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Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by Svip »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #17
Svip wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do often see the notion that 'UK is Europe', particularly by American media; and that if something is true in the UK, it's probably true in the rest of Europe, so they often don't bother checking. Because, sure, we all drive on the left.

Most of europe drives on the right, or was that the joke?

That was the joke.

It's unfortunately, not uncommon for stories to describe something Europeans do (when they really mean Britons), that I seldom can relate to, until I realise they are only using the UK as a sample. Although, I should point out, that sometimes it's other countries used as basis for what Europeans do (say France or Germany), when it might be exclusive to either two countries (or a subset of European countries, say Southern European).

I also notice this in release dates for video games,[0] often a UK release date is published, when they really mean a European release date. (Although, to be fair to Canada, I often see US release dates, when they mean North American.)

[0] The same pattern isn't necessarily true for music, film and book releases, because they don't have so wide releases as video games usually have.

Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by michaelgrafl »

jiggy2011 wrote: post #17
Svip wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I do often see the notion that 'UK is Europe', particularly by American media; and that if something is true in the UK, it's probably true in the rest of Europe, so they often don't bother checking. Because, sure, we all drive on the left.

Most of europe drives on the right, or was that the joke?

That was irony, which is used often by Europeans.

Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by CWIZO »

zidar wrote: post #37

As for the eggs, I don't remember ever seeing unrefrigerated eggs in Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany and France, but I haven't been in the UK yet. And markets in Slovenia must have eggs refrigerated. Translated from http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=45033 "Eggs must be cooled under 5C, except during transportation when they can be at more than 5C, but no more than 24 hours."

I live in the UK now, and coming from Slovenia I still keep my eggs in the fridge when I bring them home. They are not friged in the store though.

Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by welly »

zidar wrote: post #37

As for the eggs, I don't remember ever seeing unrefrigerated eggs in Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany and France, but I haven't been in the UK yet. And markets in Slovenia must have eggs refrigerated. Translated from http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=45033 "Eggs must be cooled under 5C, except during transportation when they can be at more than 5C, but no more than 24 hours."

I've never seen eggs in the UK refrigerated. I used to live in NZ and Australia and don't remember seeing eggs in the fridge in either of those places either. I'm pretty positive they don't keep their eggs in the fridge.

Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by paol »

zidar wrote: post #37

As for the eggs, I don't remember ever seeing unrefrigerated eggs in Slovenia, Italy, Bosnia, Croatia, Portugal, Spain, Austria, Germany and France, but I haven't been in the UK yet. And markets in Slovenia must have eggs refrigerated. Translated from http://www.uradni-list.si/1/content?id=45033 "Eggs must be cooled under 5C, except during transportation when they can be at more than 5C, but no more than 24 hours."

You're wrong about Portugal at least. All supermarket chains I can think of keep the eggs in unrefrigerated shelves - usually near the milk "tetrapack" shelves which are also unrefrigerated.

Re: Why Europeans Don't Refrigerate Their Eggs

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Post by ryanjshaw »

thomholwerda wrote: post #20

I think some supermarkets fridge their eggs, some don't here in The Netherlands. However, I have never seen anyone not fridge their eggs at home. In fact, it seems crazy gross to me to keep eggs outside of the fridge at room temperature. I wouldn't want to eat an egg that wasn't stored "properly" (i.e., our definition of properly). This is probably entirely irrational, but there it is. Interestingly, the 'official' D…

At the supermarkets in South Africa they're not refrigerated. So I buy these unrefrigerated eggs and bring them home to put them into the fridge, because that's how I was raised

The problem is my fridge can only hold about a dozen eggs but I buy them in trays of 48. The ones that can't fit have to fend for themselves outside in the cupboard. I eat eggs from the fridge, and bring reinforcements in from the cupboard to replace the eaten ones.

This whole process strikes me as absurd (especially since I recall a chef at a cooking class saying that it's preferable to cook things at room temperature) but I do it anyway. Where do I fit in?

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