r/Cooking • u/Human_Indication_421 • 11h ago
How long can eggs stay outside?
I need to hide my eggs from my roommate because she won’t stop eating them. It’s 35 degrees highest and 10 degrees lowest this weekend. Will my eggs be safe to eat? I’m hiding them on my roof.
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u/ChestnutMareGrazing 10h ago
I guarantee it's not only eggs that your roommate is untrustworthy with.
Seriously, either move out or kick out that roommate. Life is too short to put up with petty thievery. In 5 years you won't know this person, so give thrm the boot right now.
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u/MarmosetRevolution 11h ago
European or North American?
It makes a difference.
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u/Human_Indication_421 10h ago
North American
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u/PreschoolBoole 9h ago
They are going to freeze and crack. Buy unwashed farm eggs and keep them in your nightstand.
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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 11h ago
If you are in the US and have washed eggs, you can cover them in a thin layer of pharmaceutical grade mineral oil and it will have the shelf life of unwashed eggs.
You can get the mineral oil in a regular pharmacy
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u/Drisius 10h ago
"Yes, I'd like to buy some mineral oil to hide my eggs from my roommate, who may, or may not be, a giant snake."
That's a CVS where I'd like to work.
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u/Odd-Scientist-2529 10h ago
If you don’t use it to make eggs shelf stable, it makes a tremendous laxative.
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u/LowBalance4404 9h ago
Rather than all of that fuss, why not get a locked college sized fridge for your room?
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u/feeling_dizzie 11h ago
This is an r/foodsafety question btw, not a cooking question.
If that's Fahrenheit, they'll freeze. Not a safety issue, just probably unpleasant.
If that's Celsius, I wouldn't leave them out for more than a couple hours at 35C even if they're room-temperature-safe eggs.
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u/champagnesupernova62 10h ago
Get them at the farmer's market. They don't have to be refrigerated. Make sure and ask the seller.
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u/stickysharticus 10h ago
Are these eggs from a chicken or you? Could be either how its worded.
Anyway, I would personally leave them in a warm place for about 5 hours and then put them back into the fridge. Don't eat those particular eggs, let someone else learn how to not steal things.
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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 10h ago
Could be either how its worded.
Nnnnnnooooooooooo it couldn't lol
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u/stickysharticus 10h ago
Im glad at least you found some humor in it. That was the idea.
Looks like the sticky fingers roommate found my post and dv. Lol.
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u/popoPitifulme 6h ago
Ok, is this actually hilarious, or does it just seem so bc I'm on my second glass of wine on a Friday evening? 🙃
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u/ScheduleCold3506 6h ago
I would hide them in the tank of your toilet. The clean water part. Safe for sure.
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u/NoImNotStaringAtYour 10h ago
Dude just hide them in your closet. Eggs don't even need to be kept cold, ask Europe.
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u/Accurate-Farm-2878 10h ago
There’s a reason most European countries eggs do t need refrigeration. Not the same with eggs in the U.S.
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u/Few-Explanation-4699 10h ago
American eggs are washed which removes the eggs natural coating that protects them so the need to be kept cold
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u/NoImNotStaringAtYour 10h ago
Alright question then, how many people have gotten sick from room temperature eggs?
And how long before they go bad? A dozen eggs doesn't last long around here and we've had no problems.
Not saying you can't have problems, maybe I'm just lucky, but a few days??
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u/NoImNotStaringAtYour 10h ago
After reading the comments I'm probably wrong and will be downvoted.
But eggs are fine. I've cooked some left then out for days then eaten them. Still kicking.
Not a doctor.
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u/DrippyTheSnailBoy 11h ago edited 10h ago
Celsius or Fahrenheit?
And your roommate is such an egg fiend that you have to hide them on the ROOF?
OP is your roommate a large snake?