This is interesting. Scandinavia is mentioned as another refrigerating part of the world, yet as a Swede, I don't think I've ever seen cold eggs in stores. On the other hand, virtually everyone I know buys room-temperature eggs, get home, and promptly put them in the fridge.
The theory goes - and it may be part urban myth - is that you should not refrigerate eggs if the shops in your country don't. There'll have been no refrigeration at any point in the supply chain. Frost free fridges are extremely dry and will shorten the fresh lifespan of the eggs as the shell isn't perfectly air tight, and supposedly - this may be the part that's urban myth - can also damage the natural protective coating.
Certainly we've never had problems with eggs staying fresh in the cupboard for months, and would never put them in the fridge. Course it's not common to get that old, but we often go past the 2 weeks best before date. First thing to do with a new fridge is throw away the pointless egg tray. :)
Ditto in Finland. Eggs are stored on shelves, unrefrigerated.
The eggs from the chickens my wife and I raise on the farm can be stored for about 4 weeks at room temperatures. Probably more, but we usually use the eggs or trade them away long before that.
Putting a six-pack of eggs in the refrigerator is one thing though. If you have larger quantities than that, it's rather unpractical (and unnecessary) to store them in a refrigerator.
Off topic: I think the OTOH idiom is for weighing opposing facts. You aren't doing that here: the lack of store refrigeration and the room temp purchase are equivalent. Being mentioned is the opposite, but that was in a distant clause.
I won't say the usage is definitely wrong (being English, after all), but it struck me as interesting.
I'm in Norway: All of the eggs are refrigerated in the stores around here. Oddly enough, I asked my soon-to-be Norwegian spouse about this before I moved here from the US just because I read a similar article.
Perth here too, and Coles has a non-refridgerated aisle of eggs at the two Coles stores I usually shop at. I've always kept eggs in the fridge after buying them, though.
Now I'm intrigued how different stores / Woolies / Aldi handle this...
Huh, weird. The Woolies, Coles and IGA near me all have them refridgerated. We don't bother keeping them in the fridge when we get home but that's because a dozen will only last a few days.
I stopped refrigerating eggs, when i found out I can make better fried eggs if they're at room temperature. :)
"if you keep your eggs in the fridge, then you should let them come to room temperature before cooking – if you start with a cold egg, then you're more likely to end up overcooking the yolk trying to get the white to set."
I'm in Queensland. At the Coles I go to, they are definitely refrigerated. I have been to NSW ones where they aren't. Maybe in Queensland it is policy. That seems plausible.
The refrigerator?
I left Australia 8 years ago but the 5 years living there, they were never refrigerated... never seen eggs in fridges :S
This is interesting. Scandinavia is mentioned as another refrigerating part of the world, yet as a Swede, I don't think I've ever seen cold eggs in stores. On the other hand, virtually everyone I know buys room-temperature eggs, get home, and promptly put them in the fridge.
The theory goes - and it may be part urban myth - is that you should not refrigerate eggs if the shops in your country don't. There'll have been no refrigeration at any point in the supply chain. Frost free fridges are extremely dry and will shorten the fresh lifespan of the eggs as the shell isn't perfectly air tight, and supposedly - this may be the part that's urban myth - can also damage the natural protective coating.
Certainly we've never had problems with eggs staying fresh in the cupboard for months, and would never put them in the fridge. Course it's not common to get that old, but we often go past the 2 weeks best before date. First thing to do with a new fridge is throw away the pointless egg tray. :)
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Ditto in Finland. Eggs are stored on shelves, unrefrigerated.
The eggs from the chickens my wife and I raise on the farm can be stored for about 4 weeks at room temperatures. Probably more, but we usually use the eggs or trade them away long before that.
Putting a six-pack of eggs in the refrigerator is one thing though. If you have larger quantities than that, it's rather unpractical (and unnecessary) to store them in a refrigerator.
Off topic: I think the OTOH idiom is for weighing opposing facts. You aren't doing that here: the lack of store refrigeration and the room temp purchase are equivalent. Being mentioned is the opposite, but that was in a distant clause.
I won't say the usage is definitely wrong (being English, after all), but it struck me as interesting.
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I'm in Norway: All of the eggs are refrigerated in the stores around here. Oddly enough, I asked my soon-to-be Norwegian spouse about this before I moved here from the US just because I read a similar article.
In Denmark eggs in supermarkets are in fridges with the milk etc., and people usually keep eggs in their fridges at home as well.
Danish supermarkets refrigerate eggs, but the eggs are also unwashed. It's probably the same in Sweden :)
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Pretty sure they're in open-fronted cooled shelving or refrigerators in every supermarket I visit in Adelaide.
Where are you from? I'm in Perth, maybe we're different to "over east"?
Perth here too, and Coles has a non-refridgerated aisle of eggs at the two Coles stores I usually shop at. I've always kept eggs in the fridge after buying them, though.
Now I'm intrigued how different stores / Woolies / Aldi handle this...
Huh, weird. The Woolies, Coles and IGA near me all have them refridgerated. We don't bother keeping them in the fridge when we get home but that's because a dozen will only last a few days.
Just bought some from Coles.
But at Coles, they're not sold in refrigerated sections. At least the ones I've been to in Melbourne.
Bought free range eggs at Coles yesterday. I still put them in the fridge when I get home out of habit; not sure why now. :)
Edit: Found this article, probably inspired by TFA linked to story. https://www.businessinsider.com.au/should-you-refrigerate-eg...
I stopped refrigerating eggs, when i found out I can make better fried eggs if they're at room temperature. :)
"if you keep your eggs in the fridge, then you should let them come to room temperature before cooking – if you start with a cold egg, then you're more likely to end up overcooking the yolk trying to get the white to set."
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2012/no...
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I'm in Queensland. At the Coles I go to, they are definitely refrigerated. I have been to NSW ones where they aren't. Maybe in Queensland it is policy. That seems plausible.
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Some Coles seem to have them in the fridge, though most seem to still be at room temperature. Same at Woolies I think (don't shop there much though)
Woolworths. I believe Coles has them on a normal shelf.