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just wondering, i always seen eggs to be purchased or sold are left out on the counter, either at stores or restaurants, i tell people back home about this and they cannot believe it, back home we would not eat them, but Jamaican eggs are great, soon come
Those eggs come from cold chickens ;)
We bought 24 up in Sheffield as they are hard to come by in Negril. We have them chilled but they were only a day old when we bought them so they were sitting out when we purchased them.
just seems funny they are not refrigerated, soon come
A farmer told me they have good 2 week shelf life before they need to be in the fridge. In the US they just keep them cold. Go to the Sav Market and they sell the fish right out of the hot box.
i have been to the Sav Market many times, i have also seen fish caught in the morning sitting , soaking all day , in the bottom of a boat,to be sold to be eaten, which do not get me wrong tastes great, in Canada , when we catch fish, we normally put them on ice, just funny , thats all, soon comeQuote:
Originally Posted by Limo Mon
I have had only 1 bad egg in Jamaica. It was nasty and made a pop noise when cracked. From then on I always crack in a separate bowl, when crackin more than 1.
I have a small backyard flock and yes, they are safe to eat. If they are not washed the natural protective covering on the egg keeps them good for weeks on the shelf. The ones you buy in the US are already weeks old by the time they hit the stores and are washed and need to be refrigerated. I don't wash my eggs and never refrigerate them.
Yup..exactly. The eggs you generally see here in Negril are from small local area farmers & sold very quickly. In the larger grocery chains like Mega Mart they're refrigerated...Quote:
Originally Posted by Yesihunt2
Learn something new every day.
interesting, soon come
Watch Modern Marvels on eggs. Production in the quantity that we require is amazing. Typically, eggs go from the farm to the store shelf within 48 hours. Some smaller stores might have eggs for weeks, but the larger stores turn them fast.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yesihunt2
Every day the eggs sit at unrefrigerated they lose 1 week of refrigerated shelf time.
http://educationstation.discoveryedu...%204-27-12.pdf
funny that someone started a thread on eggs since wi had a shortage of eggs here for 2 weeks......
starting at the holidays it was hit and miss on getting eggs here in Negril.......
and the eggs at our China Mon shop on the West End Road by Pablo's......
were 20 cents and have risen to 25 cents a egg.......ugh
and mi have dem for breakfast everyone morning so wasn't happy to see dat........
but now the eggs seem to be in good supply again........
around New Years, HiLo was out of eggs and milk!
Cool Runnings, Marko
Like others have said you don't actually need to refrigerate eggs.
Flipping the eggs every couple of days also helps preserve their shelf life.
I was living on a boat and we had a freezer but no refrigerator so we learned tricks in order to save space.
It's funny because whenever I get a new roommate I like to leave eggs out on the counter and watch them freak out, it's safe and there is never enough room in the fridge!
... We have the same shortage here every time the weather man says "snows coming" but, it's bread too....Quote:
Originally Posted by Marko
Marko, if the eggs are too much, you can always cry into arms of your 18-year-old girlfriend, right? ha ha JK.
At the RIU, they're really into making omeletts in the morning, and there is always a line of about ten peeps. They have a huge vat of egg with a ladel, and they poor eggs across a big grill, then make little square cut-marks for each guest. It's a pretty cool system. I would conservatively say that at least fifty percent of RIU guests have at least one omelett per day -- including me. But then, when they're not so readily available, I never eat 'em.
of course I don't know for sure but they probably use what are commonly referred to as liquid egg product.... if they use fresh whole eggs im impressed.
personally i have never seen a jamaican eat an egg that was not hard fried - probably protection from salmonella - and almost can't remember seeing them eat eggs for breakfast --- so when in "rome" i eat ackee and saltfish and peanut porridge for breakfast
the eggs in JA taste really great. much better than most that I get in the US. I always wondered how much of that comes from not refrigerating them and how much is a function of a more natural diet.
Diet and freshness. Try an egg from a chicken that walks around eating bugs all day and one from a factory....man-ol-man those free range chickens lay a yummy egg.
There's nothing like fresh, free-range eggs... yum. But unless you know your source, you cannot assume that the eggs you're buying are free-range. Jamaica has a billion dollar egg industry, and most of the eggs purchased in the supermarkets are from large farms (some w/ as many of 60,000 caged hens), and they're fed a standard commercially-produced pellet feed. It is not much different than here in the U.S.
Here's where I get my eggs in Jamaica
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