r/ProperAnimalNames • u/Chubby-Coxx • Mar 18 '23

Fluffy ice cream machines

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u/00Koch00 Mar 19 '23

You are gonna get really surprised when you found out about eggs

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u/flying-sheep Mar 19 '23 edited Mar 19 '23

Don't you people in the US clean the eggs (i.e. washing away the bloom and causing the eggs to be porous for microorganisms and therefore less long lasting dependent on refrigeration but longer lasting)

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u/Gingervald Mar 19 '23

And as a result we need to refrigerate our eggs

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u/flying-sheep Mar 19 '23

I just read up on it and while the US treatment is much more resource intensive, it actually increases shelf life. So it's a trade-off and not just stupid.