In the Kitchen | Your Egg Questions

Your egg questions answered,
from farm to table.

What is the nutritional value of an egg?

What causes yolks to be different colours?

How many eggs does a hen lay in a day?

hard-cooked eggs on a board

For how long can I keep in my refrigerator a hard boiled egg?

FKouroussis

eggs in a carton in the fridge

How long before expiration date?

Marg N.

Is safe to eat half-boiled eggs?

Margaret Y.

woman holding multiple cartons of freshly laid eggs

After being laid how long are the eggs safe to eat if kept refrigerated?

Mark P.

Are Ontario eggs pasteurized?

Noam H.

Can I freeze eggs?

How to store eggs

Bart L.

eggs on a counter with pancake ingredients

Can you leave eggs out overnight if the recipe calls for room temperature and you're going to make it in the morning

Mary D.

devilled eggs on a cutting board

How do you de-shell hard boiled eggs?

Alison H.

Is the date stamped on my egg carton a "best before" or an "expiry" date? Can I still use eggs for baking past a best before

Is the date stamped on my egg carton a "best before" or an "expiry" date? Can I still use eggs for baking past a best before date??

Danielle S.

Thunder Bay

Tray of brown eggs on a moving belt

What are white or red spots in the brown egg?

Sharron S.

How many days after the best before date is it safe to eat organic brown eggs?

Donna G.