How long do farmer's market eggs last?

[Anonymous]

They were put in the fridge immediatey...any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

ugh..sorry, I meant "immediately."

[Anonymous]

Good till they go into the belly

[Anonymous]

Months. Just like grocery store eggs.

[Anonymous]

They should last longer, since the thinking is that eggs you buy in the grocery store have been there a while. It takes a while to get them collected, sorted, scrubbed off (because real chicken eggs from a farm are covered in dirt and grass), packaged, sent to the grocery store, and put out on display.

We get eggs from a family farm in VA and they last quite a while.

[Anonymous]

I usually try to use a dozen eggs in under 2 weeks, whether I got them in the grocery store or at a farmers' market. Fresher eggs are more versatile, with older eggs you're pretty much restricted to applications that beat them up first.

[Anonymous]

Agree with PP.

2weeks is ideal, a month or so is what I'd would be comfortable as max.

[Anonymous]

Oh, I'd say easily a month. You know how to tell if an egg is bad, right? Put it in a bowl of water. Bad eggs float.

[Anonymous]

you don't even need to put them in the refrigerator. Lived in europe for years where no one puts eggs or butter in the fridge. I guess they use them more, though, so nothing ever goes bad.

[Anonymous]

We get ours from Polyface Farm, and they only deliver once every 6 weeks. Eggs I got from them over 6 weeks ago now are still lovely, though I am going to try to get them used up. Do the egg test (floating, from PP above) so you feel confident.

And "older" eggs are really good to make hardboiled eggs out of. Very fresh eggs are terribly hard to peel, but as they age and a little air gets under the shell they peel easier.

[Anonymous]

Though my family goes through about 18 eggs a week, I purchase about 10 dozen at a time from a local farmer. They can easily laste 2 months, though our family eats them too fast for that to even happen.