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

metherer

You should be ok, but if you want to make sure, do the float test.
Details are here:

http://www.helpwithcooking.com/egg-guide/fresh-egg-test.html

It says it far better than I could!

Hope it helps,

Metherer
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Psykicpup

almost certainly as I believe thats a 'best before' or 'sell by date'
There is a method to check freshness by putting them in water but I cant remember if they should sink or 'swim'
Personally I crack mine in a seperate cup & if I have to leave the room, I dont eat 'em lol - no honest you will know an 'off' egg lol

edit - as cooking changes the situ anyway & only 1 day out,I would crack one/ submerge one to test & then store no more than 1 week

Pink.

Hi dubgirl,

Try the Fresh Egg Test before deciding. There's an earlier thread that might help too so I'll add your thread to it to keep all the replies together.

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Andy_Hamilton

dubgirl wrote: »

Hi, well they are eggs that are out of date (dated 10th), are they still ok to use? I was thinking of hard boiling to take to lunch with me and one for OH for tomorrows lunch. Seems a waste otherwise. Thanks

Eggs stored in a fridge last longer. I would have absolutly no problems using eggs upto 10 days out of date. I use free range organic eggs from local farm, these are not labled. I was told they would be OK for a couple of months, even longer in fridge.

dubgirl

Hi, thanks for all the replies, will give the float test a go.

HiJACKer

At my local chinese restaurant if they have eggs that are out of date, they crack them and leave them egg shells and all around the base of their indoor plants..... They say that the goodness of the eggs enriches the indoor plants...

Just an idea

HTH

Bongedone

My god I thought the original post was new. Eggs that are 5 months past there date. Urghh

juliettet

Bongedone wrote: »

My god I thought the original post was new. Eggs that are 5 months past there date. Urghh

So did I:rotfl:

skintchick

Me too!

Butwhile we are here - can I freeze eggs and if so, how? I never use them all in time and end up throwing three away which is so wasteful.

Stephen_Leak

Bongedone wrote: »

My god I thought the original post was new. Eggs that are 5 months past there date. Urghh

Another 999 years and 7 months and they would be Thousand-year-old eggs.