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to be even more scrupulous, you could imagine a situation where you shouldn't keep eggs out of the fridge for two hours because it would, e.g. bring the curse of the eggman upon you but would not affect the suitability of the eggs for sale
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your claim is that samonella contamination in something like 0.01% of eggs means that all eggs have a shelf life of two hours
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"I let this sit at room temperature for a really long time" is actually the key to most of my favorite foods.
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like what? salami?Grakthis wrote:
"I let this sit at room temperature for a really long time" is actually the key to most of my favorite foods.
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like I've been saying, it is not exclusively about salmonella contamination
if it is in fact unsafe to keep (previously refrigerated) eggs out for more than two hours then unrefrigerated-but-previously-refrigerated eggs have a shelf life of two hours, because that's the point at which they become unsafe to eat. saying "oh well most eggs won't do anything bad to you" is besides the point, because you can't tell which the bad eggs are
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it's a relevant point when the average time between bad ones, based on my egg consumption and 0.01%, is 300 years
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for someone who eats eggs daily, it's 27 years
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whyRylinks wrote:for someone who eats eggs daily
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and this is like, if the egg has salmonella you 100% are infected and get sick, which is a wild overestimate
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your claim was that "previously refrigerated eggs should not be kept out for more than two hours" was somehow consistent with "the shelf life of unrefrigerated-but-previously-refrigerated eggs is 21 days", which is nonsense
obviously if you don't believe the first claim then the shelf life of unrefrigerated-but-previously-refrigerated eggs can be whatever you want
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i was interpreting the first claim to mean "keeping previously refrigerated eggs out for more than two hours increases your risk of salmonella poisioning from those eggs" which is absolutely true. I just don't think it increases it enough to affect the decision of whether to throw eggs out if they haven't been refrigerated for two hours, which is what i meant by shelf life.
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Guidelines and recommendations are often based on benefit as well as cost.
I.E. There is almost 0 cost to refrigerating your eggs.
I.E. There is almost 0 cost to refrigerating your eggs.
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electricityGrakthis wrote:Guidelines and recommendations are often based on benefit as well as cost.
I.E. There is almost 0 cost to refrigerating your eggs.
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Pickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, pepperoni, salami, soy sauce, hot sauce, fish sauce....Still Alive wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:46 pmlike what? salami?Grakthis wrote:
"I let this sit at room temperature for a really long time" is actually the key to most of my favorite foods.
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This is correct, and people should pay attention to it. An egg at a US supermarket has had its waxy covering removed, which makes the shelf life much, much shorter than in the rest of the world, where the waxy covering is still there.Jeb Bush 2012 wrote:I don't think this is true for eggs in america https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/20 ... rld-doesnt
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for example, according to this USDA page one should not wash eggs, as that can increase the risk of bacterial contamination. that does not imply that if you have washed eggs they are unacceptably dangerous and should be thrown out
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the first claim means "keeping previously refrigerated eggs out for more than two hours increases your risk of illness by more than [acceptable level]", which is also how illness concerns for shelf life work, otherwise it would be 0 hours, not 2Rylinks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:01 pm i was interpreting the first claim to mean "keeping previously refrigerated eggs out for more than two hours increases your risk of salmonella poisioning from those eggs" which is absolutely true. I just don't think it increases it enough to affect the decision of whether to throw eggs out if they haven't been refrigerated for two hours, which is what i meant by shelf life.
the USDA may be overestimating the risks, I've seen at least one paper suggesting they are, but given uncertainty I am going to keep refrigerating my eggs, since doing so has inconvenienced me exactly once in my entire life
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no more than two hours at room temperature is the rule USDA recommends for all refrigerated food, so it is very unlikely that it is based on some kind of risk calculation for eggs rather than being a general rule that keeps food safe in nearly all circumstancesJeb Bush 2012 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:10 pmthe first claim means "keeping previously refrigerated eggs out for more than two hours increases your risk of illness by more than [acceptable level]", which is also how illness concerns for shelf life work, otherwise it would be 0 hours, not 2Rylinks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:01 pm i was interpreting the first claim to mean "keeping previously refrigerated eggs out for more than two hours increases your risk of salmonella poisioning from those eggs" which is absolutely true. I just don't think it increases it enough to affect the decision of whether to throw eggs out if they haven't been refrigerated for two hours, which is what i meant by shelf life.
the USDA may be overestimating the risks, I've seen at least one paper suggesting they are, but given uncertainty I am going to keep refrigerating my eggs, since doing so has inconvenienced me exactly once in my entire life
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I'm sure, but "oh actually you can keep unrefrigerated eggs out for 6.5 hours" would not really imply anything different, behaviour-wiseRylinks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:21 pm no more than two hours at room temperature is the rule USDA recommends for all refrigerated food, so it is very unlikely that it is based on some kind of risk calculation for eggs rather than being a general rule that keeps food safe in nearly all circumstances
(tbf the one time in my life refridgerating eggs has inconvenienced me knowing that you could keep them out for 6.5 hours would've helped, but that situation seems unlikely to recur)
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sure, the reason i said the two hour rule was fine was because i was looking at it from a perspective of risk minimization and easy-to-follow rules of thumb (you don't want your rule to be 2.3 hours for pork and 2.8 hours for beef and 6.5 hours for eggs) rather than corresponding to an acceptable level of risk.Jeb Bush 2012 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:31 pmI'm sure, but "oh actually you can keep unrefrigerated eggs out for 6.5 hours" would not really imply anything different, behaviour-wiseRylinks wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:21 pm no more than two hours at room temperature is the rule USDA recommends for all refrigerated food, so it is very unlikely that it is based on some kind of risk calculation for eggs rather than being a general rule that keeps food safe in nearly all circumstances
(tbf the one time in my life refridgerating eggs has inconvenienced me knowing that you could keep them out for 6.5 hours would've helped, but that situation seems unlikely to recur)
It's a fine rule from a risk-minimization perspective even if you can leave eggs out for a week and still have acceptable levels of risk--as you said it's usually not much of a hassle
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maybe i shouldnt have asked for that
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requesting new smiley that is a detailed video explanation of how the tendons in your hands work
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I'm really glad I posted
wow, [you]. that all sounds terrible. i hope it gets better for you
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i am also glad you post
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Do you not refrigerate pickles? The jar in my fridge says "refrigerate after opening" but I thought the whole point of pickling was preservation. So I'm confused. Googling doesn't help, I see people claiming both sides.Grakthis wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 9:05 pmPickles, sauerkraut, kimchi, pepperoni, salami, soy sauce, hot sauce, fish sauce....Still Alive wrote: ↑Thu Aug 20, 2020 8:46 pmlike what? salami?Grakthis wrote:
"I let this sit at room temperature for a really long time" is actually the key to most of my favorite foods.