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In response to "If an egg stands on end in a bowl of water but doesn't float, it's still good, right? -- nm" by znufrii needs a job

that's the wives tale - I know there can be bad ones even in-date, so I usually -- (edited)

Posted by b. (aka starrynit) Nov 18 '15, 14:43

go by the date plus a week or so, for commercial eggs. less for, like, farmers market eggs. (ed. to add that I always break eggs into a separate bowl before adding them to anything because ya never know.)

there are stories about eggs lasting way longer. just the thought of a bad one makes me on the verge of gaggy, so I don't mess around.

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far too many stores have been known to just redate the carton and set them back out again...but dancing eggs are given to the dog -- nm - zeitgeist Nov 18, 14:52 3
- I'm pretty sure that doesn't actually happen -- nm - znufrii needs a job Nov 18, 14:53 2
  - it was done in the past, at least. there was a tv piece about it, and similar things, several years ago. - b. Nov 18, 14:57 1
    - here's the summary of a gao report from 1999 that mentions it happening, and some of it was ok with the government. nm but: -- (link) - b. Nov 18, 15:00
The floating seems to be true in my experience. We coat our eggs in mineral oil and don't refrigerate them. They last forever. - Krusty Nov 18, 14:48
Well, it didn't smell bad, so I think it's ok. :) -- nm - znufrii needs a job Nov 18, 14:47

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