Do you follow Use by and Sell by Dates, and other food safety issues

nodwah

LittleVoice wrote: »

Would not have thought putting your tongue to an egg was a good idea - feathers are still clinging to some free range ones I buy so they aren't cleaned that well!

I'm not dead yet!!

(mind you it's not as if I'm at it all the time)

pariskate

Super fresh eggs are no good for boiled eggs as the whites don't set well. I use 'old' egss for baking with no problems.

lisababy2002uk

nodwah wrote: »

A science teacher once told me that if you touch each end of the egg with your tongue, the round end will feel hot and the pointy end will feel cold - but if it's off both ends will feel hot. They really do - it's remarkable!

I have been told sometime that older eggs are best for making meringue with -true?

my partners mother taught me that one aswell and i always use that method and i taught it to my mum she was so susprise it worked lol

Tao81

SPANIEL36 wrote: »

there's something you can do to see if they are still fresh or stale. you get a jug of water and put in the egg (un cracked) if it floats it means one thing if it sinks it means the other but i cant remember which way round it is!!!

I was always told that if you place an egg in a jug of water and it floats it is off because there is a build up of sulphur inside the shell due to the egg starting to rot.

To be honest, I never go by the sell-by-date I check all of my eggs before using them regardless. You would be suprised at how many times I have found a 'rogue' egg amongst a batch of eggs that are supposed to be well within their sell-by or use-by dates!!:eek: Hence, why I tend to check them before relying on the pack recommends. You can't be too careful where eggs are concerned after all!

HTH

kittyscarlett

I'm another person that always checks eggs before I use them, within date or not. ( water method ) I wouldn't automatically throw out eggs if they were past the box date if they passed the test but I also would err on the side of caution - I hate wasting food/money but I would hate getting food poisoning even more

There's a bit at the end of this which is quite helpful as per egg storage etc : http://www.eatwell.gov.uk/healthydiet/nutritionessentials/eggsandpulses/eggs/

butterfly72

I've just found 2 eggs in the back of the fridge.. but their best before date is 24th! I was going to hard boil them for sarnies tomorrow.. (28th I think!) do you think they will be ok...?

thanks

kunekune

I think that with eggs it is fairly easy to tell whether they are edible. Crack 'em into a bowl before you use them. If they are stinky, don't use them. The last couple of weeks, I used 10 out of a box of 12 with a BBD of about a month ago. No problems. But then we had more and I decided that we'd finished the box, and got rid of the last two.

Churchmouse

I really don't believe there will be any problem. If you want to check, place the eggs in a bowl of water. Any that float completely freely should be opened to check them before cooking. Eggs last a lot longer than most people think, honestly;) ( I'd use them and wouldn't even bother with the freshness check:rotfl: but that's me:rolleyes: )

Fruball

I read a whole thread about this earlier - I am sure the eggs will be fine.

You can tell a bad egg anyway as they STINK !!!

As long as they have been stored in suitable conditions then they should keep well past their date. The website I found earlier said not to give it a second thought if they were within 2 weeks of the use by date.

I use eggs out of date as long as I am cooking them

comping_cat

I dont even look at the dates on eggs!!!

BB dates are exactly that, best before and like CM says, you can always test for freshness by seeing if they float in water - or/and cracking them to see what they are like.