blackpepper
Assistant Cook
I bought sliced cheese (Havarti semisoft, in case that helps) last night and completely forgot about it until just now (about 15 hours later). It looks OK but I don't know if it's safe to eat??
Certain products never see refrigeration until they hit the groshree store. Among these items are butter, eggs, and cheese.
Certain products never see refrigeration until they hit the groshree store. Among these items are butter, eggs, and cheese.
Huh??? Eggs, maybe....and possibly some cheeses...but there's no way butter could survive traveling hundreds of miles though the desert, in the summer, unrefrigerated, to reach my 'groshree' store, and still be in blocks.
In much of Europe, eggs are not refrigerated. It is how they are processed, or less processed, that allows them to not be refrigerated.
Butter in the home doesn't need to be refrigerated as long as it is used in a reasonable amount of time. My grandmother always had butter in a butter dish on the kitchen table.
I totally agree these things need to be refrigerated for transport, because the inside of a truck can reach some really high temperatures.
CD
It's not chicken poop that protects fresh eggs but a secretion from the hens with antibiotic properties called the cuticle.Si. In Mexico, they don't refrigerate eggs. There are huge stacks of them in the middle of the grocery stores. US gets rid of the protective coating (for some, chicken poop) so we have to refrigerate them here. Other countries, not so much.
It's not chicken poop that protects fresh eggs but a secretion from the hens with antibiotic properties called the cuticle.
In Aruba supermarkets that cater to American tourists they refrigerate eggs now. Years ago they did not. Cartons of eggs were stacked on a pallet on the floor. Now, even though they have refrigerated eggs, some are still offered at room temperature in a floor display.
Cuticle or none, you are wise to check the carton you pick up for broken shells. There are always a good %age that are broken. Since all Aruba's eggs come from the US, I assume they are the same washed eggs we get at home.
The American Egg Board tells us refrigerated eggs last 7 times longer than room temperature eggs.
Less food=room for more beer....And as far as eggs go, I have a fridge, so I gotta keep something in there...