Hard boiled eggs...

Ayedavanita

how long will they stay good?

Ayedavanita

Sorry folks....sometimes I forget about Google.


Safely Storing Hard-Cooked Eggs
What is shelf life of a hard-boiled egg?


Uncooked eggs can be satisfactorily stored in the shell for four to five weeks after they are packaged (so generally at least three weeks after you get them home from the store.) Hard-boiled eggs, however, should be consumed within a week. Why the difference?

Egg shells are porous. The hen makes up for this by adding a natural coating, but the government insists that eggs be washed and sanitized before being sold, which washes away the coating. The egg processor sprays on a thin coating of an odorless natural mineral oil to reseal the egg. But your cooking washes this coating away, as well, leaving a drafty shell once more, which is susceptible to the invasion of odors, off-flavors, and bacteria.

Hence the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American Egg Board, and other egg know-it-alls give you a week to use up your hard-boiled eggs (providing you got them into the refrigerator within two hours of cooking).

Heineken Helen

I don't know if that applies over here... some of the eggs still come with feathers and stuff in the box and they certainly don't look washed.

Travelar

Heineken Helen wrote:

I don't know if that applies over here... some of the eggs still come with feathers and stuff in the box and they certainly don't look washed.

Hahaha... feathers. It doesn't surprise me that the FDA/USDA would wash away the protective coating only to coat it with something man-made. Must have been a kickback to somebody for that one.

PearlOfAGirl

Are delicious in salads

mca47

I just had one (minus the yolk).

Mmm...protein!

ZiggyStar

HeartShapedBox wrote:

Are delicious in salads

I agree!

Heatherj43

U do need to wash off eggs. I had a friend whose dad raised chickens to sell eggs. There is a slime on them and they don't pre-wash them for us consumers. U can tell there is a slime if you look at the pot after boiling.
The water would be clean if thewre was nothing on the outside of the eggs. Yuck! I think about how many times I ate slimy shelled eggs and didn't know it. Yuck!

Heineken Helen

Heatherj43 wrote:

U do need to wash off eggs. I had a friend whose dad raised chickens to sell eggs. There is a slime on them and they don't pre-wash them for us consumers. U can tell there is a slime if you look at the pot after boiling.
The water would be clean if thewre was nothing on the outside of the eggs. Yuck! I think about how many times I ate slimy shelled eggs and didn't know it. Yuck!

You eat the shell????????

Boston Lou

Heineken Helen wrote:

I don't know if that applies over here... some of the eggs still come with feathers and stuff in the box and they certainly don't look washed.

damn you foreigners are weird

:arrow:

Heineken Helen

Lucifer wrote:

Heineken Helen wrote:

I don't know if that applies over here... some of the eggs still come with feathers and stuff in the box and they certainly don't look washed.

damn you foreigners are weird

:arrow:

we're not... but our eggs certainly are :shock: