Cleaning Farm Eggs

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robinfrenchies

I have a very good book that is a guide in egg safety, what it states and I use it myself is because the bloom is washed off once you wash the egg you need to replace it. Discard any eggs that are truly spoiled or truly dirty, dipping the egg for 30 seconds in a solution with 1 teaspoon of bleach to 1 quart of water heated to 101*f, wipe the egg dry with a paper towel or clean rag and then rubbing the egg with vegetable oil before refrigerating prolongs shelf life. I hope this helps.

By

T&T Grandma

Well, the egg farmers in ND (family) would take the egg basket, set that in the egg pail, set that whole mess on top of the electric egg washer/swisher. Warm water, a couple drops of dish soap, mostly back then in was Palmolive. 30 minutes of gentle swish and you took them out to crate them. For a few, an old worn out washcloth rinsed in warm soapy water, a brush over and you are done.

By

fresca03

We just wash our eggs in plain, warm water and use a rough rag to get rid of bits of hay and chicken poop of the ones that need a bit of a scrub to get rid of debris.

By

Deeli

I hope knitter06040 was joking because egg shells are porous and those chemicals will be absorbed in to the egg :-o

When I was in agriculture class in high school we just washed them in plain water and then graded them and packed them. I had fun in that class and especially being a city girl growing up in Los Angeles. A bit of heaven in an asphalt jungle :-)

By

knitter06040

Mr. Clean Magic Eraser

By

PIKKA

Wipe them with a damp and wrung out cloth is there is obvious something on them, otherwise leave them alone. There is a coating on them naturally which keeps bacteria out of shell/and therefore egg. Shell is porous to some extent.

By

teejerball

I have had farm eggs before, but never really cleaned them other than rinsed with water. I always swear by good old baking soda for cleaning anything. Give it a try.

What's a good way to clean eggs that are farm fresh from the chicken coop? MB in WY