Do you think eggs need to be refridgerated ?

I think the main scientific reason why we refrigerate eggs is that when its left out in a normal or hot temperature its a good medium for bacteria to growth, we all know that bacteria thrive and grow faster in a normal or warm temperature not much like in below temperature growth rate of bacteria is hindered. Egg shells might seem hard for the bacteria to penetrate we might say, but bacterias have special enzymes that penetrate it till they reach the inside of the egg. The fats, sugar and other enzymes found in the egg is a great medium for bacterial growth. So i think thats the main reason why most of us refrigerate eggs, not mainly to preserve freshness and longer shelf life but to avoid bacterial growth on it, we may never know which bacteria grows on it, so an ounce of refrigeration is better than a pound of rotten eggs, lol :)

Yes, or else they go bad faster

According to the USDA eggs should be refrigerated. But at the same time only a small number of eggs are affected with salmonella. The problem is knowing which eggs are affected with the bacteria. I looked at some information on the internet to see what is done in other countries. A person that lived in for 22 years wrote in Japan all eggs were (are) stored on shelves and not in the refrigerated sections. All eggs in Australia are sold unrefrigerated. Germany and also now in the UK, the eggs are always sold at room temp, just like in Asia. The difference between eggs sold in the US vs those in Germany and the UK is that in the US the eggs are washed prior to selling (no bits of chicken coop goop and feathers stuck to US eggs). This makes them more appealing in appearance, but also removes the natural protective coating that eggs have on them when freshly laid. This information comes from http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=231779

My mother told me that when she was a kid, they never put the eggs in the refrigerator. I usually keep mine in the refrigerator though. I think that as long as they are kept in a cool place they should be okay. Of course if the room is really hot that can cause bacteria to grow.

I keep them in the fridge, but I will let them sit out for a while before I use them in something like a cake or mayonnaise, or a recipe where I have to separate the whites from the yolks.

Hi Beahstarz, like you I had always had my eggs refrigerated until I moved here. The first of my six months in Mexico I wouldn't eat an egg, I was afraid I was going to be sick. Now I don't think anything about it. I buy them unrefrigerated but I do stick them in the fridge when I get home if I have the room. I think they taste better here too. Maybe they don't feed their chickens as many chemicals as back in the US.

When i was in Philippines and living a small island village there, we don't have a electricity there before that can run like refrigerator or big appliances. So, when we go to city to buy our needs like meats or eggs we didn't put in fridge. Our egg there will put in the tray and stay opened but we not put in the direct sunlight co'z sometimes it will become smell bad it was a long time we do that and until now but when I moved to the city and here in USA I use to put the egg i buy at fridge all the time. For me its depends the way you are living if you have a fridge then you can put the egg at fridge if you are living in rural place then you can put the egg any where would you like to put. As i said either your at city or island it depends to you if where you gonna put the eggs.

I always refrigerate my eggs. I've always heard they should be kept in the fridge. I never heard about keeping them out. Have a good lotting day.

I keep eggs refrigerated. You should be able to get a month or two out of refrigerated eggs and a week or two without. Someone asked what people used to do before refrigeration. When I was a child in England nobody had a fridge, but you did you shopping more often and you lived closer to the farms. Also it was not uncommon to get the odd bad egg. People used to keep chickens as well. The few eggs were eaten regularly and the surplus sold off to local neighbours. When the chickens stopped laying eggs you had chicken soup. A chicken will lay an egg every day or every two days. Three or four chickens in a chicken coop in the back yard will keep a family in eggs continuously. Boiled eggs will release the shell easier from older eggs than fresh new ones.

hello..i found that if we put the eggs on the refridgeator it will be kept longer than put them outside the refridgerator, but if someone still yet to have a refridgerator , put outside also would be ok but you had better to eat it up as soon as you can, because the hot weather would spoil it soonner. i found this out and now i always put the eggs on the frefirdgerator to keep them for a longer time. best wishes.

Hi beachstarz....We refridgerate eggs to make them last longer...It is not absolutely necessary if you go through them every week or so..Refridgeration slows the aging process...They last approx 4-5 weeks in the fridge..At room temp..only about a day to almost a week in the fridge.

hi i have often wondered the same thing but i do keep mine in the refrigerator because when i buy them fromthe store they are in a cooler so i guess thats where they should be i think they would rot if not kept cool as i have gotten some like that and o my do they smell.

Usually, i don't keep the eggs in refrigerator cause every day I cooking each food with eggs. If i want to keep them for a long time, i will put some of them in the refrigerator.

Hi, I refriderated eggs. My mum told me that refridgerated eggs can be kept longer. So I do the same as her. And that's funny, I find my fridge have a slot for eggs, then I put eggs on it.

I have never bought eggs that were not kept in a cooler. It says on the carton to keep eggs refrigerate so I have always kept them in the fridge. Even when we bought fresh eggs from a chicken farm we were told to use them within 24 hours or refrigerate them to keep them fresh. I wouldn't want to eat eggs that have been sitting out at room temperature for days.

I never thought about this before. We buy them cold so I always figured you had to keep them cold. When I was growing up and we would stay on my grandparents farm and we would just go and get eggs from the chickens nest and fry them up for breakfast. I don't really remember if they tasted better or not I just remember it being fun that we were able to get eggs so fresh lol. I hope one day my kids can do the samething when we get the land.

Hello beachstarz. In summer we store our eggs in the fridge, but in winter we do not place them in the fridge. Instead we place them either in the corner of the room or on the shelf.

we keep ours in the fridge. i always thought eggs should be refrigerated, i mean we buy them from the grovery store and they are in the fridge there so you naturally assume right? never heard of them being out, but hey, if you haven't been sick yet they can't be bad!

ya i always refrigerate my eggs becaz if there u don't do so there is always a chance that a chick would come out of u r egg(if kept under hot climate).

i think you just need to put them refrigerated because it needs to be protected from animals and other insects. i don't think it will rot if you put it in a safe place. maybe it will rot for a very long time but not for at least two days.