I know do you?

[asbean]

Thank you for that, nilly.  It's not useless info at all.  We use an easy way to tell hardboiled from fresh - when the hardboiled eggs come out of the pan, if they're not to be used immediately, we write HB in pencil on the shell.  8) 8) 8) 8) 8) 8)

[asbean]

[Baccy Man]

The spin test is used regularly to check wether eggs are cooked or not but boiled eggs can cause food poisoning if stored too long or incorrectly effectively rendering them inedible. Eggs that have been stored at the back of the fridge can freeze & the spin test would suggest they are boiled when they are actually frozen.
Rotten eggs are still liquid long after they have gone off so the spin test would simply indicate that they were raw until they had been rotten for several months at which time they start to solidify.

The normal quick check for freshness is to place a raw egg in its shell in a bowl of water. If it sinks to a completely horizontal position it's very fresh, if it tilts up slightly it's probably around a week old, if it stands upright it is probably 3-4 weeks old and if it floats it's probably rotten.
However this test isn't completely accurate as if an egg had a weak shell or fine cracks these can also cause the egg to float.

[nilly71]

At the end of the day it was a bit of funny that kept a couple of you occupied for a few hours :D

Anyone else got a useless fact that we can try and work out?

Neil

[Tin Shed]

Keep me occupied, Nilly - how do you think I spend my days ;D ;D ;D
The worktop is covered with broken eggs and so is the floor, the children have walked the eggs throughout the house and I have to take the cats to the vets this evening to get the egg shell splinters out of their paws. ;D
I have gone through this weeks supply of eggs and then the OH has just rung from work offering to cook a cheese souffle for supper tonight ;D ;D

[nilly71]

 ;D , only one of the two ways have been answered, so go and get somemore eggs ;D i have only tried the second way with raw egg so do not know if it is completly true ??? but someone out there might know.

Neil

[ACE]

Well you should be able to get a couple of bad eggs on here. ;)


Touch one end of the egg with your tongue, then the other end, one end will be warmer than the other and this should be a good egg.

Place it on the worktop and point at it saying this is a good egg ;D


Ooops sorry, that is the test for a fertilised egg.