The Eggstraordinary Fortress
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·November 13, 2025TN1ck
D13Fd
Even though it had a hole in the shell?
This article was weird, in that he went through the whole thing about how effective the layers are without also mentioning there was a hole through all of them other than the egg white (until the end).
pverheggen
It addresses this in the article, but in countries that wash the bacterial layer off (like the US), they have to be refrigerated. This is to minimize salmonella contamination, EU deals with this by vaccinating hens against salmonella instead.
IAmBroom
Lots of thinking, from someone apparently experienced with lab testing of anti-germ precautiuons. Zero testing.
Disappointing. He actually has the lab equipment to measure some of his theories about denatured proteins et al.
That egg was totally still edible, even if you pierce it for the cooking, it should be good for at least a few days. If you do it right, it can be weeks. In Germany you can buy cooked eggs in the super market and they are not refrigerated.