What is the shelf life of...

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 2:55 pm

an egg?

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:00 pm

no date on the box???

i would say a few weeks (2-3) if refrigerated

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:01 pm

till it is broken =)

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:02 pm

Originally posted by monkeyhead
no date on the box???

i would say a few weeks (2-3) if refrigerated

There's a sell by date, but no 'trash' date...I was just wondering how long you can keep an egg refrigerated before having to toss...

monkeyhead · Post by **monkeyhead** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:05 pm

when im home i eat tons of eggs... had about 4 a day last week over break

the first box i went thru was about 2 weeks old after getting to the last few eggs... and didnt see anything wrong with em

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:05 pm

Originally posted by Indy
There's a sell by date, but no 'trash' date...I was just wondering how long you can keep an egg refrigerated before having to toss...

truthfully when it comes to dairy i dont take any chances and never go beyond the sell date. Technically I think it is a week but who wants to take a chance when it comes to stomachs.

Ken · Post by **Ken** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:46 pm

Don't worry, when you crack it, you will know if it is bad...

if it smells OK, cook it!

(Keep in mind that I don't have a problem cutting the mold from cheese and eating what is left!

)

chevyman282 · Post by **chevyman282** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 4:56 pm

Originally posted by Indy
an egg?

Indy, what kind of egg, a white one, a brown one, a Ostrich egg, a alligator egg..How are the wizards of SG to know what sort of egg? inquiring minds want to know...

chevy..

MadDoctor · Post by **MadDoctor** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:01 pm

Originally posted by chevyman282
what sort of egg?

The egg the girl friend has. You know. The one that takes 9 months to hatch. I believe the shelf life (or tube life) is approximately 30 days. It is then recycled for a new egg.

Want to see some pictures?

chevyman282 · Post by **chevyman282** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:04 pm

Originally posted by MadDoctor
The egg the girl friend has. You know. The one that takes 9 months to hatch. I believe the shelf life (or tube life) is approximately 30 days. It is then recycled for a new egg.

Want to see some pictures?

Nope, don't want to go there.....

chevy....

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:15 pm

Put it in a container of water. If it floats then it is bad, the liguid evaporated though the shell. If it sinks then it is still good.

I just learned and started doing this myself, so far no confinement to the can yet!

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:18 pm

Originally posted by chevyman282
Indy, what kind of egg, a white one, a brown one, a Ostrich egg, a alligator egg..How are the wizards of SG to know what sort of egg? inquiring minds want to know...

chevy..

lol, just your standard run of the mill white chicken egg

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:32 pm

Words to live by: If it don't stink, eat it.

De Plano · Post by **De Plano** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:34 pm

By the way I got my info out of a book on raising chickens

brembo · Post by **brembo** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 5:58 pm

Originally posted by Indy
lol, just your standard run of the mill white chicken egg

What?!?! Soooo, *WHITE* eggs are normal and all others are *DIFFERENT*? Why's it gotta be white huh? You sayin the brown ones are crazy or somethin? Down with whitey!

Yes, work was rough today, please excuse my ranting.

chevyman282 · Post by **chevyman282** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:01 pm

Originally posted by brembo
What?!?! Soooo, *WHITE* eggs are normal and all others are *DIFFERENT*? Why's it gotta be white huh? You sayin the brown ones are crazy or somethin? Down with whitey!

Yes, work was rough today, please excuse my ranting.

I excuse you, not sure about the rest of the members.....

chevy...

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:09 pm

Originally posted by brembo
What?!?! Soooo, *WHITE* eggs are normal and all others are *DIFFERENT*? Why's it gotta be white huh? You sayin the brown ones are crazy or somethin? Down with whitey!

Yes, work was rough today, please excuse my ranting.

It's all the same on the inside

Hehe, sounds like perfect fodder for South Park

kitten · Post by **kitten** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:19 pm

I cracked an egg once that had a neon tinge but it did not smell bad iI threw it away anyway. maybe call your local grocery and ask the dairy dept.

Grimson · Post by **Grimson** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:32 pm

Originally posted by De Plano
Put it in a container of water. If it floats then it is bad, the liguid evaporated though the shell. If it sinks then it is still good.

Interesting.

downhill · Post by **downhill** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:35 pm

Originally posted by Indy
There's a sell by date, but no 'trash' date...I was just wondering how long you can keep an egg refrigerated before having to toss...

Don't pay attention to the sell date..them eggs could be months old. The big egg companies have a nasty habit of taking eggs from markets that are close to the date and repackaging them with a new date.

Indy · Post by **Indy** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:38 pm

Originally posted by downhill
Don't pay attention to the sell date..them eggs could be months old. The big egg companies have a nasty habit of taking eggs from markets that are close to the date and repackaging them with a new date.

Yeah, they do that with beef as well...I guess the real question, (which De Plano seems to have answered) was how to tell if the egg is good or not...

kitten · Post by **kitten** » Mon Mar 17, 2003 6:40 pm

How to tell a bad egg

by Scott Matthews

One of the things that my family loves most about living in the country is that we get to eat fresh eggs from our genuine free-range chickens. But then, free-range chickens don’t always play by the rules; sometimes they don’t lay their eggs in the nesting boxes we’ve so thoughtfully provided. It is all too common for one of our boys to run into the house with a clutch of eggs nestled in the front of his Tshirt.

“Look, Dad!” he cries excitedly. “I found one of the hens nesting in the hay barn (or under the trailer, or in the horse’s manger, or even in a feed bucket)!”

We used to feed those “wild” eggs to the pigs unless we felt adventurous (or desperate) enough to carefully crack one open to check it for freshness. Believe me, cracking open one rotten egg satisfies both my need for adventure and my hunger for eggs for a long time.

One day, however, a friend of ours showed us that you could judge the freshness of an egg by placing it in water about an inch deeper than the egg is long. As an egg ages, the air cell expands. So, depending on how the egg lies in the water, you can tell whether the egg is fresh enough to eat on its own, or if it is old enough that, because of the taste, you should use it only for baking, or if it is best to just discard it.

To help our fellow country dwellers remember the rules of egg floating I made up this little rhyme. I hope you find it useful. A little warning though: you can't tell the age of a frozen egg by floating it. Even a fresh egg will float if it's frozen.

Can you eat that egg?
By Scott Matthews
If not sure you ought-ter,
then place it in water.
If it lies on its side,
then it's fresh; eat with pride.

After three or four days,
at an angle it lays.
But, it still is a treat,
so go on and eat.

Ten days, stands on end,
in your baking 'twill blend.
'Cause it's definitely edible,
in your baking, incredible.

But, if it floats on the surface,
that egg serves no purpose.
'Cause a floater's a stinker!
Out the back door best fling 'er!

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