My egg packages here in Sweden have that information printed on them.
But the version where the egg floats they don’t say to toss it out, but rather crack it open, look, smell. Might still be good.
Exactly, the egg floating doesn’t mean that it’s not edible anymore, just that it’s old.
Yes, I’m sick of seeing this infographic and ones like it as it encourages waste
Exactly. If an egg has gone bad, you can’t really miss it.
Also why it’s good to always quickly check eggs before adding them to a mix.
Assuming you have a sense of smell. Anosmia affects about 3% of people - probably more since Covid.
The colour is typically also a dead giveaway.
Of course blind people with anosmia are on their own there.
Must be tough to be a blind person with ansomia and a craving for omelettes.
I felt like cracking a joke but it would stink
Nice try 4chan, last time I microwaved an Iphone.
Oh no, you created mustard gas
Don’t eat spoiled eggs.
I had a coworker who did. She had to go to the emergency room and missed work for a month.
I think I dunno. That was her story. She could have went to Cancun or backpacked in Europe and made up the story.
What I learn from this is that if I eat spoiled eggs, I have a 2/3 chance of ending up in Cancun or backpacking across Europe. Brb
This doesn’t tell you if it’s good or bad. Just tells you if it’s new or old. Older eggs have more air in them.
I live in a country where they don’t boil and bleach the duck placenta off of the egg so you can just sort of keep them on the floor outside of the refrigerator for days and it doesn’t matter it’s fine
boil and bleach the duck placenta off of the egg
What on earth.
Is this a non-US thing? I’ve never heard of this practice and I worked for a farmer that raised chickens and sold eggs.
Not boiled but “washed” probably with bleach.
Eggs are porous. Birds leave a coating on them that blocks the pores and prevents bacteria getting in but washing the eggs removes that protective coating.
Pretty sure you do this in the US but not every country does.
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Why is this though? What’s the science for making old eggs float?
The egg start to decompose and produces gas. Some of that gas escapes through the shell, so the egg’s mass decreases, which causes the density of the egg vs water to drop.
Thanks for this explanation! I couldn’t understand how the overall mass of the egg would change, even if some of the contents turned to a gas.
As an egg gets older it starts to break down, so it’s density becomes less. Eventually it’s density will be less than the water so it’ll begin to float.
This is extra important if you’re eating eggs you got from A Guy instead of like a supermarket.
I get my eggs from my E guy. He handles all my eggplant needs too.
I get my eggs from B Guy
But which stage is best for hard boiling?
Advice: Don’t trust infographics with zero source reporting for things as important as food safety.
