(Do you keep your eggs at room temp or in the fridge?)

I'd eat the Cadbury's thing.

And Mimi mentioning eggs reminds me of another way in which I ignore all the rules: will happily eat eggs ~1 month past their use by date. Still not dead.

(Do you keep your eggs at room temp or in the fridge?)

What about cake?

And Mimi mentioning eggs reminds me of another way in which I ignore all the rules: will happily eat eggs ~1 month past their use by date. Still not dead.

(Do you keep your eggs at room temp or in the fridge?)

I wouldn't store butter in the fridge, always in a butter dish outside of the fridge as otherwise it's a pain to spread.

[0] Caveat: boiled eggs are slightly easier to peel if you use "old" eggs. As the white breaks down, some gas is released and swells the small air pocket that all eggs have. When you boil, this tends to lift the shell away from the white, making them easier to peel. That's the theory. It's never worked for me. I hate peeling boiled eggs. I'm experimenting with cooking them in a pressure cooker now, which is supposed to help, but I haven't quite figured it out yet.

It's a made up drug.

Eggs should always be refrigerated; they chemically decompose as much in a day on the counter as a week in the fridge. This matters a lot for some uses; for example, poaching old eggs doesn't work because the yolk won't hold together very well. [0] People often respond to this with "but they aren't refrigerated in the shop." This is because supermarkets are air conditioned 24/7 to ~16-18 deg C, and because they sell eggs through in a matter of days. Your kitchen isn't consistently that cool.

On the other hand, the use-by dates on eggs are calibrated for keeping them on the counter, so if you do refrigerate they'll last a long time. There's also very little risk of accidentally consuming a gone-off egg because they stink to high heaven.

[0] Caveat: boiled eggs are slightly easier to peel if you use "old" eggs. As the white breaks down, some gas is released and swells the small air pocket that all eggs have. When you boil, this tends to lift the shell away from the white, making them easier to peel. That's the theory. It's never worked for me. I hate peeling boiled eggs. I'm experimenting with cooking them in a pressure cooker now, which is supposed to help, but I haven't quite figured it out yet.

roll the boiled eggs on a surface (hard enough to crack the shell in several places) and then place in a bowl of water, peel of a big piece, and then rub and peel as you go. I find it much easier to do it that way.

I've tried every one of these tricks (except Cavey's wife) and I still find it fiddly as fuck. We all have our crosses to bear. Fortunately I'd rather eat almost every other kind of egg anyway.

I find my wife is awfully good at peeling eggs. I can highly recommend.

I use old eggs (which I keep on the worktop ), bring a pan of water to boil, 7 mins in the pan, immediately put in cold water. Never have any problems peeling mine

Eggs are fucking complicated
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You might be we to boil and peel an egg in a washing machine. Might take longer than 3 minutes though.

I'm not sure I'd have much elbow room in a washing machine.

Climb in. You might be surprised.

You do have problems poaching them, though - which may be because you keep them on the worktop at room temperature if DocG is to be believed

Maybe we all have an egg related weakness.

I can't poach fridge cold fresh eggs either.

Maybe we all have an egg related weakness.

I've tried every one of these tricks (except Cavey's wife) and I still find it fiddly as fuck. We all have our crosses to bear. Fortunately I'd rather eat almost every other kind of egg anyway.

But then we'd have nothing to talk about and the conversation dies.

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What about cake?

The dude reckons you put soy sauce and tabasco in the fridge. He's a fucking nutter.

Can we move Vision's creepy masks into this thread?

And then everyone has to wear one whilst trying to eat a hard boiled egg whole.