Egg container ideas

Dee Randall wrote:
.. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for

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us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

We have an attractive bowl into which we decant the eggs from their
cartons and which we then put on a shelf in the fridge. I don't think
that the door, with all that swinging to and fro, is a good place for
eggs.

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

When I had my own chickens, I just stored them in a small wicker basket
lined with a towel in the bottom of the 'frige. :-) It was tall sided,
shaped like a small wastebasket.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They
recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the
dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg
containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto
the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the
refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question
for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

When I had my own chickens, I just stored them in a small wicker basket
lined with a towel in the bottom of the 'frige. :-) It was tall sided,
shaped like a small wastebasket.
--
Peace!
Om

Thanks, Om, I have some baskets stuck around the house; I'll give a
look-see; if I don't have a size I want, there's always Pier 1.

Om, did you just rinse off your newly picked-up eggs. I'm sure that one
shouldn't put soap on them, right? I don't recall my grandparents rituals.
Thanks,
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall said:

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for
us.

A big bowl?

--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 5/29/2006, What They Did For Love
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

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Anthony said:

We have an attractive bowl into which we decant the eggs from their
cartons and which we then put on a shelf in the fridge. I don't think
that the door, with all that swinging to and fro, is a good place for
eggs.

Eh? You decant eggs? ??

de·cant vt
to pour a liquid gently and carefully from one container to another so
as not to disturb sediment

Encarta World English Dictionary 1999 Microsoft Corporation. All rights
reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.

--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 5/29/2006, What They Did For Love
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

put sawdust in each space, fill with parrifin/wax. let solidify and you
have a great fire starter

you can also use then to sorta sound proof a room

Grizzman

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Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Visit:

http://fantes.com/egg_utensils.htm#organizer

They don't mention if they're stackable though.

My sister-in-law used to keep the square cardboard crates of eggs stacked
up in a corner behind the kitchen table. I remember at first sight asking
"Aren't you worried about rotten eggs?" She replied "No. What do you
think you just had for breakfast?"

The refrigerator/freezer was so packed, you had to practically empty a
shelf for any little thing!

I never doubted her methods again, although I could never bring myself to
apply the same technique.

Andy

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Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Visit:

http://fantes.com/egg_utensils.htm#organizer

They don't mention if they're stackable though.

My sister-in-law used to keep the square cardboard crates of eggs stacked
up in a corner behind the kitchen table. I remember at first sight asking
"Aren't you worried about rotten eggs?" She replied "No. What do you
think you just had for breakfast?"

The refrigerator/freezer was so packed, you had to practically empty a
shelf for any little thing!

I never doubted her methods again, although I could never bring myself to
apply the same technique.

Andy

Ooh, I like the first one -- I will probably go for it. So clever. The
eggs are too large to stack in a normal carton, so I won't be stacking them
anyway. Thanks so much!

My first DH's first job out of college was for the gov't doing a survey on
how long eggs would last. I guess it must've been before the consumer
reports' lab type surveys, because his job was to go around to farms and
make sure how long eggs would still be good for cooking when left out of
refrigeration -- yes, there was refrigeration then -- tee hee - this must've
been around 1950. As I recall, I think it was around 6 weeks. Yow! Not
for me either.
Dee Dee

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They
recycle their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in
the dirty eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that
means that after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on
that egg carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg
containers long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the
eggs onto the floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the
refrigerator, then out of the container once it's on the counter top.
Haven't come up with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is
out-of-the question for us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

put sawdust in each space, fill with parrifin/wax. let solidify and you
have a great fire starter

you can also use then to sorta sound proof a room

Grizzman

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Correct answer to wrong question :-)
Dee Dee

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Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

Visit:

http://fantes.com/egg_utensils.htm#organizer

They don't mention if they're stackable though.

My sister-in-law used to keep the square cardboard crates of eggs
stacked up in a corner behind the kitchen table. I remember at first
sight asking "Aren't you worried about rotten eggs?" She replied "No.
What do you think you just had for breakfast?"

The refrigerator/freezer was so packed, you had to practically empty
a shelf for any little thing!

I never doubted her methods again, although I could never bring
myself to apply the same technique.

Andy

Ooh, I like the first one -- I will probably go for it. So clever.
The eggs are too large to stack in a normal carton, so I won't be
stacking them anyway. Thanks so much!

My first DH's first job out of college was for the gov't doing a
survey on how long eggs would last. I guess it must've been before
the consumer reports' lab type surveys, because his job was to go
around to farms and make sure how long eggs would still be good for
cooking when left out of refrigeration -- yes, there was refrigeration
then -- tee hee - this must've been around 1950. As I recall, I
think it was around 6 weeks. Yow! Not for me either.
Dee Dee

Dee Dee,

You're welcome.

What a coincidence!!! 🙂

You might email fantes and ask what size eggs that tray will hold.

Being porcelain, it's no doubt fairly brittle and a tad on the heavy side
but it's hard to tell.

I thought about maybe cheap-o ice cube trays but on a brief search
nothing satisified me as an egg tray.

All the best,

Andy

Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

How about going to a place that repairs and sells used appliances.
They may have some of those egg trays, My son worked in one of those
places when he was younger and they had all kinds of replacement
parts....Sharon

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Dee Randall said:

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In article <[email hidden]>,

Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They
recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the
dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg
containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto
the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the
refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question
for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

When I had my own chickens, I just stored them in a small wicker basket
lined with a towel in the bottom of the 'frige. :-) It was tall sided,
shaped like a small wastebasket.
--
Peace!
Om

Thanks, Om, I have some baskets stuck around the house; I'll give a
look-see; if I don't have a size I want, there's always Pier 1.

Om, did you just rinse off your newly picked-up eggs. I'm sure that one
shouldn't put soap on them, right? I don't recall my grandparents rituals.
Thanks,
Dee Dee

Depended on how dirty they were. ;-)
If the henyard was dry (weather dependant), the nests stayed clean. I
always kept fresh dry shavings in there so eggs were really not soiled
much, if at all. If there were any marks I'd just clean them right
before cracking them.

Muddy henyard, I'd actually soak the eggs in warm soapy dishwater to get
any muddy deposits off of them. There are those that would object to
that treatment, but it worked for me.... Never had a spoiled egg and
they were good for quite awhile.

Commercial eggeries do wash their eggs in a disinfectant solution. I
used to visit the local one to get cheap cartons. They'd sell me
slightly damaged cartons for 5 cents each as long as I agreed to ink out
the license number printed on them. ;-)
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg containers
long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the eggs onto the
floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the refrigerator,
then out of the container once it's on the counter top. Haven't come up
with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is out-of-the question for
us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

How about going to a place that repairs and sells used appliances.
They may have some of those egg trays, My son worked in one of those
places when he was younger and they had all kinds of replacement
parts....Sharon

Geez... No offense y'all, but why make things so complicated?
Gently placing the eggs in a bowl, basket or box in the bottom of the
'frige takes up less space, is simple, and works. Unless there is a
problem with shell strength, 6 to 8 layers just piled in there gently is
no big deal.

I did occasionally get a cracked shell from an older hen, but I paid
attention and would just clean up and re-stack. It was a rare occurance
so no biggy.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson

Dee Randall said:

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They
recycle their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in
the dirty eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that
means that after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on
that egg carton.

So, when I bring them home, I guess I'll just take them out of THEIR egg
carton and do a bit of a rinsing. That's all I know to do.

I've always left my eggs in the egg carton that I buy the eggs in. But
these eggs are pretty large. They pop out over the carton box, so putting
one on top of the other won't work.

I have discarded the original refrigerator door(s)' plastic egg
containers long ago; DH have had our share of monkey-hands dropping the
eggs onto the floor when we reach in and pull some of them out.

I've googled for something to put them in (in the refrigerator) that will
take up the least amount of space, and easy to get out of the
refrigerator, then out of the container once it's on the counter top.
Haven't come up with anything yet. Leaving them on the counter is
out-of-the question for us.

Any ideas --
Thanks soo much,
Dee Dee

put sawdust in each space, fill with parrifin/wax. let solidify and you
have a great fire starter

you can also use then to sorta sound proof a room

Grizzman

'

Correct answer to wrong question :-)
Dee Dee

ooops.....my bad. it was late at night, err, morning and i had just flew
in from Denali and was pretty tired. i will try to read more clearer in
the future....hahah

Grizzman

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Anthony said:

We have an attractive bowl into which we decant the eggs from their
cartons and which we then put on a shelf in the fridge. I don't think
that the door, with all that swinging to and fro, is a good place for
eggs.

Eh? You decant eggs? ??

de·cant vt
to pour a liquid gently and carefully from one container to another so
as not to disturb sediment

In Scotland they decant people too🙂 If a Council house is being
refurbished.. they 'decant' the tenants into another house for the
duration🙂)

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Anthony said:

We have an attractive bowl into which we decant the eggs from their
cartons and which we then put on a shelf in the fridge. I don't think
that the door, with all that swinging to and fro, is a good place for
eggs.

Eh? You decant eggs? ??

de·cant vt
to pour a liquid gently and carefully from one container to another so
as not to disturb sediment

In Scotland they decant people too🙂 If a Council house is being
refurbished.. they 'decant' the tenants into another house for the
duration🙂)

Well, I'll be. . . . Learn something new every day, P.
--
-Barb
<http://jamlady.eboard.com> Updated 5/29/2006, What They Did For Love
"If it's not worth doing to excess, it's not worth doing at all."

Andy said:

My sister-in-law used to keep the square cardboard crates of eggs stacked
up in a corner behind the kitchen table. I remember at first sight asking
"Aren't you worried about rotten eggs?" She replied "No. What do you
think you just had for breakfast?"

The refrigerator/freezer was so packed, you had to practically empty a
shelf for any little thing!

I never doubted her methods again, although I could never bring myself to
apply the same technique.

That works if you're running through the eggs at a reasonable pace. In
fact, since the eggs will be at room temperature, it improves them in
cooking.

But, if you're like some of us, it can be weeks between forays into the
carton. The fridge helps, a lot (that space in the door is designed to
keep them slightly warmer and more humid than if they were on the
bottom in the back). As does paying the extra dime for grade-AA eggs,
which are like grade-B after about three weeks.

--Blair

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

If their eggs are dirty, they are not collecting eggs often enough,
or aren't cleaning out the coops often enough. We collect eggs two or
three times a day, and aside from a speck of straw on an occasional egg,
we don't have dirt on them. This has been pretty universal among other
chicken folks we know or talk to via the computer.

Regards,
Ranee

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Dee Randall said:

Friday I'm picking up a dozen (perhaps 2?) eggs from a farm. They
recycle
their 'cardboard' containers, meaning that, I suppose, you put in the
dirty
eggs in the carton and bring back the dirty carton. To me that means that
after a few trips, their will probably be a bit of barnyard on that egg
carton.

If their eggs are dirty, they are not collecting eggs often enough,
or aren't cleaning out the coops often enough. We collect eggs two or
three times a day, and aside from a speck of straw on an occasional egg,
we don't have dirt on them. This has been pretty universal among other
chicken folks we know or talk to via the computer.

Regards,
Ranee

Thanks, Renee.
I picked up my eggs Saturday. DH had compiled informatin on how to clean
eggs.
Needless-to-say, after reading all the things that shouldn't be done, I
certainly agree with you. I don't know how often the farm
worker/owner/manager does pickup their eggs, but the eggs were noticeably
clean with a speck of straw and didn't have dirt on them, as I had expected
and worried about. After reading the articles, I emailed her that I
preferred the eggs in the bucket that they have just gathered.

I put them in a cloth-lined basket when I picked them up; got them home and
rubbed them with a very soft-type-loofa (round 2-1/2"😉 that I can throw into
the dishwasher; and put them in a recyclable grey-cardboard egg carton. The
bigger ones must've been taken, because they fit into the carton. I didn't
buy 2 doz., so I don't have to stack them as usual. I will get a dozen a
week for the two of us and see if that will suit our needs.
Dee Dee