Using a cracked egg

Chopsie&Chelvis

I'd really appreciate some advice on what is safe with a cracked egg.

I bought a box of eggs, checked them in the shop and they were all fine. When I got home, I forgot to lift the carrier bags off the back of the pushchair before I lifted my daughter out - the pushchair fell backwards, squashing my shopping :eek: Straight away, I checked my eggs, finding that 2 were cracked but not leaking, so I popped them into a pan and boiled them for me and my daughter to have later.

All fine I thought .... except a visitor popped by as they were boiling. I mentioned what had happened and the visitor was horrified that I was using them. Apparently, you should never ever use a cracked egg, no matter how long it is since it cracked. This person isn't usually alarmist about these things or obsessive about food hygiene, so I'm doubting myself - should I eat the eggs or not?

aliasojo

Eat the things! It's not like they were cracked for hours and hours before you cooked them.

I wouldn't even have thought twice.

Your visitor is extreme. (Imo. )

krlyr

How on earth do you get an egg out of its shell without cracking it?!

HeadAboveWater

krlyr wrote: »

How on earth do you get an egg out of its shell without cracking it?!

Exactly my question!!!!!!!!

Chopsie&Chelvis

krlyr wrote: »

How on earth do you get an egg out of its shell without cracking it?!

Good point - by her logic, there's no way to get the egg out of the shell is there?! I could understand if I didn't know how long they'd been cracked, but 2 mins before cooking is nothing. Ok, I'm eating them! If I don't come back in 24 hours, then she was right :rotfl:

McKneff

I have always held the belief that a cracked egg is never a problem as long as it isnt 'leaking' it means the membrane just inside the shell has not been broken so nothing can get in or out.

Common sense really.

Now if they were actually broken and the membrane breached and left for any length of time, well, I would think twice.