Community Chat

[CelticCrafter]

Freshly laid eggs have a protective coating on them.  Once that coating is washed off - as in the U.S. - they must be refrigerated.

In the UK and Ireland they don't wash them so they can leave them out on the counter.

[Janey2]

If eggs sink to the bottom of a bowl of cold water they are fine, if they float toss them

[Jordan2]

Funny that two of you mentioned testing the egg in water. I did that, the egg sank like a stone! When I'm ready to eat one, I'll crack it open and give it a look and whiff.

[SeaMaiden]

Keep!  I leave eggs out over night on the counter  all the time to get them to room temp before hard boiling. They do not go bad that fast. 

[Kachina624]

This is from Eating Well Magazine.

3. Eggs

Eggs are something I always have on hand, but rarely keep track of how long they have been in the fridge. Living alone means I only use one or two eggs at a time unless I'm cooking for someone else too, so they can sit in the fridge for a while. Luckily, eggs can last nearly 70 days if properly refrigerated. That's typically three to four weeks beyond the expiration date.

[1Snickers]

At Aldi eggs only cost about .69 a dozen. I would buy new! 

[goldensrbest]

KEEP.

[beach-mom]

@Jordan2 - My first inclination was to agree with everyone else here. But if the temperature went down overnight, and there was a chance they froze, I would probably toss them.  

[Bhvbum]

I'm still living, I just checked my egg carton this morning since I have been keeping them in stock, and I was working out of the carton that expired three weeks ago, LOL. They are fine.

After seeing eggs on the shelf without refrigeration in Europe I checked recently and the message is no they don't require refrigeration, but they last longer if you do.  So a day not refrigerated is no big deal. 

[Alter Ego]

Eggs are relatively inexpensive - I would toss. I once accidentally left strawberries in the trunk overnight and they were not pretty the next day. I don’t know where you keep your car and how cold it actually gets in your trunk, but they were in the dark (and possibly moist) trunk for days and I wouldn’t personally risk it after my own unintended science experiment.