? About two days. How many in your party? I'm the only one that eats eggs in the house. Do they call you "brimstone"? Funny enough, my wife just said my ass smells like dirty socks. 
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? About two days. How many in your party? I'm the only one that eats eggs in the house. wow! how many different ways do you prepare them? are you eating dinner using them every night?Nothing fancy, just scrambled with a bunch of peppers. Usually for breakfast, but once in a while with dinner too. Depends on what the workout was that day. |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? About two days. How many in your party? I'm the only one that eats eggs in the house. wow! how many different ways do you prepare them? are you eating dinner using them every night?Nothing fancy, just scrambled with a bunch of peppers. Usually for breakfast, but once in a while with dinner too. Depends on what the workout was that day. We might be related. I eat 6 every morning. I buy them by the 5 dozen packs at BJ's.
ETA: Normally scrambled with cheese, bacon bits, and sometimes peppers. |
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How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? 2 days, ive had them 2weeks past date on carton and they were fine, but starting to taste a little old. eggs are 80% of my diet, I eat 6 per day, with vegitables and sometimes cheese and bacon. |
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Quoted: Quoted: How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? 2 days, ive had them 2weeks past date on carton and they were fine, but starting to taste a little old. eggs are 80% of my diet, I eat 6 per day, with vegitables and sometimes cheese and bacon. Wow that seems like a lot. I'm not sure I could stomach 6 per day, it would probably be pretty healthy though. |
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Quoted: How long does a dozen eggs last you guys? For me, its a dozen per week, sometimes it will run out 10-12 days. We eat b-fast with eggs 1-2 times a week, but use them for cooking. I hear of ppl keeping eggs a month. Dont they go bad? I couldn't say exactly how long a dozen lasts for us (5 days maybe?) we eat them all the time but eggs in general last a long time, especially fresh ones. We get most of ours from our neighbors who have about 50 free range laying hens and we take care of them when the neighbors take a weekend trip or a week whatever. We end up with big batches all at once and of course we eat the hell out of them because they are so much better fresh than the store bought ones. I can pretty much guarantee that the store bought are probably already a month or more old when you buy them off the shelf. I know this because I love egg salad and know from experience that I can hard boil a store bought egg and it will be easy to peel from day one, but you can't do that with a fresh egg and so the fresh ones we don't eat right away get pushed out to a month or so and THEN I can make me some great egg salad. |