if i have some eggs that say "sell by nov 23"
 

are they all bad now?

If it`s smell like shit then yep.

no eggs last for a REAAAAALLLY long time after their sell date.

thanx man...

Eat'em up!!! Eggs are good forever. ;)

i dunno about that cuz when i cracked these open there was this little extra weird looking white shit floating in the egg substance than isnt usually there...

eggs are cheap. id rather buy fresh eggs then get sick :2 cents:

btw, whos that in your sig?

Jesus man go to the grocery store and replace the fucking things...

that would take me putting on my shoes, walking to my car, driving to the damn store, blah blah blah you know the rest. i'm feeling way too lazy at 11:45 on a monday night to be doing all that...

Better buy new ones if u don't wanna get sick!

eggs are just cheap. just buy new ones

if they've been refrigerated you don't have to worry about the dates as much.. just do the "bad eggs float in water" trick if you can't be assed going down the street to get new ones.

dont eat eggs. have cereal instead.

Place the egg in a bowl or pot of water. If the egg floats it is bad. If it sinks to the bottom it is good, if it stands at a 45 degree angle it's still OK. However, standing on end probably means that the egg is too old.

hey it probably too................ :thumbsup

put it in a glass of water...if it floats its bad, if it sinks, its good

Q:How can I tell if an egg is bad without breaking it?

A: Most everything has changed in the world of cooking in the past 250 years, but not the method for determining if you've got a bad egg.

There is a small air pocket in the large end of the egg. When the egg is fresh, the pocket is only about 1/8th of an inch deep and as large around as a dime. As the egg ages, however, it loses both moisture and carbon dioxide ? shrinking ? so that the size of the air space increases. And the size of the air space determines the buoyancy of the egg.

So if you submerge a very fresh egg in water, it will lie on the bottom. An egg that is a week or so old will lie on the bottom but bob slightly. An egg that is three weeks or so old will balance on its small end, with the large end reaching for the sky. And a bad egg will float.

According to Harold McGee, author of On Food & Cooking (Canada, UK), Hannah Glass gave this practical advice to cooks around 1750, and it's as valid today ? a "way to know a good egg, is to put the egg into a pan of cold water; the fresher the

Ok lesson time since I do raise chickens for eggs. :winkwink:

The sale by or best by date if for that grade of egg.
Typically you have AAA, AA, A, and then crap as grades of eggs. The numbers of A's reflect the freshness of the store bought eggs. Tripple A being the freshest and A or regular being the least fresh. Most eggs sold in stores are either tripple A or double A.

With that part being said, an egg has roughly two weeks before it downgrades to the next letter denomination, and then another two weeks to drop further down. Assuming the were refridgerated that is. The best by date is the date to keep them at that grade.Though you will typically have about 4 weeks minimum after an egg passes the best by date to use it.

As an egg ages it's whites loosen up so to speak, becomes a little more cloudy and alter a tad. The yolk also becomes less firm and a bigger air pocket begins to form in it. Fresh eggs are best for serving as fried, sunny side up, over easy ect. Basicly as eggs by themselves. You will find a less fresh egg sort of runs in the pan and the yolk doesnt keep a perfect dome. Older eggs are best to boil or scramble and it is actually reccomended for better boiled eggs to indeed let them age past the AAA grade.

Your eggs dated the 23rd are pefectly fine which odds are would just place them in the AA range (which you can also buy at the store) assuming you started with AAA, otherwise your at the A range.

lol this has turned into the ultimate "egg knowledge" thread...

i found out why some eggs are easily rotten...
http://www.cabl.com/bar/(bpta3jfcjtd...ter%20eggs.jpg

if they were refridgerated then
they can stay for a month

the stamp is usually for the stores selling date

Wtf. The stuff I can read on GFY is amazing. :1orglaugh
No disrespect of course, I wish I had some 'specialty' I knew so much about.. great way to lighten up moods in bad parties.

trust me..the egg in the water test never fails

I say you poke a small hole in the egg and make love to it, if its more pleasureable then your girlfriend.. it's good.. if it's not, then you need new eggs

Some people love shitty smelling century old eggs..

See I told you so! rofl :food-smil

get rid of them

Get a chicken.

Just ask your mom, she knows all that kind of stuff

How to tell if an egg is fresh or hard boiled.

Spin the egg on a flat surface, then stop it quickly and release it again. If it starts spinning again on it's own, it's fresh. If not, it's hard boiled.

Now go win bar bets and enjoy your spoils.

Just don't sell them and you will be fine. :)

Welcome to the 3rd grade. Please take your seat.

I'm okay with an Egg all the way down to Grade D. It's the lowest you can get and still be a passing grade. I'd stay away from Grade F eggs though, they obviously can't do basic assignments.

Are you sure that wasn't the Chalaza?

Chalaza is the ropey strands of egg white which anchor the yolk in place in the center of the thick white.

The more prominent the chalazae, the fresher the egg. Chalazae do not interfere with the cooking or beating of the white and need not be removed.

When I was in Mexico I bought eggs from some local markets and they did not even refrigerate them... you would never see that in the US, I know I never have! I think sometimes we worry too much about our food.

I have that odd quirk that allows me to know odd bit of useless info. I only really get to show it off here though.
Thankfully though with this topic I at least do know about eggs since I do have chickens and well my father had moved me to a farm when I was 10.

Unbelievable, isn't it? :1orglaugh

I'm thinking about bookmarking this.

my mom is dead :Oh crap