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Title: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: Honey Badger on January 17, 2017, 06:43:18 PM: How long would eggs still be good after their expiration date for hard boiling? Egglands Best claims they "stay fresher longer".
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: redkitty on January 17, 2017, 09:43:27 PM: I go weeks and even months sometimes past sell by date (not expiration date, btw.) If you float the eggs in water you can tell if they are still good or not. If they sink to the bottom of the bowl, they are still good. If they float on top, they are bad. I did this for 3 eggs over the summer....6 weeks past sell by date. I wanted to make cookies and I needed 2 eggs. First one dropped, the 2nd clearly floated, the 3rd sank. There was a clear distinction between the sinker/floater.
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: The Turtle Whisperer on January 17, 2017, 09:53:49 PM: Yep, it's all about the float test.
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: Ice Cream on January 18, 2017, 06:10:33 AM: don;t pay attention to it, either.
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: duckgeek on January 23, 2017, 05:33:48 PM: Our chickens constantly create hidden nests around the property. We'll be trimming back a hedge and find a cache of 15 eggs. DW and the kids will clean them and float test them since we have no idea if they are fresh or three months old.
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: Magic Microbe on January 23, 2017, 08:01:59 PM: I eat eggs way past their date all the time.
Title: Re: Eggs and expiration dates
Post by: onawhim on January 23, 2017, 08:41:11 PM: Quote from: Magic Microbe on January 23, 2017, 08:01:59 PM
I eat eggs way past their date all the time.

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