Eggs, Refrigerate or Not

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Good, detailed article on why we (in the US anyway) refrigerate our store-bought eggs.

http://www.offthegridnews.com/off-grid-foods/should-you-refrigerate-eggs-the-answer-may-surprise-you/

If you raise your own chickens for eggs, read the article, particularly as it relates to Salmonella on eggs and whether you should be washing your eggs.

I note the comment about commercial eggs being lightly oiled.  I did not know this was being done and I have my personal doubts about how effective it is.  Oiling eggs is a known way to make them last longer, but only if they are clean to begin with...