"JA" > wrote in message
...
> From the USDA:
> http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets...fety/index.asp
>
> "Don't keep eggs - including Easter eggs - out of the refrigerator more
> than 2 hours.
> Serve cooked eggs and dishes containing eggs immediately after cooking, or
> place in
> shallow containers for quick cooling and refrigerate at once for later
> use. Use within 3 to 4 days. "
>


What most people do not realize is that recommendations from government
agencies are extremely conservative. They are concerned - not without
justification - that people will not follow directions carefully. Safety
first is their approach. It started back during WW2, or shortly thereafter.
During the war there was a big push in the US for home canning to helkp the
war effort, and quite a few people croaked from botulism. The guidelines
that were created were overkill, meant to insure that even the
dimmest-witted person did not poison themselves. This trend continues to
this day. I mean, really, the idea that a hard boiled egg can stay in the
fridge safely for only 3-4 days is ludicrous.

If you follow the gov't recs you;ll be safe certainly, but you'll also waste
a lot of perfectly good food.


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Peter Aitken

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