Renthead Mommy Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Okay so I hard boiled eggs in the afternoon. I took them off the burner and moved them to a cold burner to cool. I then of course forgot about them. I found them the next morning. They are still in their shell, still in the cooking water. The A/C has been running and the house is around 76/77 degrees. So - Would you still eat them? Are they still good? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I would NOT go near them! After more than 2 hours at above 40 degrees - no way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I'd eat them. Unless, of course, I opened one and it stunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumbledeb Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I usually avoid answering, in case anyone gets sick and sues me, but honestly, I'd eat pretty much anything in these kinds of situations. I've only ever had food poisoning after eating out, never from anything I ate that had been lying around my kitchen for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I would not eat them but in Spain they would. When I studied there in college they left all sorts of crazy stuff out overnight. They have stomachs of steel. All the american students had food poisoning. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Strangely enough, I would eat them, and I'm usually the voice screaming...no...no...don't eat that. I wouldn't feed them to my kids though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I'd eat them. I've done eggs in the morning and forgotten about them until dinner time. Not a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julieofsardis Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My college roommate brought a whole case of fresh eggs back from home one weekend. Of course, we couldn't fit them into the fridge. She said they would be fine to eat without refrigeration. We ate these eggs for at least two weeks before they started going bad. Then they stunk like crazy and we knew better than to eat them. I never got the least bit sick. Maybe this was crazy college behavior, but I think sometimes we are over zealous about what not to eat. I'm not sure I'd eat your eggs now, but I know my hubby would. He eats stuff like that all the time and never gets sick. Julie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 (edited) Okay so I hard boiled eggs in the afternoon. I took them off the burner and moved them to a cold burner to cool. I then of course forgot about them. I found them the next morning. They are still in their shell, still in the cooking water. The A/C has been running and the house is around 76/77 degrees. So - Would you still eat them? Are they still good? Yep. They're fine. Edited November 6, 2008 by Stacy in NJ m Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellyndria Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My college roommate brought a whole case of fresh eggs back from home one weekend. Of course, we couldn't fit them into the fridge. She said they would be fine to eat without refrigeration. We ate these eggs for at least two weeks before they started going bad. Then they stunk like crazy and we knew better than to eat them. I never got the least bit sick. Maybe this was crazy college behavior, but I think sometimes we are over zealous about what not to eat. I'm not sure I'd eat your eggs now, but I know my hubby would. He eats stuff like that all the time and never gets sick. Julie Saw this in Egypt! We spent a week in Cairo, among other places, and there were little food shops - not grocery stores - all over the place, and they didn't have refrigeration in these little shops. There were lots of eggs piled up in large carton things..just sitting there. I have no idea how long they were sitting there, but I got the idea that they were probably not fresh eggs every day. A couple of the people in our group actually bought some of the eggs and kept them in our apartment (in the fridge :tongue_smilie: ) and ate them for breakfast for the rest of the week, and they were fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 Saw this in Egypt! We spent a week in Cairo, among other places, and there were little food shops - not grocery stores - all over the place, and they didn't have refrigeration in these little shops. There were lots of eggs piled up in large carton things..just sitting there. I have no idea how long they were sitting there, but I got the idea that they were probably not fresh eggs every day. A couple of the people in our group actually bought some of the eggs and kept them in our apartment (in the fridge :tongue_smilie: ) and ate them for breakfast for the rest of the week, and they were fine. They just sit in their box in a cupboard in the kitchen. They aren't refrigerated in the supermarket either. FWIW I'd eat the boiled-eggs-left-out too, so long as they were properly cooked at the time. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 :001_smile: My college roommate brought a whole case of fresh eggs back from home one weekend. Of course, we couldn't fit them into the fridge. She said they would be fine to eat without refrigeration. Julie I never store eggs in the fridge, I keep eggs for up to a month regularly at room temperature in the pantry. I never have had a problem. I always crack eggs into a cup before using them though.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annabel Lee Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 They don't refrigerate eggs in New Zealand either, I'm told. I'd try one, and I probably wouldn't let my kids eat them just in case. My dad would eat them for sure, esp. if he saw you heading for the garbage with them! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 I'd eat them. Where I live, it's quite common for little corner stores to have a bowl of boiled eggs near the register, sitting out all day. (before you ask, they are sold by the egg, as a snack. yes, really) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 They are fine. My dh eats eggs that we have used for easter eggs. He peels and pickles them after 3 days of hiding them and he has yet to get sick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sadiegirl Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My husband is alive and well after eating many years of Easter eggs that have been sitting in our baskets for days!!!! Yes, it is gross to someone like myself that lives religiously by the expiration date on every food item I put in my mouth! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 My college roommate brought a whole case of fresh eggs back from home one weekend. Of course, we couldn't fit them into the fridge. She said they would be fine to eat without refrigeration. We ate these eggs for at least two weeks before they started going bad. Then they stunk like crazy and we knew better than to eat them. I never got the least bit sick. Maybe this was crazy college behavior, but I think sometimes we are over zealous about what not to eat. I'm not sure I'd eat your eggs now, but I know my hubby would. He eats stuff like that all the time and never gets sick. Julie From what I understand fresh eggs don't have to be refrigerated and will be fine for a month. The reason they refrigerate them in the US is because of they way they are cleaned to make them look nice to put in the store. As Laura said, eggs here are not refrigerated in the shops, nor do we store them in a refrigerator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cillakat Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 i'd totally eat it. i have. i do it all the time. forget about the hb eggs then eat them the next day. k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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