Comment by zie
7 years ago
This really sucks if you are homeless and don't have a refrigerator. Another great source of protein unavailable. (as once it's washed, you can't safely keep them at room temp anymore).
7 years ago
This really sucks if you are homeless and don't have a refrigerator. Another great source of protein unavailable. (as once it's washed, you can't safely keep them at room temp anymore).
If you are homeless, a much bigger problem is that raw eggs are fragile, easily broken and make a mess when broken. Plus most homeless people have no means to cook.
If you are homeless but living in a vehicle and have some means to cook, there are ways around such issues. For example, you can store cold items in a cooler, no refrigerator required.
When I was homeless and sleeping in a tent, we sometimes kept perishables for short periods by leaving them outside the tent overnight in cold weather or keeping them in the backpack and keeping it out of the sun. If careful, butter sometimes stayed semi solid for a few days.
Modern refrigeration is not the only possible solution. It's just the most familiar for most Americans.
you can eat raw eggs
Of course you can. You can also eat raw meat. Most people don't.
Plus, a high percentage of homeless Americans have serious health issues. If you are, for example, being treated for cancer, you aren't supposed to eat, for example, raw cookie dough because of the raw egg it contains.
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Plus, you don't have to be homeless to not have a refrigerator. Plenty of people live under a roof, but without a refrigerator.
With that being said, I believe American eggs can still be safely kept at room temperature up to several weeks.
What if you hard boil? It's not like homeless people can go around cooking raw eggs on demand
> (as once it's washed, you can't safely keep them at room temp anymore).
Yes you can. I'm in the US and I've been keeping my eggs on the counter for years now. They last for months and I have not had a single spoiled one except if it was cracked.