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How do you know if an egg is bad?

Posted on 8/6/08 at 9:09 pm
Posted by TigerBabeNtheWoods
In a hole.
Member since Sep 2003
9440 posts
Posted on 8/6/08 at 9:09 pm
I wanted to make egg salad for breakfast, but the expiration date on the eggs is July 16. Isn't there a test I could do?
Posted by LSUZombie
A Cemetery Near You
Member since Apr 2008
29549 posts
Posted on 8/6/08 at 9:16 pm to
are you being serious? crack the egg over your open mouth. if it taste nasty then it is no good, if not then proceed with new eggs or just spit it out and reuse it. women...
Posted by lsutiger_08
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2005
6683 posts
Posted on 8/6/08 at 9:16 pm to
Submerge it in water. I'm not sure of the exact reasoning, but I know it has something to do with the air pocket in an egg.

Fresh eggs will sink to the bottom.
Slightly old eggs will sink, but bob at the bottom.
A few weeks old will cause the egg to flip upside down and have the large end pointing toward the surface.
A bad egg will float.
Posted by TenTex
Member since Jan 2008
15949 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 8:26 am to
Anyone know the shelf life of an egg from hatching to it turning bad?
Posted by highup7
Alex City, Al.
Member since Jan 2005
1860 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 8:53 am to
If it hatches it's no longer an egg but a chick.
Posted by ILikeLSUToo
Central, LA
Member since Jan 2008
18018 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 9:27 am to
When I buy a carton of eggs, I generally have 3 weeks to use them.
Posted by coloradoBengal
Member since Sep 2007
32608 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 9:31 am to
Those eggs are probably fine. I think the shells decay when they are rotten and you can hold them up to a light and kind of see inside.

Make some toast and buy some eggs.
Posted by terhok
louisiana
Member since Sep 2005
208 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 10:46 am to
Eggs last way past the expiration date on the carton. What are you going to do with them? If you cook them through and through they should be fine.
Posted by LSUFAN1111
Member since Sep 2006
628 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 7:04 pm to
Unless it smells rotten when you crack it, it's good.
Posted by Martini
Near Athens
Member since Mar 2005
49594 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 8:06 pm to
If you crack it open and you get a "cock a doodle doo!" then I would suspect it being a little ripe.
Posted by Bayou Tiger
Member since Nov 2003
3700 posts
Posted on 8/7/08 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

Anyone know the shelf life of an egg from hatching to it turning bad?

quote:

If it hatches it's no longer an egg but a chick.

Funny... I didn't even notice that the first time I read it.
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