I’ve just eaten 2 week out of date eggs help

[blackheartsgirl]

its game over isn’t it 😭😂

<awaits the salmonella onslaught>

can’t believe I was so stupid

I don’t even look at the dates on eggs I use eyes and nose as detector of offness
Although eggs don’t last too long in this house after being bought I’m sure you’ll be fine

It’s absolutely fine. They last for months past the date.

The floating test is for freshness, not for being safe/unsafe to eat.

As long as they're not rotten they’re fine to eat, and if they’d been rotten you would have known.

Eggs don’t develop salmonella after the sell by date passes. That’s not how it works!

Calm down, eggs are fine for weeks, even months after their BB date. It's a BB not a UB. And when they do go off there's no mistaking it. If there's any more left make yourself a nice omlet.

im normally ok with fresh best before/ use by dates a day or two after the date, I’ve eaten mince and sausages a couple of days after the date, smells ok so I eat it.

wasn’t aware that eggs were ok to eat weeks after the use by date though so thanks for all the info

You'll be fine. I don't think I've ever looked at the date on an egg. If they are off you can smell it very strongly when you crack them open.

No you'll be fine, I'm forever doing this as I hate waste. I've never once been ill

you'd know if the eggs were off - I've eaten eggs over a month after their 'use by' date and they've been fine

Eggs float if thy are old and the air sac at the broad end is bigger, not because of any sulphur dioxide present. That will be the protein actually in the egg going off and will be contained inside the membrane and yes, you would definitely know about it

If you weren’t overwhelmed by the stench when you cracked them into the pan, you’re fine :)

If they smelled and tasted all right, no problem.
Rotten eggs stink!

I do sometimes despair at how often MNers think this or that isn’t safe to eat. No wonder there’s such an obscene level of food waste in this country. Not that I expect most developed countries are much better.

It's best before so you'll be fine. I would eat that and I'm a bit obsessive in avoiding food poisoning.

I eat eggs waaay after the use buy dates..If they're kept in the fridge it's fine. I only follow the use by date if they're not and, even then, I'm a bit lax about it.

Water test and judge by the smell. Seriously, if you've eaten them, you'll be fine.

I don’t keep my eggs in the fridge and I still happily eat them weeks and weeks after the date.

If the egg was off you would have known about it before eating it. You’ll be be fine.

Mine live in my fridge for months sometimes, I've never been poorly.

If they were off they would fucking stink. You'll be fine

I keep chickens, I don't date stamp their eggs and sometimes keep them for weeks before using them. I don't refrigerator them either. If the eggs were off you would've known all about it before you ate them. You will be fine.

We take ours out of the box as soon as they get home so wouldn't even know what the date is.

Also, rather worryingly, salmonella doesn’t give away any clues as to its presence. It isn’t the type of bacteria that develops when poultry goes off - it’s there at the outset. Similar with campylobacter which is actually more common. However, chickens are routinely vaccinated against salmonella these days and both types of bacteria are destroyed by thorough and correct cooking.

If the yolk was a raised lump above the white they are fine.

You can eat eggs well over a month past bbd. You just have to know how to check they are ok.

You’ll be absolutely fine. Eggs last ages. I frequently use them well after the BB date. Usually for cakes/scrambled eggs etc because fresh are better for fried, poached etc but using them won’t make you ill. My sil once made me scrambled eggs with eggs three months after the BB date. I survived without incident……..Chilled meat and dairy past the use by date is another matter and I’m much stricter about these dates.

Then you'll be absolutely fine! 💯

If an egg is bad you know straightaway by the smell and sight of it as soon as the shell is cracked. Trust me, we have (mainly) local farm gate eggs which have no stamps or dates and in the very rare I break an off one, it's VERY immediately obvious.

Shock horror - I grew up eating undated eggs. And I lived! Also unpasteurised milk, butter churned in the kitchen, clotted cream left open on the shelf to rise overnight, and "high" game. You'll be fine.