Dates on eggs / how long do they keep for?

abby1234519

Good! Because otherwise I'd be wasting eggs as I wouldn't use them and would have to throw them away. Unless I manage to eat 5 eggs in two days....

smeeinnit

just cracked a couple of eggs into a bowl to make cake (with hindsight wish I had put them in before anything else :mad:) and they were very runny, did the float test on the rest of the box and you could float the titanic on them. They dont smell bad, would you use them?

HappyMJ

Yes.......

Swan_2

me too .......

smeeinnit

thanks, went for it, cake now in oven lol

Pink.

Hi smeeinnit,

As you've now used the eggs I've added your thread to the main one on whether or not eggs are safe to use. Enjoy your cake!

Pink

SAHD_Jim

If an egg is off you can usually tell instantly. The reason the human race has survived for thousands of years is that we have the best "gone off food detector" just above our mouths.

The same goes for dairy products - milk, cheese, yoghurt etc all go off in their own good time, not as prescribed by some arbitrary date stamp.

As for those "once opened consume within 'x' days" messages, don't get me started... :mad:

These dates are all a con to ensure regular turnover of produce and most of them are immoral imho, especially when you see what is happening at present in the horn of Africa.

vixki

The new Innocent book has a visual guide:



Top Left: "If it sinks to the bottom and stays there, it's good to go"
Top Right: "If it sinks but then floats at an angle, it's about a week old"
Bottom Left: "If it sinks and stands up, its 2 weeks old"
Bottom Right: "If it floats, it's a bad egg"

Swan_2

smeeinnit wrote: »

thanks, went for it, cake now in oven lol

how did it turn out?

Princess_Coupon

Should I store them in the fridge or on the bench which is best?