FabSwingers.com forum: Do you wash your eggs?

By *imply Dee OP Woman
over a year ago

Wherever

And when? Before cooking, before putting them to the fridge or you don’t wash them at all?

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By *an4funMan
over a year ago

london

Only when I eat the shell. Which is never

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By *ady LickWoman
over a year ago

Northampton Somewhere

No, I've never heard of anyone doing that tbh!

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By *he love catsCouple
over a year ago

South Wales

No, though I don't buy them very often.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

nope

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

No and it's not recommended. The shell is porous and so if you wash (especially using anything to rub the shell), you risk introducing bugs from the outside to the inside. No need to wash eggs.

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By *LiamMan
over a year ago

Midlands

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By * la carteCouple
over a year ago

Dublin

I don't, even when I get fresh eggs from my family who have their own chickens. And they certainly don't look as clean as shop bought ones!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"No and it's not recommended. The shell is porous and so if you wash (especially using anything to rub the shell), you risk introducing bugs from the outside to the inside. No need to wash eggs. "

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By *ed LipstickWoman
over a year ago

Fucksville

No I don't I get mine from a local farm and they're never as clean as the supermarket ones

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By *ittle_brat_evie!!Woman
over a year ago

evesham

Nope. Dint wash chicken or many other food items before I eat then either.

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

I have never considered washing an egg

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By *ull English with teaMan
over a year ago

London

No and I find it eggstraordinary that people would…

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

After cooking because of what KC said

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By *atty CoramWoman
over a year ago

Wimbledon

No... but I could teach you how to suck em.

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By *izandpaulCouple
over a year ago

merseyside

No never wash them.

Don't put eggs in a fridge as the shell is porous it will take on the smell of other products in the fridge, unless you want to introduce a taste, has to be a pretty strong taste like onion, garlic, truffle.

Give it a whirl.

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By *ea monkeyMan
over a year ago

Manchester (he/him)

Why in the holy hell would you wash eggs?

I’ve worked in restaurants and kitchens for over 20 years. Used HACCP and food safety guidelines rigorously for that time and never, ever have I seen guidance regarding the sanitation of egg shells.

Unless you’re licking them, you’re good.

Well, if you’re licking egg shells I’d say you’ve got bigger problems than a few chicken vulva bugs, but you get my meaning

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs?

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"After cooking because of what KC said "

Karen Carpenter ?

Kid Creole ?

Keith Chegwin ?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"After cooking because of what KC said

Karen Carpenter ?

Kid Creole ?

Keith Chegwin ?"

Do you think Kid Creole washed his coconuts?

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs? "

Because they have come out of a hen's arse ?

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By *esmond and Molly JonesCouple
over a year ago

Watford

We don't wash off the protective layer, that's why our supermarkets don't keep them in the refrigerated section.

In America they do wash the eggs and they therefore have to be refrigerated in their supermarkets.

Not sure why anybody would wash an egg.

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By *emorefridaCouple
over a year ago

La la land

Nope and I get them from my garden. Sometimes if they're particularly grubby I'll wipe the worst off.

But then I also strawberries, blackberries etc straight from the plant. I've not been ill yet

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By *allySlinkyWoman
over a year ago

Leeds

Do you think Kid Creole washed his coconuts? "

You are milking this

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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

Never washed one in my life, I use about 5 dozen a week for cake making and get them from local egg farm, never had any issues.

Neither do I store them in a refrigerator.

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By *ora the explorerWoman
over a year ago

Paradise, Herts

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No it risks breaking the yolk inside

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

My understanding is we don't in UK and neither put them in fridge. That's why you find them on non refrigerated shelves in shops. Washing them apparently can introduce bacteria.

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By *lmer fuddCouple
over a year ago

Glasgow

I wash my vibrating one

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By *lynJMan
over a year ago

Morden

"After cooking because of what KC said

Karen Carpenter ?

Kid Creole ?

Keith Chegwin ?"

KC and the sunshine band?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs?

Because they have come out of a hen's arse ?"

But you’re cooking them?

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By *dwalu2Couple
over a year ago

Bristol

"Only when I eat the shell. Which is never"

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Do you think Kid Creole washed his coconuts?

You are milking this"

Aw do t say that, I’m shy

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By *ustamanMan
over a year ago

weymouth

Eh? Is this a thing?

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By *iltopbearMan
over a year ago

Norfolk

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs?

Because they have come out of a hen's arse ?"

Really? Lesson in biology needed here! LMAO!

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By *inky_couple2020Couple
over a year ago

North West

"After cooking because of what KC said

Karen Carpenter ?

Kid Creole ?

Keith Chegwin ?

KC and the sunshine band?"

It's the Moonlight Band, actually

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By *MisschiefxTV/TS
over a year ago

London

I give them a bubble bath and a little spa day so that they're all clean and relaxed.

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By *ryandseeMan
over a year ago

Yorkshire

"I give them a bubble bath and a little spa day so that they're all clean and relaxed. "

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By *heVonMatterhornsCouple
over a year ago

Lincoln

LvM

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

Washing eggs - I didn't know it was a thing

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By *izandpaulCouple
over a year ago

merseyside

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs? "

We've got some chickens and sometimes the eggs can be a bit 'messy'.

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By *izandpaulCouple
over a year ago

merseyside

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs?

Because they have come out of a hen's arse ?"

Oh no, really.

I thought they took little buds from an egg plant, stuffed them in the little egg box compartments, used that as an incubator and a few weeks later, ready for the supermarket shelves.

Well you learn something new every day.

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By *ellinever70Woman
over a year ago

Ayrshire

"Washing eggs - I didn't know it was a thing"

It's not

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By *urls and DressesWoman
over a year ago

Somewhere near here

Usually before I store the eggs, only because they’re my chicken’s eggs and they are often covered in more than a lonesome feather

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't wash eggs or store them in the fridge.

NBVN x

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

"I’m not sure why someone would wash eggs?

Because they have come out of a hen's arse ?"

Wonder who the first person was who saw an egg come out of a hens arse and say..... hmmmm, i think i'll eat that

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By *aughty_Smooth_OperatorMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

Nope never wash eggs whats reason behind washing them

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By *ocksareoffMan
over a year ago

Out n About

I wash my paws after handling eggs.

But it begs the question of why would wash eggs in the first place?

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By *irthandgirthMan
over a year ago

Camberley occasionally doncaster

"No, I've never heard of anyone doing that tbh!"

This is an American thing. They wash off the protective layer which makes them more susceptible to bacteria.

Only time an egg needs rinsing is if it is farm fresh and a little dirty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't even put them in the fridge. (Except during extreme heat like at the moment). The clue is, they never are in the retailer.

Why would you wash something you are not going to consume?

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

I wipe before boxing… can be messy when they pop out..

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By *ryan...Man
over a year ago

1950's Original

"After cooking because of what KC said

Karen Carpenter ?

Kid Creole ?

Keith Chegwin ?

KC and the sunshine band?"

King Charles

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"And when? Before cooking, before putting them to the fridge or you don’t wash them at all?

If you buy prepackaged eggs there is absolutely no need as they washed when processed.

Nor is it necessary to keep them in the fridge except when it is very warm. The air in a fridge is dry and, as the shell is porous, it can dry them out.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

People who do that iron their socks I bet

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

No. Don’t wash eggs.

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

"And when? Before cooking, before putting them to the fridge or you don’t wash them at all?

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chickens eggs lol they are cooked in boiling water or fried, I think the germs are dead

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Covent Garden

If they're fertilised then yes, as a precautionary measure. If they're sterile then perhaps not.

But you've now got me ruminating...

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By *skyouneverknowMan
over a year ago

Calne

It isn't a thing

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By *uke olovingmanMan
over a year ago

Gravesend

Here's a good tip ...ask for dirty eggs at your local egg farm...they're really cheap or free as they can't sell them on

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By *ex HolesMan
over a year ago

Up North

No, but I wash my plums every now and again

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By *uscious_Lady1Woman
over a year ago

Norwich

No I don’t eat the shell

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By *ris GrayMan
over a year ago

Dorchester

"Here's a good tip ...ask for dirty eggs at your local egg farm...they're really cheap or free as they can't sell them on

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I do like em dirty

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By *amprioryMan
over a year ago

turn left at the frist roundabout

No No No, don’t was your eggs, they have a natural waxy coating that protects and keeps them fresh, wash them you lose that protection.

And for the same reason you don't need to keep them in the fridge

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By *otsossieMan
over a year ago

local, but not too local

^^^

It’s an American thing, I think.

It’s different over there.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

No never.

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By *andyfloss2000Woman
over a year ago

ashford

Don't wash them and don't store in the fridge! Although apparently the shell is covered in pathogens x

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