Storage Position
Does it make a difference what posture we
store our eggs in? Studies in the 1950s
found albumen quality to decline more
slowly in eggs stored blunt end up, and
many states adopted this as the official
position for packing egg cartons. Studies in
the 1960s and ’70s, when retailers began to
stack the cartons on their side to display
the top label, found that posture doesn’t
affect albumen quality. Eggs that are
stored on their sides give somewhat better-
centered yolks when hard-cooked, perhaps
because both yolk cords fight equally
against gravity.
Freezing Eggs Eggs can be stored frozen for
several months in airtight containers. Remove
them from the shell, which would shatter, as
its contents expand during freezing. Allow
some room for expansion in the containers,
and press plastic wrap onto the surface to
prevent freezer burn (see p. 146) before
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