From: dadoctah@cox.net   
      
   On 4/23/2016 11:44 PM, Philip Shaw wrote:   
   > On 2016-04-20, Thomas Prufer  wrote:   
   >>   
   >> "I heard this from the lady at the egg store: You can either   
   >> refrigerate eggs or not refrigerate eggs, but once they were   
   >> refrigerated, they must always be kept in the fridge."   
   >   
   > That's true for raw eggs, if they haven't been washed. There is a   
   > protective coating on the outside of the shell, but it is   
   > water-soluble and so if the eggs are wetted then dried the coating may   
   > end up with gaps, increasing the chances of infection. Condensation is   
   > enough to cause that, especially if the eggs are handled while wet.   
      
   Don't the eggs come out of the chicken wet?...(serious question; I've   
   never been a midwife to a chicken)....r   
      
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