Things that creep me out about Australia

[pentapus]

1. Australian Grocery stores don't refrigerate their eggs.

It's like-- wow, that is a bunch of shelves next to the flour that are full of eggs! Clearly, this must be a credible practice because there they are, but --- all American ex-pats in a 200km radius have just contracted psychosomatic salmonella, is all I'm saying.

Uh, no, I have not been in Australia for -- 1, 2? -- 4 months now. But I bought eggs, just now! Chilled eggs.

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[swordage]

I am told a hen can take up to 10 days to lay a batch of eggs. Then she sits on them and starts incubating them. I figure if an egg can last 10 days unrefrigerated and still become a little baby bird, it can last 10 days and still be edible. XD I can see how that would be alarming if you're not used to it, though! But luckily Nature usually knows what's going on and keeps things pretty fresh for a while.