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Eggs dated 6th June... AKA the Conor74 Lives thread

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...would you chance them?

Think I'll boil them anyway, and judge by taste/odour.

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Ken.

Alas I knew him well. Wasn't a bad fecker.

fergal.b

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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Persephone kindness

Could you not fork out for fresh eggs?

Persephone kindness

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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I never knew that!

Persephone kindness

Seriously though how much is a carton of fresh eggs? like 1.50

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250809180

Widdershins

If in doubt, throw it out. Food poisoning from eggs is particularly revolting. I'm not strict about Use-By Dates but with some foods, it's not worth taking a risk!

Harry Palmr

June 6th? Pah! They've barely hatched been laid

Lady is a tramp

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRo3TmM4Ljw

Alun

Widdershins wrote: »

If in doubt, throw it out. Food poisoning from eggs is particularly revolting. I'm not strict about Use-By Dates but with some foods, it's not worth taking a risk!

There is no use by date on eggs, it's a best before date. Four days past a best before date is no problem at all, eat away.

Beyondgone

Don't use deep water to test them in.

You just end up standing beside the canal with 2 bad eggs floating in front of you.

Widdershins

I've my own chickens and I'd use the eggs for up to about a week and a half. At least I know exactly when I got them and they weren't languishing in a store room or on a shop shelf for days beforehand.

tomwaterford

In my long lost youth

we used throw out of date eggs at cars at nighttime

Widdershins

Alun wrote: »

There is no use by date on eggs, it's a best before date. Four days past a best before date is no problem at all, eat away.

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

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Persephone kindness wrote: »

Seriously though how much is a carton of fresh eggs? like 1.50

https://www.tesco.ie/groceries/Product/Details/?id=250809180

Tesco is like half an hour away.

They are currently boiling away. And resting at the bottom of the saucepan. So the signs are good.

Lady is a tramp

Widdershins wrote: »

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

I'm usually fussy about best before dates, and use by dates, but eggs are different ... sure you'd know immediately by the smell if they were off!

I'd often use them 1-2 weeks after the best before date, so long as they looked and smelled okay. If I was in any doubt though I wouldn't chance it.

[Deleted User]

Widdershins wrote: »

I'm just saying I don't normally adhere too strictly to use by (or best before) dates. I would be strict about eggs though. He probably will be fine but I wouldn't chance it.

I'm a bit loose, but strict on the really processed stuff, pre packed meats like slices of ham etc. If it says "eat within x days of opening" I'm all for that. But an egg, reckon the smell and taste test will do.

Sarn

Plenty of good advice above. Eggs have a best before date, not a use by date on them. If they float in water then bin them. That usually happens over a month after the BB date. I generally hard boil them if they are a few weeks past the BB date to be on the safe side.

whoopsadoodles

Eggs last something like two months from being laid but shops only give them three weeks. I think.

Widdershins

Lady is a tramp wrote: »

I'm usually fussy about best before dates, and use by dates, but eggs are different ... sure you'd know immediately by the smell if they were off!

I'd often use them 1-2 weeks after the best before date, so long as they looked and smelled okay. If I was in any doubt though I wouldn't chance it.

I think it is something like a month after laying, but I am still extra careful and limit it to 2 weeks maximum.

They don't have to be rotten to make you sick. If it was always so obvious Id say there'd be fewer cases of poisoning.

Yourself isit

This reminds me of the best joke of the 19C.

A curate is visiting his bishop for breakfast. Gets a rotten egg. The bishop asks him what he thinks of the egg. He says it's good in parts.

johnayo

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm a bit loose, but strict on the really processed stuff, pre packed meats like slices of ham etc. If it says "eat within x days of opening" I'm all for that. But an egg, reckon the smell and taste test will do.

Jaysus Conor, you might be a bit loose after eating them.:D

looksee

In the olden days, like before about 1979, food was not dated. Having dates on stuff is a good idea, and on the whole should be observed, but the look, taste and smell method worked for most people since forever. The only things I am really picky about are chicken, fish and mince. Otherwise use common sense, eggs 4 days over are not likely to be an issue.

Apparently though if you store them in the fridge they have a shorter shelf life than if you store them in a press or on the counter.

Loon E. Tick

If you pick one up and give it a bit of a rattle and shake, and if you can hear it sloshing around inside and sounds a bit liquidy, then it's more than likely gone off. So give it a bit of a rattle, Conor, and report back.

[Deleted User]

Eggs consumed and...

http://youtu.be/ZHwVBirqD2s

Ken.

Thread title changed, headstone cancelled.

[Deleted User]

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad...

It works for eggs as well as witches?

Canis Lupus

fergal.b wrote: »

Put them in water if they sink they are good if they float they are bad.

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No no it's throw them on the ground. If they bounce they're still good.

Persephone kindness

Deleted User wrote: »

Eggs consumed and...

http://youtu.be/ZHwVBirqD2s

Yay!:pac:

Annasopra

Deleted User wrote: »

...would you chance them?

Think I'll boil them anyway, and judge by taste/odour.

Yep. I've eaten eggs upto about 6 weeks after the date.

Annasopra

looksee wrote: »

In the olden days, like before about 1979, food was not dated. Having dates on stuff is a good idea, and on the whole should be observed, but the look, taste and smell method worked for most people since forever. The only things I am really picky about are chicken, fish and mince. Otherwise use common sense, eggs 4 days over are not likely to be an issue.

Apparently though if you store them in the fridge they have a shorter shelf life than if you store them in a press or on the counter.

In Europe supermarkets only sell them non refrigerated because they do not get washed and its illegal to wash them
In America supermarkets only sell them refrigerated because they get washed and its illegal to not wash them