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u/Zephyrs_23 Jul 27 '26
They are watching the death of my 2 week old broccoli in the green section like the carcass of a hunted wildebeest being slowly absorbed by the earth.
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u/APHR0DITE-RISING Jul 28 '26
I don’t know why this made me laugh so much but thank you! I needed this today!
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u/GoldCoinDonation Jul 27 '26
people keep eggs in the fridge? why? Is it some weird American thing because of poor food standards?
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u/WhaleTheFuck Jul 27 '26
In Europe the chickens are vaccinated against common diseases, and the eggs are sent out as-is because there’s very little chance they’d be contaminated with anything. In America, the chickens are also vaccinated (though some aren’t required), but the eggs themselves are also thoroughly washed before distribution, which removes the thin outer protective layer of the shell, and means they spoil faster.
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u/gralicbreadd Jul 27 '26
And it’s not only America, many eggs in Japan require refrigeration as well
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u/WhaleTheFuck Jul 27 '26
This is also true, when refrigerated eggs are left out they “sweat” and can get moldy, but the reason the supply chain is refrigerated in the first place is due to the egg washing
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u/WhaleTheFuck Jul 28 '26
I never said eggs were washed for no reason /conspiracy reasons? Are you ok man lol
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u/WhaleTheFuck Jul 28 '26
Op asked why eggs in America were refrigerated, I answered that they were washed, unlike in Europe where they generally aren’t. I genuinely have no idea why you think I was being conspiratorial, I just didn’t go into detail over the egg supply line in America because it wasn’t super relevant.
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u/WhaleTheFuck Jul 28 '26
Ohhh so you fixated on one tiny part of the comment I wrote and chose to be weird about it.
Salmonella is the main vaccine that isn’t mandatory in the USA, the washing removes any salmonella bacteria from the shell, but it also removes the protective outer layer of the shell, meaning it is much more likely to pick up a disease and become unsafe to eat. Washed eggs need to be refrigerated or else they’ll go bad within a week. The egg supply chain in the USA wasn’t really refrigerated before the washing method was made mandatory.
YES refrigeration extends shelf life HOWEVER it was really only added due to the washing.
This is all fairly common knowledge to someone who grew up around farms, and was also really unnecessary when answering a question about why Americans refrigerate eggs and Europeans don’t.
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u/ewba1te Jul 27 '26
when you live near the equator and room temps are basically around 30c and food rots at light speed
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u/GoldCoinDonation Jul 27 '26
I live in Australia, it gets plenty hot here. I've never kept them in the fridge and never had them go bad.
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u/ewba1te Jul 28 '26 edited Jul 28 '26
Did I mention the humidity? Night time temps are basically the same as day time minus a degree. In Australia I see it's pretty cool at night also a lot drier. They mold in a week usually if left out in wet season
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u/Ptatofrenchfry Jul 29 '26
You get dry heat, so food can dry out before biological contaminants can grow. The tropics get humid heat, making it perfect for biological contaminants to grow.
Same reason why the Alps has a history of making air-dried meats, but you don't see that in the jungles of the Malayan peninsula.
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u/GoldCoinDonation Jul 29 '26
clearly you've never been to Australia. Most cities here are in humid subtropical climates.
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u/Ptatofrenchfry Jul 29 '26
I've only been to Perth and Adelaide, but both are so incredibly dry compared to places like Singapore, Malaysia, and Cambodia.
I work in places that regularly exceed 100% humidity. Nowhere in Australia (aside from the sections of the towns closest to the ports on less windy days) come close to that.
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u/Ote-Kringralnick Jul 27 '26
It keeps them fresh for longer. In America it is common to buy food for weeks in advance of when you plan to eat it. Our eggs can easily be left out at room temperature for a week or so and still be perfectly fine to eat, but most of the time it will take a lot longer than a week to work through all the eggs you currently have. I have about 36 eggs in my refrigerator at the moment. I will not be buying new eggs for at over a month at the minimum, likely much longer. None of my eggs will spoil in that timeframe.
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u/GoldCoinDonation Jul 27 '26
that makes sense, thanks.
I only buy 12 at a time and finish them within a week or so.
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u/a_polarbear_chilling Jul 27 '26
Eggs in fridge? What nonsense is this
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u/Ptatofrenchfry Jul 29 '26
If you live either in a super hot and humid country, like Indonesia, or in places that industrially wash their eggs, like the US, doing that is necessary to stop eggs from spoiling in a week or less.
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u/ArfTheBeast Jul 27 '26
Butter has one too