Tips For Safe Painting And Storage Of Easter Eggs

2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29

If you plan to decorate easter eggs, it is a good idea to test your knowledge of safe food storage.

This applies to all kinds of eggs, even if you do not plan to eat them. Eggs are high in protein and have a lot of moisture in them, two factors that make them a target for bacteria.

Every time you process raw eggs, you are potentially exposed to a number of dangerous things, with the Salmonella bacterium being the number one cause of foodborne illness.

But raw eggs are not the only potential danger. Placing hard-boiled eggs outdoors exposes them to temperatures that promote the growth of these pathogens, as well as other dangers.

Here are the valuables tips for safe painting and storage of Easter eggs:

Keep everything clean

Wash utensils, countertops and other surfaces with which the eggs come into contact. This includes washing your hands with soap and hot water before and after handling raw or boiled eggs.

Have two sets of eggs

Use one set of eggs for Easter home decoration and another for eating. Or, to be safe, use plastic eggs for games instead of real ones.

Store eggs in the refrigerator

Store Easter eggs in the refrigerator, until the last possible minute.

Out of the refrigerator for more than 2 hours

Under no circumstances allow anyone to eat eggs that have not been cold for more than two hours.

Use pasteurized eggs

If you want to use eggshells for decoration by blowing the raw egg through the holes in the shell, you can expose yourself to salmonella from the raw egg touching your mouth. To be safe, use pasteurized eggs. If pasteurized eggs are not available, disinfect the outside of each egg before touching it with your mouth. To do this, wash the egg in hot water and rinse it in a solution of 1 teaspoon of bleach per half cup of water.

How to use raw eggs

If you intend to use raw eggs that you have blown from their shells, do not try to store them. Cook and eat them.

Use food coloring

Painting eggs is at least half the pleasure of preparing for the Easter holidays, but make sure you use only food coloring.

Watch out for cracks

When cooking hard-boiled eggs, watch out for cracks in the shells. Even small cracks allow bacteria to contaminate the egg.

The rule for 7 days

Nothing lasts forever! Even hard-boiled eggs that have been properly chilled should be eaten within seven days of cooking.

You already know these rules for storing Easter eggs. All you have to do is enjoy the Easter table with the knitted Easter cakes, the stuffed rabbit, the green salad with radishes, the Easter cookies.