storing eggs at room temp?

[Ioanna]

I got eggs from the farmer today. They've never been refrigerated. I think AV wrote that once eggs are refrigerated to keep them that way, but otherwise leave them out at room temp?  for how long?.. at some point they will keep longer in the fridge, I'm just not sure how long that is?

[wodgina]

I know eggs last for a long time out the fridge. I think once they turn it's pretty easy to notice. I haven't had eggs for ages will have to try again.

[tdister]

I've never gone longer than 2 weeks unrefrigerated as I don't keep a bigger supply. They were fine and I'd feel ok going longer. They had been refrigerated before.

The only thing i've noticed here and there is that the yolks may get a bit weaker as they age.

[Sitting Coyote]

I've left eggs out on the counter for a month without problems.  The whites and yolks do get a little more runny, but I've eaten them anyway and never had an adverse reaction.

[kurite]

I took a backpacking course and they mentioned long lasting foods that you can bring with. They told me eggs are good for up to six weeks at room temperature.

[TylerDurden]

I think I read somewhere that refrigerating raw eggs actually makes them last less long. It's a purely american concept as raw eggs don't get chilled in the UK.

*I've kept raw eggs out of the fridge for at least 2 weeks, here in the UK. I'm sure I could keep them for quite a bit longer without issues, though.

[goodsamaritan]

In our experience here in our tropical climate, fresh eggs need to be consumed in 1 week.
Anything more than that and we put the eggs in the refrigerator to avoid spoilage.

[Hannibal]

I've eaten eggs that I kept in room temperateres for over a half of the year and they were great.
I find several-months-old eggs better than fresh ones.

[RawZi]

    I never refrigerate eggs, haven't since I was a kid.  I get my eggs straight from chickens now, so they've never been refrigerated.  I don't know how it is in each of the countries, I know some, their stores never refrigerate eggs.  I've been in the United states much of my life and all of my animal food eating life.  None of the stores that I know of in the US don't refrigerate the eggs, it may be a law.  I have noticed though that keeping the eggs in a cool basement as opposed to a more living level, the amount of time the eggs stay the same varies.

[maxscan]

I read up on this as I was confused that eggs were stored unrefrigerated in the supermarket but on the box it says to store them refrigerated when you get them home...

Basically, the explanation I found was that eggs are quite sensitive to changes in temperature and so in a supermarket, which is typically air conditioned and at a constant temperature, it is fine to keep eggs unrefrigerated, however when you get them home, because most homes aren't refrigerated and you might, for example, put them in a cupboard next to the oven or boiler or whatever, the advice is to refrigerate them because that's the closest thing to a temperature controlled environment.

This would fit with what AV says in that refrigerating the eggs and then removing them would be a couple of big fast temperature changes. That said I always keep mine in a cupboard that is not near anything that gives off heat so I think they stay pretty constant or temperature changes are very gradual.

[Wolf]

My dad keeps our eggs refrigerated, but I'll usually take them out and leave them in my room for up to a day or two, or at least until they become room temperature before I eat them, and I haven't had any bad effects from it.