Does anyone know of away to check to see if eggs are good or bad? Thanks
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Eat them and see..... LOL!!
Here is an article I found for what it's worth.
5 Easy Ways To Tell If Your Eggs Are Still Good
We go through at least 2-3 dozen eggs a week in my house so they never get old. My wife and I love omelets & scrambled eggs & bacon for breakfast about 4-5 days a week. Eggs are also used in baking, cooking, etc so we are constantly buying eggs! We never have eggs around for very long and we buy only free range brown and blue eggs. Yes, blue eggs! They both have more orangish yokes than normal large production pen raised chicken's eggs. From what I understand, free range chickens are much healthier and produce better quality eggs. They also are supposed to contain more protein as they eat bugs, worms, etc rather than just meal.
My general rule with perishable foods is not to buy more than we use in any amount of time they could spoil. My other rule is that if the product is at all questionable, toss it! We like to err on the safe side and getting sick from spoiled food is not fun - been there/done that!
Two to three dozen a week, for two, is a prodigious amount!
We like eggs a lot, too, and our standard breakfast, my wife and me, includes one, hard boiled, each. Plus yogurt with fruit or oatmeal with fruit. Been doing that for years.
I like eggs, and could happily eat a bunch more, but, trying to be healthy.
I make omelettes, for lunch, using four or five eggs for the two of us, maybe once a month or so. With toast. And my wife puts 'em in fried rice or ramen with regularity.
I don't think the ones we have are ever around enough to get old. Usually buy two dozen at a time, but the expiry dates are weeks out.. I do notice when very fresh, with several weeks to go, they are harder to peel when hard boiled.
Eggs. I like 'em!
We like eggs a lot, too, and our standard breakfast, my wife and me, includes one, hard boiled, each. Plus yogurt with fruit or oatmeal with fruit. Been doing that for years.
I like eggs, and could happily eat a bunch more, but, trying to be healthy.
I make omelettes, for lunch, using four or five eggs for the two of us, maybe once a month or so. With toast. And my wife puts 'em in fried rice or ramen with regularity.
I don't think the ones we have are ever around enough to get old. Usually buy two dozen at a time, but the expiry dates are weeks out.. I do notice when very fresh, with several weeks to go, they are harder to peel when hard boiled.
Eggs. I like 'em!
Chik a Boom
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Simply put:
How to Test the Freshness of Eggs
Place the egg in a bowl of water.
If the egg lays on its side at the bottom, it is still quite fresh.
If the egg stands upright on the bottom, it is still fine to eat, but should be eaten very soon, or hard-boiled.
If the egg floats to the top, it’s past its prime, and not good for eating.
Why this method is accurate
Eggshells are very porous. Over time air passes through the shell into the egg, and its shelf life diminishes as more air enters the shell. Also, the more air that enters the shell, the more buoyant the egg becomes.
How to Test the Freshness of Eggs
Place the egg in a bowl of water.
If the egg lays on its side at the bottom, it is still quite fresh.
If the egg stands upright on the bottom, it is still fine to eat, but should be eaten very soon, or hard-boiled.
If the egg floats to the top, it’s past its prime, and not good for eating.
Why this method is accurate
Eggshells are very porous. Over time air passes through the shell into the egg, and its shelf life diminishes as more air enters the shell. Also, the more air that enters the shell, the more buoyant the egg becomes.
LVSteve
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4/5 egg omelette? 
How many acres does that cover?
How many acres does that cover?
LVSteve
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I should have remembered that as my mother learned all the tricks working in the local egg packing company when we lived in the country.
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Typically I'll make 5-6 eggs with cheese and spinach (2 1/2 - 3 each depending on their size) and 4 slices of bacon (2 each) for breakfast. We don't normally eat lunch so a big breakfast holds us over and is enough fuel until dinner. My wife also is always making some concoction that uses eggs and I do make quite a few cheesecakes these days which requires 5 eggs each. We never have boxes of eggs in the fridge for more than a week! Cereal 1-2 times a week, that's it and it must be with fresh berries. We do not use milk but the fruit gives the cereal moisture and a great taste. I can't stand the taste of milk!
It is now coming out that for many decades the Doctor's were wrong! It's now being disclosed that eggs are the single healthiest food you can eat! Over the last year I have lost 27 pounds (now under 200 lbs at just over 6ft) ) and my wife has been the same exact weight as the day we got married 45 years ago (114 lbs). We eat lots of eggs, steak at least once a week, chop meat at least once a week, a pasta dish once a week, fish once a week and a nice fresh salad every night regardless if we are home or out. I gave up all bread, crackers, desserts, cookies, cake and ice cream - don't miss them either and no longer have cravings. I will have one small sliver of my own homemade cheese cake when I make one - but that's the exception. BTW, we are both Gluten free by choice and avoid as much seed oils as possible. Works for us! The numbers are in my blood work and weight. We also feel terrific!
Tell me why birds eggs in nature are never washed off?
Only the USA has that rule.
I don't go through 12 eggs in a 2 week time....
On a Navy ship, 2 over easy when under way...
Till they run out of eggs.
Only the USA has that rule.
I don't go through 12 eggs in a 2 week time....
On a Navy ship, 2 over easy when under way...
Till they run out of eggs.
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Just a guess but maybe in other Countries the chickens & eggs are more naturally raised and the natural coating (if you will) might protect them from bacteria penetrating the shells.
I have found out over the last few years that many food items we have in the USA are actually banned for importation into Europe and that has nothing at all to do with tariffs or pricing. Its got to do with many of the methods, chemicals, food additives, fillers and antibiotics we still use here. So while we were all brain washed into believing our food, vegetables, beef, produce, etc. here were the safest and healthiest - like many other things, we were lied to and mislead.
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In the American Westward expansion (1870-1890's) Eggs never had the protective coating washed off and were left at room temperature for easily a month without many going bad. For travel, they were packed in a keg with salt surrounding each egg (Like salt pork).
When the eggs were used, none were ever just poured into the ingredients! One at a time was cracked into a cup or bowl and smelled to see if it was bad. The way eggs were usually good for a year without being refrigerated.
Ivan
When the eggs were used, none were ever just poured into the ingredients! One at a time was cracked into a cup or bowl and smelled to see if it was bad. The way eggs were usually good for a year without being refrigerated.
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I watch a few sailing channels on YouTube and have seen that many sailors keep eggs unrefrigerated for months while at sea. They rotate them daily and that supposedly keeps them from going bad.
Master Chief, I never thought I’d get nostalgic about powdered eggs, but that comment brought a smile to my face
Eggs are washed off here because we produce them under filthy conditions. That’s why we have to refrigerate them too because that naturally occurring coating that we wash off prevents bacteria from entering the shell
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Yes, drop it in a glass of water, supposedly, if it floats it's bad, if it sinks, it's good. Or maybe, it's the other way around?
robvious
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grandma raised chickens... local fresh are the best... use older eggs for hard boiled... we go thru almost 2 dozen a week... hurt$ more now than when they were 59 cents a dozen... wife has a minimum of 2 a day for breakfast and I do about 2 days a week... she has lost about 100 pounds on the high protein no carb diet... I have not.. lol
Eat it. If You get sick it's bad.
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I don’t eat that many eggs, so my eggs often just sit in the frig aging out.
Recently I cracked one for some Corn Pone I was making.
You didn’t need a float test to know it was Bad!
Luckily I had some newer ones, threw the old carton away, pressed on with a good one.
Recently I cracked one for some Corn Pone I was making.
You didn’t need a float test to know it was Bad!
Luckily I had some newer ones, threw the old carton away, pressed on with a good one.
Egg prices are dropping.
Chickens just needed time to re-coop.
Chickens just needed time to re-coop.
My local store has not gotten the news. Eggs were 50 cents a dozen higher this week than last week.
