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Out of Date Eggs

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  • Debran
    Debran Posts: 349 Forumite
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    Stop worrying so much about "best before" dates. Things never used to have these dates printed on packaging. How on earth did we manage for all those years?

    When I was young eggs were bought at the grocer's shop and put in a paper bag for you. You had to be very careful not to break them on the way home.
  • peachyprice
    peachyprice Posts: 22,346 Forumite
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    Remember the days before eggs were laid with dates on? I'm surprised we all survived.
    Accept your past without regret, handle your present with confidence and face your future without fear
  • Butterfly_Brain
    Butterfly_Brain Posts: 8,862 Forumite
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  • theoretica
    theoretica Posts: 12,691 Forumite
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    A random point of information that is unlikely to be useful: eggs with half formed chicks will pass the bowl of water test, they do not float.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • Griizelda
    Griizelda Posts: 391 Forumite
    theoretica wrote: »
    A random point of information that is unlikely to be useful: eggs with half formed chicks will pass the bowl of water test, they do not float.

    That happened to me - the egg passed the bowl of water test, so I thought everything was ok. Luckily I always crack the eggs into a cup first - the smell was awful and lingered for what seemed ages!
  • Air_Cooled_75
    Air_Cooled_75 Posts: 497 Forumite
    I've read older eggs are better for baking than fresh. Dan Leopard gives the reason in one of his books but I can't be bothered to look right now :)

    We keep chickens so don't do use by dates :)
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