Eggs best before 16 Dec, would you eat them?

[Yankydoodledandy]

So my eggs are 2 days old....want them for brekkie, will.they be ok?

Yes.

Yes

Yes

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Put them in a bowl of water. If they float - no but if not then yes. It's only best before, not use by

I never bother looking at the date on eggs, I check by dropping them in a tall glass of water - if they sink they are fine, if they float then in the bin they go!

Yes, but you can check by putting them in a bowl of water. If they float, chuck them, if not….crack on

I would. Mine are often just past their best. After a next I wouldn't. I'm sure they still safe but not as nice

Of course. To check eggs put in water. If they float don't eat them. If they sink they are fine.

The rule is if they float its a nope so jug of water pop them in if they sink your good to go

But two days? I would just crack on

Of course. They're best before, not toxic after.

Yup

Eggs and cheese are the two things I happily eat weeks and weeks out of date

Good grief! - 16th December! - is that all? Mine are weeks old - I just sniff them as I crack them and if they smell OK then all is well.

Of course they'll be fine 😒

Yep after the egg floating in water check

Of course. It is a best before date not a use by date.

My chickens don't lay eggs with date stamps so I probably frequently eat eggs that would be past their commercial use by date. Your eggs will be fine.

How do you think humans survived before the recent dawn of best before and use by dates? Are we losing our ability to look, smell and taste food and to use our common sense? They are responsible for so much unnecessarily wasted food, especially when some people are going hungry even here in the wealthy UK or being forced to use food banks.

I just boil them , then we have something for lunch's during the week. They keep for an extra 7 days in the fridge

Absolutely

If they've been kept in the fridge, yes!

Yes. I don't usually look at dates on eggs

If you are worried, crack them individually into a small bowl first. An off egg is VERY easy to smell and see - and I know this because I've had an offer egg that was well within date.

I often eat eggs weeks out of date as long as they don't float.

I keep my eggs in the fridge and if they’re, say, two weeks after the best before date I wouldn’t even bother doing a float test. Never had a bad one.

We need a better balance somehow between useful information to keep track of food and letting some people think they need to chuck out food which is absolutely fine!