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Originally Posted by stevej37

I surely wouldn't crack that thing open inside the house.

Sure looks like the rooster raided the hen house.
If so...it's going to stink!

I think I've only experience 1 rotten egg in my life, maybe 2, but I only remember 1.

We lived on a military base in Japan and got our eggs at the commissary. I think they were shipped from the US, so probably quite old by the time we got them. It was in the late 70s, and my mom was baking something with me helping at 8 or 9 yo. I cracked an egg into a bowl or something and it smelled.

Funny thing, when we went to the Amazon back about 8-10 years ago, we spent 3 weeks on the river. We had what must have been 150-200 eggs on the boat sitting out unrefrigerated the entire time. I think the deal is that when an egg is laid, there's a mucous that coats the egg to seal the shell and keep the bad stuff out. In that situation you don't have to refrigerate eggs. In the US, the FDA requires eggs to have that mucous coating washed off, so it is better/safer if the eggs are refrigerated.

I think there has been a discussion about eggs and refrigeration here on the board at least once before (what hasn't been discussed at least once before on the board, LOL).