What the hell is wrong with my flatmate?

--LOS--

OP have you ever asked him instead of googling Chinese delicacies lol

Jesus Wept

The sell by date put on eggs is known to be nonsense.
If they are rotten, it is probably because they were left in the carton and too much moisture has gotten in.

Tar.Aldarion

I tried eggs a month or 2 out of date, they were fine!

amacca

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I tried eggs a month or 2 out of date, they were fine!

And you? were you fine?:eek:

biscuiteater

miss_shadow wrote: »

..Why don't you just ask him what he is doing with the eggs/milk?

he knows what he's doing with them, the guy eats the eggs and drinks the milk.
lots of irish people drink sour milk, it's called butter milk my mother in law used to swear by it for a long life, god rest her soul.

wait do you know something we don't........is there something else he could be doing with these things!!!!

newmug

biscuiteater wrote: »

he knows what he's doing with them, the guy eats the eggs and drinks the milk.
lots of irish people drink sour milk, it's called butter milk my mother in law used to swear by it for a long life, god rest her soul.

wait do you know something we don't........is there something else he could be doing with these things!!!!

Buttermilk and sour milk are two completely different things.


I think he could be putting the egg in the milk carton, and maybe he has some sort of preserving stuff in the carton. What kind of carton is it OP, is it one of those pint-thats-not-really-a-pint ones with the screw on plastic top? He'd fit a small egg into one of those.

johnayo

cucbuc wrote: »

Cant help wondering what his breath must smell like. Rancid eggs and sour milk, eh.

Whatever about the breath, I'd hate to smell his farts.

AgileMyth

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

:rolleyes:
I Googled "chinese rotten eggs sour milk" and got no results whatsoever for Century Egg

But I'm guessing you did find some seriously freaky porn?

RichieC

if an egg floats in water do not eat it.

biscuiteater

newmug wrote: »

Buttermilk and sour milk are two completely different things.


sorry had to google and this is what i got...Buttermilk may also refer to a fermented dairy product produced from cow's milk with a characteristically sour taste caused by lactic acid bacteria

did i see the word sour, all that i know is they both taste rank if drunk by mistake

craggles

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

So my flatmate is a bit on the strange side. And by this I mean the following:

- He has eggs in the fridge that have been ONE MONTH out of date. They appear to have solidified/rotted because when you pick the tray up it is very noticeably heavy. But that's not the strange part - the eggs are being eaten, because each day a new one is taken from it.

Eggs get heavier when they go off? Where is this magic extra weight coming from?

Captain_Generic

Maybe it was UHT milk....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBwwcU2c3u4

builttospill

RichieC wrote: »

if an egg floats in water do not eat it.

Old Chinese flatmate proverb.

Tubsandtiles

Op you know he is going to probably eat you next ? .

Thaigr

I know a bit about this...not exactly about how your flatmate goes about his eggs but I know of some people who pickle their eggs in a jar and eat it months later. Some might say the eggs have gone rotten but that is what some people prefer and it's pickled so it's not like it's bad (like pickled vegetables). I don't know about leaving the eggs in the refrigerator though, I would think that would turn out pretty inedible but to each their own really.

Canis Lupus

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

So my flatmate is a bit on the strange side. And by this I mean the following:

- He has eggs in the fridge that have been ONE MONTH out of date. They appear to have solidified/rotted because when you pick the tray up it is very noticeably heavy. But that's not the strange part - the eggs are being eaten, because each day a new one is taken from it.

- Today as I left the flat there was a carton of milk on his window sill noticeable as you walk past (he must be drinking that sour too).

Now, does anyone have any clue what the hell is going on here? I consider myself a strange enough person, but this is downright crazy. He's Chinese, so I tried Googling some Chinese delicacies that would involved rotten, month-old eggs and sour milk, but can't seem to find any.

Exactly how big was the carton of eggs?

Did you check the milk carton was empty or not?

pickarooney

Don't rotten eggs float, giving you the impression that they have actually lost mass?

Feckin' apostates.

Tar.Aldarion

amacca wrote: »

And you? were you fine?:eek:

Yep. perfect. Just seemed normal to me!

geeky

I just had a theory that could eggsplain (woof!) this issue.

What if he's involved in drug/contraband smuggling and has hidden the goods inside the shell?! It sounds crazy, but it is doable if you take a bit out of the bottom, dump out the insides, and replace with the item of your choice. People see a box of eggs, they see eggs in the box, but they don't think about what's inside the eggs. Unless,like the OP, they've been curious enough to notice the date and weight of the carton.

That sounds batty, but I'm 100% serious about this.

As for the milk, I dunno. Maybe he's a little bit manky, like many young bachelors.

UglyBolloxFace

--LOS-- wrote: »

OP have you ever asked him instead of googling Chinese delicacies lol

I'm gonna ask him later when if I see him.
Wish me luck....I could be next on the menu.

The-Rigger wrote: »

The sell by date put on eggs is known to be nonsense.
If they are rotten, it is probably because they were left in the carton and too much moisture has gotten in.

Your last part makes sense, considering the egg shell is almost 100% porous, so all and any moisture can easily get in and spoil the egg.

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

I tried eggs a month or 2 out of date, they were fine!

Why would you try it though?
And a question to everyone - is it possible for an egg to be left so long that a chicken foetus begins to semi-develop inside? (I know, my hypothesis seems to break so many laws of nature, but what else can explain the extra weight?!).

AgileMyth wrote: »

But I'm guessing you did find some seriously freaky porn?

Let's just say mah paynus was red raw afterwards, the colour of sweet and sour sauce.

RichieC wrote: »

if an egg floats in water do not eat it.

This should be included in the next issue of 'Chinese Proverbs - The Foreigner Way'. True story though.

craggles wrote: »

Eggs get heavier when they go off? Where is this magic extra weight coming from?

Something to do with the air pocket being released over time that gives the illusion of extra weight (yes, I know that doesn't make sense).

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Exactly how big was the carton of eggs?

Did you check the milk carton was empty or not?

The carton of eggs are the size that fits about 18 eggs.
And the milke carton - I only saw it through his window on the sill by chance as I was leaving the flat. It definitely contained milk (or chinese semen), and it was one of those transparent 2-Litre jugs/bottles (it was half-full)

<---look at me, I'm an optimist!

geeky wrote: »

I just had a theory that could eggsplain (woof!) this issue.

What if he's involved in drug/contraband smuggling and has hidden the goods inside the shell?! It sounds crazy, but it is doable if you take a bit out of the bottom, dump out the insides, and replace with the item of your choice. People see a box of eggs, they see eggs in the box, but they don't think about what's inside the eggs. Unless,like the OP, they've been curious enough to notice the date and weight of the carton.

That sounds batty, but I'm 100% serious about this.

As for the milk, I dunno. Maybe he's a little bit manky, like many young bachelors.

And I thought my flatmate was crazy?

Keeping with egg news, I found this story interesting:
http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/504833.stm

geeky

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

And I thought my flatmate was crazy?

Keeping with egg news, I found this story interesting:
http://cdnedge.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/504833.stm

You may laugh, but don't come crying to me when his bosses figure "sheesh, why take a chance" and you end up dead in a ditch somewhere...

Fart

deathrider wrote: »

He's clearly an alien trying to fit in amoung humans. Aliens don't notice when food goes off. They just eat it and pretend to be human.

He's an alien, an illegal alien, he's just a Chinese man in Ire-land.

geeky

Fart wrote: »

He's an alien, an illegal alien, he's just a Chinese man in Ire-land.

Except he's in England.

UglyBolloxFace

geeky wrote: »

Except he's in England.

Except he's in Scotland.

geeky

UglyBolloxFace wrote: »

Except he's in Scotland.

*facepalm*

Kimia

What if he genuinely can't read the use by dates and is unused to UK food? I feel sorry for him! If he doesn't speak English (or read English, presumably), then how can he read 'cook from frozen' or even what numbers mean?

mahamageehad

I ate eggs 6 weeks out of date- i was starving and didn't look at the date!! Tasted fine Mmmmm. It was only later that day when I checked the date and it said how gone off it was that i started to feel sick... which makes me think that its all in our heads of course!!

Also in germany a lot of the milk is uht milk, and even the fresh milk is a bit dodge- lasts a good week, and can be left out of the fridge overnight with no change. So maybe he thinks Irish milk is like that too??

benj

If he is your flatmate and this bothers you....why don't you just ASK him?

Old Perry

Maybe he hardboiled them and put em back in the fridge

partyndbs

mayb he likes stuuff like that?