I bought free-range eggs at a local organic farm, and they sat in a cooler with some ice in it for about 30 hours. Are they safe to eat?

I bought free-range eggs at a local organic farm, and they sat in a cooler with some ice in it for about 30 hours. Are they safe to eat?

— Cinthea Vadala
Napa, California

March 20, 2008

Your eggs are fine. Fresh eggs actually take a long time to spoil. They would be all right under those conditions even for a couple of weeks. There’s no need to rinse the eggs until it’s time to use them, and that can actually keep them fresh longer. Enjoy your farm-fresh eggs!

— Cheryl Long, Editor in Chief

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Mike 3/30/2008 3:41:33 PM

A trick that boaters use is to coat the eggs with wax. Then they will stay fresh longer without refridgeration.

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glenn 4/27/2008 2:31:59 PM

Sailors coat eggs with vaseline not wax. I have tried it several times and it does not work very well. More important is that you should turn your eggs at least once every four days otherwise the yolk sinks to the bottom and the egg spoils. But best of all is get fresh eggs. Once you have tried real fresh eggs will not look back.

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