What is the difference between eggs in fridge and then out, and out of fridge the whole time?

Fresh eggs (fresh from the chicken) are always more flavorful if the chicken is free-range. The best way to keep eggs a long time is to rub a little mineral oil on the shell when you first get it. Here is a link on an experiment one woman did. She kept mineral oil eggs in the refrigerator for a year and they were still good.

http://prepared-housewives.com/preserving-eggs-experiment-1-year-later/

Here is another link that gives more information and says you can keep eggs fresh for 9 months unrefrigerated using mineral oil.

http://www.preparednesspro.com/safely-preserving-eggs

Basically, if you use mineral oil, refrigerator to unrefrigerator to refrigerator will make no difference.

The freshness of eggs degrades quickly. You can buy grade A at the store and, depending on weather conditions, may be grade C or D before you get them home and in the fridge. If you want then to last, refrigerate as soon as possible and keep them refrigerated.

The eggs you buy at the store have been sealed with water-glass to help keep them fresh.

In the US, eggs sold in stores are required by law to be rinsed with a sanitizing solution, and then refrigerated.

The sanitizing solution removes something called the cuticle from the egg, and that apparently is what protects them from going bad if they are left at room temperature.

My understanding is once eggs have been refrigerated they must stay refrigerated until eaten. To take them out and leave them and refrigerate it for a period of time degrades the quality. If left out too long, they can go bad.

@snowberry has it. If you buy eggs from commercial farms, like what you typically buy in the supermarket, you need to keep them in the fridge.

Eggs are often good way past their due date if you keep them in the fridge. You can test them by seeing if the egg floats. If it floats throw it out. I often have eggs in my fridge a good two weeks past the due date and they’re fine.

You can test them by seeing if the egg floats. If it floats throw it out.

Also, before they float, they stand up on tiptoe and are best for hard-boiling.

The air pocket on the butt end expands as they age. The pocket makes the hard-boiled egg easier to peel.

If it sinks in water – it’s new
If the egg stands up – boil it
If the egg floats – throw it away

Thanks all.

Do you see them in the store outside the fridge though whenever they’re on sale?

No – I don’t.

When I was in the navy, we would store eggs everywhere. There isn’t a lot of refrigerator space on a submarine, so we used torpedo tubes often. But the eggs stayed fresh anyway. I don’t know if they used special treatment, but I don’t believe so. But they only had to stay fresh for a week or two before they were eaten.

@seawulf575 How cold was the surrounding?

@flo Once in a while I’ve seen them outside of the fridge when they’re on sale. I’m hoping they don’t sit there very long.

Eggs actually last a pretty long time either out of or in the fridge. I’ve had them in the fridge for weeks because I only use them for baking.

@flo It varied on where we went. Typically it saw somewhere between 60F and 32F, though for us to get to the 32F was usually 10 days.

Ok, what do you mean though by ”...for us to get to the 32F was usually 10 days.”?

The controlling factor of the temperature in a torpedo tube is the surrounding sea water temperature. In our case, for us to get where the sea water temperature was 32F was a trip of about 10 days.

Ok, thanks @seawulf575
Everyone,
Wha is the difference between in fridge for 3 days then room temp for 3 days and and room temp. for 6 days ? Which is more fresh?