On 7/20/2014 4:06 PM, bigwheel wrote:
> Ed Pawlowski;1951322 Wrote:
>> On Fri, 18 Jul 2014 10:55:55 -0700 (PDT), ImStillMags
>> wrote:
>> -
>> Saw this really good article explaining why in England they don't
>> refrigerate their eggs and here in the US we do.
>>
>> It's all about salmonella. The US is swimming in it.....England, not
>> so much.
>>
>> nice read.
>>
>> 'Should You Refrigerate Your Eggs? Here?s the Final Answer | TakePart'
>> (http://tinyurl.com/q5unvvo)-
>>
>> We refrigerate in bulk in the basement refrigerator, but will
>> sometimes take a half dozen and leave them out in the kitchen until
>> they are used up in a couple of days. .
>
> Talked to a military veteran the other day. He said the cooks stored the
> eggs in refrigerated pans of water. The good fresh eggs laid on the
> bottom. When the eggs got older they stood straight up. These were used
> first making cakes..pies..bread etc. When the eggs float to the top that
> is a sign of a bad egg. Sounded reasonable.
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I read this years ago, and it's still one of the best articles on
preserving eggs:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/real-...z77ndzgoe.aspx