If you’ve been throwing away eggs just because the date on the packaging says YOUR EGGS EXPIRES ON 11/02/2016 – you’re wrong.
It is often noted that eggs are still good to eat long after the expiration date. But what is the ideal expiry date for eggs? The shelf life of an unrefrigerated egg is 7 to 10 days and for refrigerated egg it’s about 30 to 45 days. But that doesn’t mean you can pop a 2-month old egg for a quick omelet.
The Best Way To Test If The Eggs Have Expired Or Not Is…
Like mentioned earlier, your eyes and nose are the best judges, to determine the freshness of eggs, when put to a simple home test called Floating Test. It’s the best way to tell the freshness of an egg without cracking it.
How Floating Test Is Done
You don’t need a lab, if that’s what you thought, your kitchen essentials are all that you need.
-Fill a transparent bowl with cold water and place your eggs in it.
– If they sink to the bottom and lay flat on their sides, they are fresh and will make for a delicious omelet.
– If they stand on one end at the bottom of the bowl (in upright position) it means they are a few weeks old but still good to eat and the upright ones are perfect for hard-boiling.
– But if you find the eggs floating on the surface of the bowl, just know that they are no longer fresh enough to eat. Don’t toss them away just yet, put them to other uses.
There Is Another Method To Test the Freshness (By Cracking Eggs)
It’s called the Plate & Sniff test. Unlike the floating test where the shell remains intact, P&S requires to:-
– Crack the egg onto a plate or any flat surface to check if it’s fresh or not.
– If it’s fresh, the white shouldn’t spread much and the yolk should appear bright yellow/orange.
– Then give it a sniff: fresh eggs shouldn’t have much of a smell.
– If the egg is older, the white will be flowy and thin while the yolk will be flatter. But this does not necessarily imply the egg is bad for consumption. If it’s gone really bad, you can right away make the distinction from the strong, distinct smell.
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