2 month old eggs good or bad?

[RichardE]

No other breakfast food besides some 2 month old eggs I forgot about....yes/no?

 

[amdhunter]

Eat up.

 

[RichardE]

Originally posted by: amdhunter
Eat up.

sweet

 

[LilPima]

gross, no. crack one open and smell it!

 

[OpenThirdEye]

You'll know the answer once you crack one open and give a good sniff.

 

[amdhunter]

The chart on the bottom of this page says 3-5 weeks. I still say eat up.

 

[TheBloodguard]

Originally posted by: OpenThirdEye
You'll know the answer once you crack one open and give a good sniff.

Eggs don't have a rotten smell if kept refrigerated, even if they are months over their expiration date. They do lose moisture through the shell so quality suffers.

 

[TwiceOver]

I usually just go by the date on the side of the carton. I know they are probably good, but why chance it for $1.12.

 

[Injury]

I've had eggs go 3 months before eating them and I'm not dead.

It was the last time I bought one of those humongous palettes of eggs at the grocer just to save a few cents, but they were fine.


edit: Use your coked up sister as a guinea pig if you are worried.

 

[RichardE]

We'll just ate 3 of them, no bad smell, expiration date on the carton was Oct 14th. Off to class, I'll update later. Ah good cheese omlette mm

 

[dartworth]

go for it..

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: TheBloodguard

Originally posted by: OpenThirdEye
You'll know the answer once you crack one open and give a good sniff.

Eggs don't have a rotten smell if kept refrigerated, even if they are months over their expiration date. They do lose moisture through the shell so quality suffers.

No smell = no problem.

I'll take millions of years of evolution over a fairly recent "don't-sue-us-please" corporate and governmental paranoia.

Unless they start putting things in our food which actually release toxins after the expiration date, I'll just use it as a guideline.

 

[Wheezer]

Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

what's the reason behind this?

 

[40Hands]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

what's the reason behind this?

I would guess it's the buildup of gas inside the egg that makes it float. Not sure.

 

[Shawn]

It's fine. I've eaten eggs that were months past expiration date and I didn't get sick. They tasted fine too.

 

[JDub02]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

what's the reason behind this?

I heard about the sink/float test on the Food Network. Never heard of the intermediate reading, though.

 

[Bulk Beef]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

Just a heads up, this also works on witches. Might want to burn the egg at the stake just to be sure.

 

[Pheran]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

what's the reason behind this?

Over time the egg loses moisture and gas through the porous shell, so its mass decreases, which decreases its density (since its volume remains constant). The density off a fresh egg is only slightly higher than water, so eventually the egg density drops below that of water, allowing it to float.

 

[HottSnow]

Originally posted by: Wheezer
Get a glass of water, put the egg in,

-if it floats at all it is bad

-if it sinks to the bottom of the glass but stands on end then it is on the cusp of going bad in which case boil it and it is safe to eat (why boil?...i dunno that is just what I was told)

-if it sinks to the bottom and lays flat on the bottom of the glass it is fine.

what if its floating in the middle of the water? that still considered floating at all? I was thinking if it hit the surface or w/e