Why can baked goods like cookies and cake be left out on the counter that contain eggs, but scrambled or fried eggs would need to be refrigerated?
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Too many of these explanations are over-5. Here:
* If people were on a planet where everything was made of cake, you would be too thirsty, and every bite would just make you thirstier as you struggle to swallow.
* If people were on a planet where everything was made of scrambled-eggs, you could squeeze out enough water to drink sometimes.
* So the scrambled-eggs planet is easier to build a civilization on.
In addition to the Activity of Water, there is the idea that we in North America are for too cautious. Almost every sealed (moist) food we buy says ‘refrigerate after opening’ , yet the same things in Europe stay out on a shelf. European fridges are sometimes so small, only things they *prefer* to be cold are stored in them… like their beer. I will no doubt be corrected on this… there *are* items that are *not* beer that need to go in the fridge in Europe…
I was shocked when I volunteered to work in a kitchen at a wilderness camp for a week (in North America) and all of the condiments were stored outside of the fridge. I asked how that was even legal, since food handling laws were so specific about things like that. I was told that mayo, ketchup, mustard, didn’t have to be refrigerated. They had to take condiments *out* with a clean spoon, and were not allowed to put leftovers back *in*, but they *were* allowed be stored in a ‘cool dry place’, even after opening. It said right on the plastic jugs ‘Refrigerate after opening’ but I guess that’s more of a suggestion. If you *have* to ask, then yes, store it in a fridge.
We leave scrambled or fried eggs out for a day and still eat, yummy! Perhaps it depends on the climate you live in?
In a lot of countries they don’t even refrigerate eggs. You buy them on the shelves at the grocery store
baked goods are relatively dry and thoroughly cooked by nature, whereas pan fried goods are cooked pretty shortly and kept pretty moist throughout. overall, pretty good environment for egg-hunting-microbes. also, scrambled and fried eggs are both, as the name suggests, almost entirely egg, so if the egg part of those dishes go bad, you’re a lot more likely to notice and have a bad time.
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