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Dates on eggs / how long do they keep for?

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  • Delectable
    Delectable Posts: 51 Forumite
    I've eaten eggs a couple of weeks after their sellby date, and they've been fine. I always refridgerate them though.
  • pigpen
    pigpen Posts: 41,152 Forumite
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    eggs... if they fail the float test they get binned...

    Bacon.. we have used it a month past the date.. it smelled fine, wasnt slimy or green... you KNOW when meat is off... it starts to bite you back!
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  • Flibsey
    Flibsey Posts: 579 Forumite
    I never check the date on eggs, I'm a dunker too ;) anything that doesn't float gets eaten.
    bacon: again, smell test. you'll KNOW if it's gone off.
  • valk_scot
    valk_scot Posts: 5,290 Forumite
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    Dunk test for eggs. They'll be fine as long as they stay on or near the bottom.

    Rashers? I buy big packs of bacon and a pack lasts a week normally once opened. I keep it in a tupperware though, in the fridge. If it smells okay it's fine. Green, slimey and smelly? In the bin.
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  • squeaky
    squeaky Posts: 14,129 Forumite
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    edited 3 September 2011 at 11:31AM
    Take a look here - it's a good guide:- http://recipehut.homestead.com/FreshEggTest.html


    Our main thread on eggs and dates of is... Dates on eggs / how long do they keep for?

    I'll add your query to it later.
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  • nickyhutch
    nickyhutch Posts: 7,596 Forumite
    I dunk test eggs. We've just had some bacon that came camping with us last weekend so wasn't in a fridge for 3 days. It was fine.
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  • MrsE_2
    MrsE_2 Posts: 24,162 Forumite
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    I poached them, but they didn't seem right. So I threw them. Maybe they would have been ok for scrambling or baking.
  • HappyMJ
    HappyMJ Posts: 21,115 Forumite
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    I had them 6 months after the best before date. Not for poaching though just frying. I don't think I would trust the rather low temperatures used for poaching. No sunny side up either. Ended up a bit rubbery but they were OK. No smell after cracking into glass then I use them.
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  • losingpatience
    losingpatience Posts: 214 Forumite
    I use the "dunk" test on all eggs, regardless of whether they're in date or not, after having a nasty experience where I went to fry an egg that was well before the use by date and was met with a slimy, green, stinking egg! Longest I've used eggs after their use by date is 4 weeks and they've been fine.
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  • nickyhutch
    nickyhutch Posts: 7,596 Forumite
    No, they need to be really, really fresh for poaching.

    MMmmm, I fancy poached eggs now.
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