If I cook a bunch of hard boiled eggs would they keep in their shells
at room temperature? I don't have room in the fridge.
No. In fact, hard boiled eggs can spoil more quickly than
raw eggs.
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Once cooked in the shell eggs need to be kept refrigerated, and for like no
more than 3-4 days... but if pickled they don't need refrigeration and will
keep at room temperature for like 2-3 months. Pickled eggs are very good so
long as you sleep alone.
Bear in mind that if you hard-boil them, then you can pile them all in a
vertical container that takes a lot less space than an egg carton.
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Leave them raw in the shell up to 6 weeks in the fridge only. Cooked
only last about 3 days. Eggs are cheap, anyway, so why bother to
"stock up?"
N.
They won't last as long after they're cooked, than if they were raw,
and any storage should be refrigerated. For that matter, just put a
rubber band (or 2) around a carton of raw eggs, and put them away by
standing them on their ends. If they want to wobble, put a heavy jar
of pickles or something on either side to stabilize.
Honestly, though, so what if eggs are 99 cents? They are cheap at
twice that - don't try to stock up if you don't have room.
N.
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What happens if you freeze a hardboiled egg? I've never tried.
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> If I cook a bunch of hard boiled eggs would they keep in their shells
> at room temperature? I don't have room in the fridge.
No, no, no, and no. Check out the American Egg Board site for
information.
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How much is a "bunch"? Eggs kept under steady refrigeration (in the carton
on the back of the shelf, not on the door) will keep six months. Back when
I was young(er) I worked in grocery stores. Out in the back, eggs were kept
in an unrefrigerated (though not hot) area - they weren't cooled until they
went out in the display case where people could buy them.
Most sources tend to say that unrefrigerated eggs deteriorate in one day as
much as they would in a week if they were refrigerated. That would imply
that they would probably be OK for around three weeks if kept in a cool
room.
You can freeze fresh eggs in the shell, though the shells tend to crack.
Thaw for a day in the refrigerator. Use frozen eggs for baking - freezing
changes the consistency.
The whites end up unacceptable.
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=freeze+hardboiled+egg
Pickled they'll last months. Hard boiled eggs, vinegar, onion, maybe
a few jalapenoes or chile peppers, a little salt & sugar. A couple
of slices of cooked or pickled beet if you want them to turn pink. A
sixth the price you'd pay for commercial pickled eggs. Don't eat them
all at one sitting.
Dave
:) Thanks for the idea
They will keep better at room temperature RAW so long as the shells are
intact. I used to keep hatching eggs for up to 14 days and still get a
decent hatch rate as long as I kept turning them.
Just make sure the room is fairly cool. It's winter, you could probably
store some in the garage.
Alternately, you could make some egg dishes (such as quiche or frittata)
and freeze it.
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How long does it take before you can tell they're pickled if you wash off the
vinegar?
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Talk about silly. Why would they have to be stacked egg on egg? A pitcher
though, would stack them vertical, yet nested a bit and take minimal space.
Loosen up your thought process a bit.
In spite of all the admonitions to refrigerate, I'm still alive. When we
were kids, the Easter eggs were colored on Friday or Saturday and sat at
room temperature for at least 2 to 4 days.
But why would you wash off the vinegar? Just fish them out, and eat
them. No rinsing needed. Then eat the onions etc. that are left.
Dave
I recall the time when we didn't find all of the Easter eggs one Easter.
Then some time later we found the one that was missing. Too bad it
didn't disappear forever. I wouldn't even try that.
Bill
Eggs keep better if they've never been washed, but eggs at supermarkets
have been washed.
Limewater, a cup of salt and two cups of slaked lime in six quarts of
water, can preserve eggs for months if it's cool. You arrange the eggs
in a crock and cover with limewater. They may acquire a lime taste.
Waterglass (sodium metasilicate and maybe some potassium silicate in
water) is preferred over limewater.
If eggs could be spoiled, you can open each one individually and see if
the yolk runs.
Did you not say the above about "That's just silly"?
this is the dope on eggs, according to the f.d.a.:
(U. S. Food and Drug Administration FDA Consumer
January 1992)
"Use raw shell eggs within 5 weeks after bringing them home. Use hard-
cooked eggs (in the shell or peeled) within 1 week after cooking. Use
leftover yolks and whites within 4 days after removing them from the
shell."
or, from the current f.d.a site:
Product Refrigerator Freezer
Eggs
Fresh, in shell 4 to 5 weeks Don't freeze
Raw yolks, whites 2 to 4 days 1 year
Hardcooked 1 week Doesn't freeze well
you can even tell when they are packed:
Dating of Cartons
Many eggs reach stores only a few days after the hen lays them. Egg
cartons with the USDA grade shield on them must display the "pack
date" (the day that the eggs were washed, graded, and placed in the
carton). The number is a three-digit code that represents the
consecutive day of the year (the "Julian Date") starting with January
1 as 001 and ending with December 31 as 365.
Always purchase eggs before the "Sell-By" or "EXP" (expiration) date
on the carton. After the eggs reach home, they may be refrigerated 3
to 5 weeks from the day they are placed in the refrigerator. The
"Sell-By" date will usually expire during that length of time, but the
eggs are perfectly safe to use. This date is not federally required,
but may be State required.)
some folks say the f.d.a. recommendations (for almost anything) are too
conservative, but you should be rock-bottom safe if you follow them.
your pal,
blake
Lol; you mean using its legs?
ares
I did not say that. I explained why stacking is silly, with which next you
seemed to concur, but omited here. You'd do much better if you were as
heavy handed with house cleaning attributions as you are with editing
text... if everyone cleaned up attributions as I do (see above) there'd be
far less misinterpretation.
> You have me attributed to:
> "Bear in mind if you hard-boil them, then you can pile them all in a
> vertical container that takes a lot less space than an egg carton."
No he doesnt. He didnt attribute that bit. Count the >s on that bit and yours that contains the word silly.
> I did not say that.
He didnt say you did.
> I explained why stacking is silly, with which next you seemed to concur, but omited here. You'd do much better if you
> were as heavy handed with house cleaning attributions as you are with editing text... if everyone cleaned up
> attributions as I do (see above) there'd be far less misinterpretation.
His attribution was completely clear.
http://groups.google.com/group/misc.consumers.frugal-living/msg/c65b0982ad4c90f7?hl=en&dmode=source
> The Real Bev wrote:
>>
>> How long does it take before you can tell they're pickled if you wash
>> off the vinegar?
>>
> Couple of weeks. If you're serious you stick each egg with a fork (to
> provide an extra way for infiltration). And invert the jar daily to
> agitate the solution.
>
> But why would you wash off the vinegar?
If they don't absorb it, why not just spray some vinegar on fresh HB eggs?
> Just fish them out, and eat
> them. No rinsing needed. Then eat the onions etc. that are left.
I used some watermelon-pickle juice to make pickled beets out of fresh ones. I
should have cooked them longer. Next time...
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If that happens you definitely kept the egg too long.
They do absorb it, just not very fast. The sticking with fork thing,
I think it speeds it up a wee bit. Not everybody does that,
commercial pickled eggs haven't usually been stuck.
If you rinse a pickled egg off and eat it, it still tastes like a
pickled egg. To my mind, much tastier than plain HB eggs.
But then, I think that just about anything tastes better pickled.
Dave
You should add a handy way to peel them. I tried it, but I don't have
enough blowing power.
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=peel%20eggs&sourceid=navclient-ff&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS310US310&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv#q=boiled+eggs&hl=en&emb=0
That's insane.