What is the shelf life of eggs? The shelf life of raw and cooked eggs in the refrigerator and without it

Eggs are the most famous product in the history of cooking, providing a person with high-quality protein, vitamins and trace elements. Is there any way to keep the useful properties of the egg as long as possible? We reveal the secrets of the correct storage of such a valuable product.

The most used eggs are

• duck
• ostrich
• quail
• chicken
• turkeys
• goose
• caesarine

It is fair to say that the egg of any bird is edible. The main condition - the product should be as fresh as possible!

Important. Poisoning by stale eggs occupies the second place after fungi in food poisoning statistics

Terms of storage of raw eggs

The shelf life of eggs at room temperature and in the refrigerator depends on many factors.

1. Storage temperature

• The optimum temperature is 3-4 ° C
• For comparison: 1 day storage of chicken eggs at room temperature corresponds to 1 week of storage in the refrigerator
• The more stable the temperature regime, the longer the product will retain its freshness

1. Humidity

Surprisingly,but eggs like moist air. That is why many culinary specialists and poultry farmers recommend storing eggs in the refrigerator in vegetable containers. However, excessive humidity can cause the appearance of putrefactive processes and spoil the product

1. Thickness of the shell

The thicker the shell and the denser inner film of the egg, the longer it is stored( even without a refrigerator).Cesarean eggs that differ in relatively thick shells retain their freshness at room temperature for more than 30 days

1. The integrity of the

shell is an ideal shell created by nature itself. Even the most microscopic cracks appearing on it break the internal balance and shorten the shelf life of the egg

Eggs with cracked shells should be used first

1. Purity of the shell: the purer the surface, the less it is of all kinds of pathogenic organisms

• But this does not mean that eggsNot waterfowl need to be washed urgently. The washed shelf life of raw eggs is sharply reduced. This is due to the need for the egg to "breathe".When washing the eggshell, pores are clogged, which prevents natural gas exchange of the inner contents of the egg with the surrounding environment. Eggs are washed with warm water immediately before consumption. Strongly contaminated eggs are used first of all by

• Eggs carried by waterfowl can and should be washed with water before storing for storage!

1. Lightness

Eggs do not like sunlight! The darker the storage, the longer the eggs are stored.

position. How best to lay eggs for storage.

Such laying of eggs is completely justified. The fact is that in the round blunt part of the egg there is an air chamber, the so-called "puga".Nature created a pug as an oxygen cushion for the future chick. Pugs and over 10,000 pores of shells saturate the egg with oxygen, removing carbon dioxide and hydrogen sulphide

from the shell. These are general rules that extend the shelf life of all bird eggs. About the storage characteristics of individual species, read below

What is the shelf life of chicken eggs in the refrigerator?

Chicken eggs remain the most popular product in the world.

If you buy eggs in the store, carefully study the labeling. It will tell you how much you can store the product you purchased, because the storage times for dietary and table eggs vary. Decoding of the marking is shown in the photo below.

. What do the letters and figures on the egg mean?

. Important: do not forget to pay attention to the date of packing / packing of eggs.

. The shelf life of quail eggs in the refrigerator.

Quail eggs, in comparison with chicken, are smaller, thinner shells. This also causes a shorter shelf life of the product, even in the presence of a refrigerator. So, at a temperature regime of 18-23⁰ and with observance of all the above rules, the quail egg can be stored for no more than 30 days. In the refrigerator storage period increases to 60 days.

Useful properties of quail eggs

Storage times of boiled eggs

In the case of eggs, the conventional logic is not acceptable: heat treatment does not increase, but dramatically shortens the shelf life of the product.

The welded chicken egg remains usable for use with

• at room temperature for a maximum of 24 hours.
• in the fridge is 3-5 days( depending on the initial freshness of the egg and the way it is cooked).Storage of more than 5 days worsens the food characteristics of the product. Eating boiled eggs that have lain in the refrigerator for more than 10 days can be dangerous to health.

Important: it's a raw boiled egg!

How much to cook chicken eggs from the boiling point of water

Why are boiled eggs stored less?

All the action of high temperatures, as a result of which

• destroys the natural protection of the
• shell, protein and yolk folds-the process of so-called denaturation of the
• breaks down the natural processes inside the shell, because the main purpose of the egg is not at all to become breakfast.

The shelf life of eggs forincubation

The main purpose of the egg is to become the cradle of a new life.

Eggs in the incubator

How much the egg will cope with its primary task, depends on the conditions of its storage. Here work other rules

1. Optimal temperature regime for storing eggs before incubation 8-15 ° C, for ostrich-16-18 ° C
2. Moisture - 75-80%
3. Way of packing

• Avoid stacking of eggs
• Use special trays for laying
• ostrich, quail, chicken, Put turkey eggs vertically, with a blunt end up. To prevent detachment and stretching of the slides, moving the embryo and drying out the medium from time to time turn the eggs from the top down
• goose, duck eggs, store in a horizontal position also, from time to time, changing their position. In order not to be confused when turning over the incubation material, mark one side of the egg with a simple pencil

1. . The shelf life of eggs at the optimum temperature

• chicken, ostrich and quail - 6-7 days
• turkey -5-6 days
• duck - 8-10 days
• goose- 10-12 days

Features of use and shelf life of goose eggs

Eggs of waterfowl are rare guests on our tables.

In the photo: goose( large) and chicken egg

There are several reasons for this:

1. Geese and ducks are not laying hens by definition. Their eggs, in the first place, are used to replenish the bird population. Discarded raw materials not suitable for incubation are used in cooking
2. Eggs of water birds are usually eaten only after heat treatment due to high risk of infection with salmonella
3. . The conditions for storing eggs are almost identical to those for storing chicken eggs, but the storage period is longer due to high densityshell

If you happen to become the owner of goose or duck hens, do not be embarrassed by the new culinary experience! These products perfectly proved themselves in baking, omelets, salads

Features of use and storage time of ostrich eggs

Ostrich confidently conquers the northern latitudes and feels great in our, far from African, climate.

• Ostrich eggs are a dietary product, while preserving all the useful properties of a chicken egg
• From an ostrich egg it is possible to prepare an omelet for 8-10 people. The broken egg can be stored in a hermetically sealed container in the refrigerator for 2-3 days without losing its useful properties
• . At room temperature, the ostrich egg can be stored for up to 30 days, provided there are no damage to the shell. In the refrigerator storage period increases to 6 months

How much eggs should be stored: tips and reviews

Read more about how much eggs should be stored at the end of the article.

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