Why do we put back cracked eggs at the store if we’re just going to crack and cook them ourselves?

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Why do we put back cracked eggs at the store if we’re just going to crack and cook them ourselves?

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Answer 1

I’m a homestead farmer. When we collect eggs my wife puts the cracked eggs in the fridge and leaves the intact eggs on the counter. I eat the cracked eggs from the fridge first. The pellicle, the dried mucus on the outside of the egg, protects the egg against infection. When the shell is cracked the pellicle is broken and infection can get inside the egg. As long as they are eaten quickly they are relatively safe but they go bad quickly.