Hard boiled egg safety

[Anonymous]

This morning I made a bunch of hard boiled eggs. I ate two before going to work and I just got home and realized I'd never put the remaining ones in the fridge. I don't really care about throwing a few eggs away but I was just wondering if it's actually not a big deal to leave them out and maybe they are safe to eat? The heat is off all day so the house is pretty cold. Not refrigerator cold but... Any advice? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

OK to eat, yes.

[Anonymous]

As with almost all the "I left it out on the counter" threads, the answer is the same:

- Any food safety person will tell you that if the eggs were out for more than two hours, you need to throw them out.

- Almost every DCUM poster will say they'd personally eat the egg and they've never died from it.

[Anonymous]

We eat hard boiled eggs from the Easter baskets for at least a week after the bunny leaves the basket.

[Anonymous]

Of course, they are fine. I often don't refrigerate eggs.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks! I'm pretty liberal when it comes to flood safety for myself but I'd never left eggs out. Thanks everyone!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We eat hard boiled eggs from the Easter baskets for at least a week after the bunny leaves the basket.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We eat hard boiled eggs from the Easter baskets for at least a week after the bunny leaves the basket.

You must mean chocolate eggs

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We eat hard boiled eggs from the Easter baskets for at least a week after the bunny leaves the basket.

You must mean chocolate eggs

No. I mean hard boiled egg eggs. The kind that you dye for Easter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We eat hard boiled eggs from the Easter baskets for at least a week after the bunny leaves the basket.

You must mean chocolate eggs

No. I mean hard boiled egg eggs. The kind that you dye for Easter.

That is disgusting.

[Anonymous]

What do you do with dyed Easter eggs? Don't they go into the Easter basket that sits out on the kitchen table for several days till all the candy is eaten?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you do with dyed Easter eggs? Don't they go into the Easter basket that sits out on the kitchen table for several days till all the candy is eaten? [/quote
No, you put them in the refrigerator. Duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you do with dyed Easter eggs? Don't they go into the Easter basket that sits out on the kitchen table for several days till all the candy is eaten?

Oh my, good thing you have strong immune systems.

[Anonymous]

Hard-boiled eggs last about a week if they are kept in their shells, and should be refrigerated within two hours of cooking, says the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service. If they are peeled and then stored, they will stay fresh for only a few days in the fridge, says Hilary Shallo Thesmar, a spokesperson for the Egg Nutrition Center.

Hard-boiled eggs are more susceptible to spoilage than fresh because the cooking process removes a naturally occurring waxy protective layer called the cuticle from their shells. The cuticle coats freshly laid eggs, and much of it is washed off when the eggs are graded and packed, says Thesmar. When the eggs are boiled, the water removes the rest. This leaves open pores in the shells for bacteria to enter and contaminate the eggs more easily.