Egg safety

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Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

Maybe it's not the eggs? Maybe it's the milk or cream in those recipes? I
don't know. I've always refrigerated pumpkin pie. Pecan doesn't last long
enough to have leftovers. Not in this house anyway...

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Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

--
Queenie

*** Be the change you wish to see in the world ***

MayQueen said:

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Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

If the eggs are cooked, and there's a bunch of sugar in it, I don't
see why it'd, no, let's just say that *I* wouldn't worry about leaving
it out.
Custard tends to be a lot less sweet than pecan pie filling, and
pumpkin, well, I don't eat that anyway.

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Queenie

--Bryan

MayQueen said:

but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

Ask yourself the question....."are these raw eggs or cooked eggs in
any pumpkin pie"? PROPER preparation will eliminate all
"problems" with eggs.

MayQueen said:

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

But if you think about it, why does a baked egg in that pie make it any
more vulnerable to problems thans the egg in chocolate chip cookies?

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MayQueen said:

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

But if you think about it, why does a baked egg in that pie make it any
more vulnerable to problems thans the egg in chocolate chip cookies?

I eat eggs over easy at least twice a week.

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MayQueen said:

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

But if you think about it, why does a baked egg in that pie make it any
more vulnerable to problems thans the egg in chocolate chip cookies?

It might not be the egg. It might be the pumpkin. You should refrigerate
cooked pumpkin. Shouldn't you?

Julie Bove said:

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MayQueen said:

I always refrigerate my pumpkin pies. Don't know if it is completely
necessary, but having the eggs in there kind of made me think it was the
better thing to do.

But if you think about it, why does a baked egg in that pie make it any
more vulnerable to problems thans the egg in chocolate chip cookies?

It might not be the egg. It might be the pumpkin. You should refrigerate
cooked pumpkin. Shouldn't you?

Apparently not? The stores never seem to chill the pumpkin pies that sit
out at the bakery counter...?

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Apparently not? The stores never seem to chill the pumpkin pies that sit
out at the bakery counter...?

I'm not so sure about that. The ones I've seen have been refrigerated.

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Apparently not? The stores never seem to chill the pumpkin pies that sit
out at the bakery counter...?

I'm not so sure about that. The ones I've seen have been refrigerated.

I think they would not be the better for it. Pumpkin pie won't need it for
a couple of days, and the crust won't hold up to refrigeration for long.

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Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
refrigerated?

kili

kilikini said:

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Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
refrigerated?

Because they buy factory-farmed eggs at the grocery store.
Refrigeration
will hinder the growth of salmonella that may be present in them.
Better
safe than sorry.

That said, I have no qualms about eating raw factory-farmed eggs. I
usually
refrigerate custards, on the rare occasions when I make them (since
Himself
doesn't like anything custardy except cheesecake and breakfast
strata).

Cindy Hamilton

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My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
refrigerated?

Because they buy factory-farmed eggs at the grocery store.

And the protective coating is washed off during processing.

nancy

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On Sep 19, 7:23 am, "kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
> refrigerated?

Because they buy factory-farmed eggs at the grocery store.

And the protective coating is washed off during processing.

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I have a flock of free range chickens, and I never wash the outside of the
eggs. Apparently washing eggs draws bacteria and the like into the egg
through the shell. Or so the chicken books say.

So they say, that's why your eggs wouldn't need to be refrigerated.
Supermarket eggs are a different story.

nancy

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My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
refrigerated?

Because they buy factory-farmed eggs at the grocery store.

And the protective coating is washed off during processing.

nancy

I have a flock of free range chickens, and I never wash the outside of the
eggs. Apparently washing eggs draws bacteria and the like into the egg
through the shell. Or so the chicken books say.

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On Sep 19, 7:23 am, "kilikini" <[email hidden]> wrote:
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> My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
> refrigerated?

Because they buy factory-farmed eggs at the grocery store.

And the protective coating is washed off during processing.

nancy

I have a flock of free range chickens, and I never wash the outside of the
eggs. Apparently washing eggs draws bacteria and the like into the egg
through the shell. Or so the chicken books say.

First DH's first job out of college was for an agriculture arm of the
government where he went around gathering eggs that had been sitting in
stores unrefrigerated. The result at that time in the very early 1950's was
that an egg would keep for 6 weeks sitting out in the open/unrefrigerated.
I wonder how they were washed-or not washed.
Dee Dee

kilikini said:

Quoted message said:

Everyone knows that custard pies need to be refrigerated because of
the egg content (they taste better refrigerated too), but why don't
pecan pies need to be refrigerated? They have eggs in them too. I've
never refrigerated pumpkin pies either. Is there a steadfast rule that
says when a baked good containing eggs has to be refrigerated and when
it can stay out at room temperature?

My first question is, why does everyone think that an egg needs to be
refrigerated?

kili

I don't. We used to buy unrefrigerated eggs in Europe all the time. Of
course it is generally a cooler climate...

In the US, every egg I have purchased has been refrigerated, but I have
purchased eggs in other countries that were not refrigerated; Jamaica,
Mexico, Honduras, Argentina.

My mother has never refrigerated her eggs, but I do. Just a habit, I
guess. I never thought about it until now.

Becca