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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

This is because of a difference in food safety standards. When eggs are laid, they’re covered in something called bloom. It’s a slimy coating which the chicken produces. It’s full of good bacteria, and it protects the eggs and prevents them from spoiling. So Europeans buy eggs with the bloom on them, and don’t need to refrigerate their eggs.

But in America, the Food and Drug Administration has strict regulations regarding animal poop near food. Namely, you can’t have animal poop near your food. Full stop, with very few exceptions. And since chickens poop out of the same hole they lay eggs from, part of the bloom is, in fact, chicken poop. So eggs in America have to be washed, to remove that chicken poop before they can be sold. But this also removes the bloom, meaning the eggs are unprotected and need to be refrigerated.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

Bloom it up! Local farm stands have a good bet of being unwashed eggs. Can't say I blame the FDA on this, given the awful state of dairy and chicken farms that we get these eggs from...

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

From Europe, never had a slimy coating on my eggs.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago

It’s dry by the time it reaches you, but is still protecting the eggs by filling in all the pores in the eggshell. Basically, eggs in america have porous shells, which means they spoil faster in the open air.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Take an egg, up close, and smell it. You smell that? Now you know what it is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Do Yanks have smelly eggs or something