Eggs eggs and more eggs!

lynseydee

I stupidly bought a load of eggs about three weeks ago thinking I was going to use them all up but noticed this morning they have to be used by today. I probably have about a dozen I need to use.

What can I make tonight that will help use them up. I have already taken something out for dinner so that kind of dismisses that idea. I thought about cakes but that would be a lot of cakes I would have to make and I don't have that much room in the freezer to store them. Although I suppose I could bring one cake into work (which would be appreciated).

Any suggestions please?

tattycath

Yorkshire puddings, scrambled eggs, pancakes-for dessert perhaps with cream and maple syrup or similar? Boiled eggs -egg mayonnaise. ... Buns-take up less room than cakes if you need to freeze them

Pink.

Hi lynseydee,

Taking a cake into work is a lovely idea! You don't necessarily need to use eggs on or before the date stamped on them. You can test eggs for freshness by doing the Fresh Egg Test

These threads may help:

Eggs eggs and more eggs!

Dates on eggs / how long do they keep for?

You can also freeze eggs (out of their shells) for using at a later date:

freezing eggs?

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

Pink

Hippy110

I regularly ignore the use-by date - using eggs 4 weeks later, you can tell when you crack them if they are 'off' but I would be more cautious if serving them to very young children, elderly etc

As a student sharing a fridge some used to forget about their eggs and in the days before dates on boxes, for the once a term(!) fridge clearout, we would put them in a pan of water and whereas fresh eggs sink, older ones float to a greater or lesser extent - those that literally nearly jumped out the pan were the ones to worry about and to stand well back from when breaking and washing down the sink :eek::rotfl:

ETA - based on Pink Winged's link for testing freshness, the ones above must have been c8 weeks old!

Bitsy_Beans

I quite often go past the use by date (my baking that requires eggs goes in fits and starts). I just test them as per the suggestions above and not had one that's gone off on me yet! So perhaps they are not about to expire just yet.

amersall

Hippy110 wrote: »

I regularly ignore the use-by date - using eggs 4 weeks later, you can tell when you crack them if they are 'off' but I would be more cautious if serving them to very young children, elderly etc

As a student sharing a fridge some used to forget about their eggs and in the days before dates on boxes, for the once a term(!) fridge clearout, we would put them in a pan of water and whereas fresh eggs sink, older ones float to a greater or lesser extent - those that literally nearly jumped out the pan were the ones to worry about and to stand well back from when breaking and washing down the sink :eek::rotfl:

ETA - based on Pink Winged's link for testing freshness, the ones above must have been c8 weeks old!

yes i agree, and i keep mine in a fridge , just the opposite of what the so called experts tell you to do, i had an ommelette yesterday with eggs i bought with use by 3 april, i have had no ill effects.

Mummyroo

I was always funny about using eggs by the use by date until I read on here that they last for ages and your can test them for freshness as mentioned above. I used 8 that were over a month out of date last month and they were fine, infact made a fabulous spanish omelete.

lv1109

I agree with all above, as long as they sink in some water they will be fine.

LV

Dave101t

id just boil them all, mash them up and have one helluva egg sandwich!

tara747

I need to use up half a dozen large free range eggs. Am thinking maybe mousse, but I'm trying to eat healthily! Any healthy recipes? (I hate quiche BTW!) Maybe a meringue for the whites and something else for the yolks?

How long do fresh meringues keep for and what else do you need (what type of sugar etc)?