me fail

[gsh]

It is highly annoying to attempt to make french toast for myself and MLW, only to find the dozen eggs in the fridge have passed their expiration date and are no good.

Comments

[pyrategrrl.livejournal.com]

there are ways to check, you know. Eggs frequently stay good well past the date on the box.

geta tall glass of cold water.

drop egg in. If it sinks to the bottom, you're good, fish it out with a spoon.

If it floats, throw it away.

if it hovers somewhere in between- judgment call.

[gsh]

I used the "open egg into bowl, Say eww. Look on package for expiration date. Curse" method.

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

Eggs definitely stay good well past their expiration date. As for how to tell whether they are still okay, I find the "break it into a cup and sniff it" method pretty effective.

[easy-living.livejournal.com]

Aha, that's my method!

Sorry about the eggs.

[gsh]

There was no doubt it was a bad egg. Or at least an egg I did not want to eat.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

Past expiration date doesn't necessarily translate to 'no good.'

I routinely use eggs months past the stamped date and have never had one be /rotten/. Sometimes they'll dehydrate and not be good-to-use.

Break them into a smaller bowl before transferring into a larger bowl. Most likely they'll just be slightly less stand-up in the yolk than usual*. Especially if you're making french toast it should be fine.


*Think of the difference between an egg bought direct from a farmer - yolk practically tries to be spherical - and an egg from the supermarket. Eggs are already pretty old by the time they get tot hte supermarket shelf.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

ah, hadn't seen this comment stream. How much past the pull date are they? and some of the other eggs might still be fine.

[vvalkyri.livejournal.com]

oh :(

[(Anonymous)]

Eiw! Sorry about your lack of french toast!