Eggs sold in UK supermarkets are sold with a best-before date of 28 days from the day they were laid.
That said, some may find that they go off before this, often because they’ve been stored incorrectly.
It is possible, however, to keep eggs fresh for weeks beyond their best-before date with a few tried and tested methods.
One of which is loved by cruisers and sailors who have to find ways to keep eggs fresh for long periods of time.
Sharing the unusual storage hack, which involves coating eggs in Vaseline or petroleum jelly on the online Cruisers Forum, a user named RaymondR claimed: “Vaseline, I have tried this one and it appears to work.”
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He continued: “I coated eggs with Vaseline and left them for about three months and when I cracked them and made a scrambled eggs they looked perfectly edible.”
According to forum members, the practice dates back hundreds of years and is no longer widely used.
The unique method was also shared by yacht expert Michael Harpurat on Eoceanic, a mobile platform for keen sailors.
He suggested: “Eggs go off when they get oxidised i.e. air penetrates the protective shell. The petroleum jelly adds another protective coat to prevent this whilst also preventing evaporation.
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“Eggs coated in petroleum jelly will keep for months on end but will eventually develop an off-flavour after a few months.”
Michael explained that instead, he relies on an even easier method for keeping them fresh on his sea voyages.
He claimed: “We found turning eggs met the extended life requirements we needed during our circumnavigation. We did Vaseline our egg store once but found it was not worth the trouble nor the mess involved.”
The “yacht-obsessed” sailor continued that egg storage has been made much easier with the help of plastic egg cases.
These make it easy to store up to 15 eggs which can be flipped with a single turn and also easily transported.
He said: “They are very useful for protecting the eggs whilst they are being transported to the boat, and also if you want to put something on top of them when in storage.”
Official guidance by the Food Standards Agency recommends storing whole eggs in a “cool dry place”, ideally in the fridge.
The agency added that storing eggs at a constant cool temperature will help to keep them “safe”.
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