Eggs eggs and more eggs!

foxgloves

We do look at the dates but rely on the float test here, as previous posts mention. It only takes a minute or two. Just fill a jug with water and carefully drop the whole egg in it. If it floats it's stale, and so I wouldn't bother. The further it sinks, generally, the fresher it is. On top of that, as extra check, it'll smell vile when you crack it & it's off, but the float test is pretty good.

LittleBrownFrog

just crack it into a cup (so that if it is off it won't ruin the rest of your ingredients). eggs keep for a surprisingly long time.

Bitsy_Beans

I do the float test - last lot I had to do this with were nearly a month past the date. Incidentally isn't it a Best Before on eggs rather than a use by? So all that means is they may not be as "good" rather than something that will self implode on the stroke of midnight

MrsBartolozzi

On a slightly different note, does anyone know how long an egg is "safe"?
I have F/R eggs in the fridge dated 10th November! They still pass the float test, and I used some at the weekend to make pancakes.
I'd like to ask the errm how to put it... more experienced ladies here, the ones who might have grown up without BBE dates etc whether I should just bin these now or are they really still safe after such a long time.

Thanks, MrsB.

Penelope_Penguin

MrsBartolozzi wrote: »

On a slightly different note, does anyone know how long an egg is "safe"?

Try the float test ..........

I have F/R eggs in the fridge dated 10th November! They still pass the float test

............... oh, you did

They should be fine, but I'd crack them into a cup first - the smell will soon tell you if they're off

Penny. x

rosieben

I always do the float test and have found one or two eggs didnt pass even though they were in date. At school we were taught to break eggs individually into a cup before adding to a cake mix etc, so that if the egg is off (and the smell will tell you!) you only waste that one egg instead of having to throw the whole lot out.

Woofles

I've certainly used eggs a month out of date with no problems.
For baking especially cakes I believe it is recommended that ultra fresh eggs should not be used, I assume because an older egg contains more air and will therefore make a lighter sponge.

oystercatcher

I've used eggs more than two months past their date.

I'm sure I read somewhere that the float test wasn't very reliable but not sure where.

Ifam in any doubt I just crack egg into a cup, I've never had an off one yet. I think they are pretty obvious when they are.
If an egg smells OK and is well cooked it's not going to cause any problems.
If people are worried about salmonella, if it's there it will have been in the fresh egg anyway and will be killed off by thorough cooking. I never ever eat runny eggs but will quite happiliy eat old, well cooked eggs.

I'm sure in the war they kept eggs for months and months! They certainly didn't have use by dates when I was a child.

SallyForth_2

oystercatcher wrote: »

I'm sure in the war they kept eggs for months and months! They certainly didn't have use by dates when I was a child.

They do keep for months, I've never had any problems. I ignore those dates they stamp on them, a waste of time and food.

Farway

SallyForth wrote: »

They do keep for months, I've never had any problems. I ignore those dates they stamp on them, a waste of time and food.

And as others have pointed out, if an egg is "off" you will certainly smell it, smells just like rotten eggs :rotfl: