Here we are on the final week of this experiment and, to be honest, I’m glad it’s coming to an end. Here’s the egg (it didn’t float or smell weird):
And here it is cooking (the yolk/membrane broke down without me doing anything):
As with last week, I choose to eat it as an egg sandwich but I decided to make sure it was WELL cooked:
Yeah, it’s real done but some of the color is from a lot of Creole seasoning. Anyway, I didn’t get sick or die from eating it or any of the other eggs so I think I can safely say the experiment was a success. 🙂
Of course, things might be a little different if the eggs were subject to extreme heat rather than a constant and cozy room temperature. Regardless, this experiment clearly shows you can use mineral oil to coat eggs and store them without refrigeration.
In fact, I looked back at previous weeks and it was about week 4 where the control eggs (the ones without a mineral oil coating) started to float and be potentially bad. A little math says that using mineral oil to coat eggs can make them last 3 times as long and more than without coating. I think that’s really awesome.
As for a next experiment? I still haven’t a clue. I might end up taking Saturday’s off, we’ll see. Hopefully this experiment has helped to convince you that it can be done with success.
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