Eggs

Merlin5

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I made scrambled eggs on toast (3 slices of hovis granary) for lunch, but instead of adding baked beans as I normally do, I thought I'd do something a bit healthier. I mixed in spinach, and sliced up some mushrooms and added them in. Very nice :)


I made it with fresh eggs bought today. But I had 4 eggs in the fridge dated 8th march which I've binned. How long can you keep eggs after the printed use by date? Someone once told me up to about 2 weeks after.
 
Merlin5 said:
Interesting. :) So if I put an unshelled raw egg into a bowl of water and it sinks, it's still ok, even after 2 weeks 2 days?
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Yep, ripped this off from elsewhere:

"A very fresh egg will immediately sink to the bottom and lie flat on its side. This is because the air cell within the egg is very small. The egg should also feel quite heavy.

As the egg starts to lose its freshness and more air enters the egg, it will begin to float and stand upright. The smaller end will lie on the bottom of the bowl, whilst the broader end will point towards the surface. The egg will still be good enough to consume, however, if the egg fully floats in the water and does not touch the bottom of the bowl at all, it should be discarded, as it will most likely be bad. "
 
Last week I was eating eggs three weeks out of date and kept on the work top, guess what absolutely fine. Trust your 100s of thousds of years, of evolutionary senses and judgment, not some abituary number which means nothing.
 
Putty said:
Yep, ripped this off from elsewhere:

"A very fresh egg will immediately sink to the bottom and lie flat on its side. This is because the air cell within the egg is very small. The egg should also feel quite heavy.

As the egg starts to lose its freshness and more air enters the egg, it will begin to float and stand upright. The smaller end will lie on the bottom of the bowl, whilst the broader end will point towards the surface. The egg will still be good enough to consume, however, if the egg fully floats in the water and does not touch the bottom of the bowl at all, it should be discarded, as it will most likely be bad. "
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I had reclaimed the old eggs from the bin the day I made the thread. I just did the float test of all 4 (dated 8th March) in a saucepan full of water. The broader ends are only very slightly raised on each of them, just a few degrees angle, and the rest of each egg is touching the bottom of the pan. Almost as good as flat on their side. Guess they're all fine then. :)
 
What's also amazing as a treat, is if you get a pack of the smoked salmon "scraps" you can get, the trimmings which are pretty cheap, then that with a good dose of ground pepper makes a great scrambled egg!
 
Sorry to bring up my very old thread. I want to double check about the egg testing. Today I was about to make some hard boiled eggs for a sandwich to take with me tomorrow. I had just two eggs left in the fridge, with the BB date of 24th april. That's almost 4 weeks old. I dunked them in a large bowl filled with water. Thing is, neither of them floated which you might expect after 4 weeks, but, the broad end was pointing completely upwards on one of them, and the other was almost completely broad end upwards. They were both making some contact with the bottom of the bowl though. Would they still have been good to cook? I've thrown them.
 
Since this old thread has been brought up, I thought I should share an update in dietary sience.

If you eat an egg and it makes you ill, it was off.
 
maccapacca said:
Eggs in a fridge? Heathens
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I agree there's no need to keep in the fridge, but is there a disadvantage to doing so?

I actually keep mine there, as I get trays of 36 from my father-in-law (egg farmer) and there's a lot more space in my fridge than elsewhere in the kitchen.
 
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