How long? Does it change the concistency or taste?

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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (31 children)

This begs the question: should you?

A freshly-fried egg will be of vastly superior quality over one that is cold or must be reheated. Raw, uncracked eggs will last reasonably longer in the refrigerator, so it's preferable to keep them in that state instead.

I have a feeling that you've truly got a different problem that needs to be solved, rather than the one that you've asked here. Why are you feeling the need to pre-fry eggs?

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    To wash the pan once for several meals. I hate oily textures (except in mouth) so the dishwashing take time.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Okay, if the goal is to eat eggs that are cooked well with the least amount of greasy dishes, you might consider hard or soft boiled eggs. You can cook several at a time, they last quite a while if you don't crack them, and you can even cook them in an air fryer if you don't want dirty dishes at all. If you make them just before eating, you can have a nice hot soft boiled egg in a pretty short time.

    I'd personal prefer that over microwaved eggs every time.

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    [–] 23 points 2 years ago

    Upvoted for entertainment value.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    A day or two at most.

    Shouldn't really affect the taste/consistency but it depends on how you heat it up. If you microwave it, it will definitely change.

    If you just quickly re-fry it in a pan, you should be good.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I agree with day or two tops, but the microwave/pan thing I see completely the opposite way. Microwave is ok to heat up eggs, while refrying in a pan you are likely to dry them up and it just can't be the same the 2nd time.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No. You will be branded a warcriminal and a witch.

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    [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    no. they will combust after about 2 hours

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    If you have ever pick up a breakfast bun at a 711 you’ve already tested what it’s like to eat a day old refrigerated scrambled egg.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    Probably about as long as any other leftovers, maybe a week or two tops. The texture will probably change more based on how you reheat them. And they will certainly be different from fresh cooked. If your thinking long term storage as an ingredient in something else I've had great luck making a big batch of scrambled eggs with a bunch of veg and cheese and meal prepping a bunch of frozen breakfast burritos.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    A week or two for leftovers? How are you not dead of salmonella. Eggs are good for maybe 2 days in a fridge.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Cooked eggs are good for a week in the fridge.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    My searching is saying 3-4 days for scrambled eggs, a week for hard boiled eggs.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I mean, there shouldn't be any salmonella on fried eggs in the first place. And once dead it won't come back just from being stored in the fridge.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Right, salmonella isn't the thing to worry about cooked food. But other things are if you keep leftovers for a week or two.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    Two weeks? I would throw away the whole fridge if I left any food in there for two weeks.

    Most foods are okay for around two days without any problems. Some foods may last up to 5 days if they are salty or contain some vinegar, but it requires throughout heating to be save at this point.

    I would never eat anything older than that which has been exposed to air. It's a biohazard!

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    [+] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    1 or 2 days, I'd say.

    But scrambled would do better reheated. (not that they'd be great, but they would be better)

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