Would you eat eggs past their best before date?

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Title says it all. TIA

Definitely.

Granny Duncan (my cookery teacher at school in the 70s) told us how to tell if an egg is off. Put it in a cup or big bowl of water. If it floats right up, it's pretty old. If it stays in contact with the bottom, you're alright.
(it has to do with the air pocket inside)

lol good point Aero - infact what did we do with most foods before BB dates were introduced

We checked them before using if we'd had them a while

absolutely. ds has just had one for tea...

Haven't read the whole thread but gave myself and ds aged 3 salmonella not long ago eating raw cake mixture from eggs not kept in fridge and bought without the lion on. VV vvvv horrible esp for ds who lost horrendous amount of weight.. be a little cautious!

Ah, I would be far more wary about eating them raw I must say.

why do we have to keep eggs in the fridge at home but they are ok on the shelf at the supermarket?

I don't think you do need to keep them refrigerated actually although I always have done. Maybe supermarkets are cooler than a house though?

Nooooooooo!!!

But I think I have a serious issue with food past sellby date in general.

Drinking old milk is the stuff my nightmares are made of.

Strange but true

I've had chicken, properly tored, go off before the use by date which proves to me they're really only guide. You wouldn't eat something that was clearly off before the date so what's wrong with something that's clearly OK after the date?

Genuinely curious (personally I can't eat yoghurt at all because I view it as gone off milk but I have no probs with milk past it's date if it smells & tastes OK!)

Soupy, not sure if that's one for me.

If it is, the answer is, I really don't know why? I just can't eat/drink things past their sellby date, it's some sort of weird white coat syndrome, I put my faith in that little stamp.

Having said that, I am horrified when I do find something that's off - I took a big gulp of milk from a fresh carton a few years ago, it was curdled and disgusting. I have never slurped from the carton since.

One of my eccentricities I suppose.

My yoghurt "phobia" really makes no sense either Neither does my aversion to any blue cheese - it's mouldy ffs, why would you eat it?? Yet clearly I'm happy to use things past their use by date... Hmmm wierd

Yes I eat eggs well beyond the use by date. They are fine. You will soon know if an egg is off by the smell when you crack it open.

i'm so with you on the blue cheese thing soupy...

I would and do eat eggs kept in the fridge past their date - like most of you I tell if something's off by other means.

Yogurt love it especially on muesli instead of milk

Blue cheese - love that mould mmmmm St Agur, Bleu d'Auvergne ,Dorset Vinny Blue, Cambozola, and my most fave of all time Roquefort - gorgonzola I can leave, it reminds me too much of the 70's

dd will usually only eat blue rather than any other cheese, she's fascinated by being allowed to eat mould

Blimey - thanks peeps. Didn't expect such a big response to a small question.
I have half a dozen eggs left in a box. Best used by 24 August. I have the urge to bin them I must admit. Perhaps I'll try the floating egg test on them. Don't think I fancy cracking them open to do the smell test. Yeeeuck!!

I would too, apparently an off egg stinks, though I've never encountered one but everyone tells me I would definitely know if it was off because the smell is so strong, also test the floating thing, and there are recipes that work better if the egg is sort of stood up, too. But yeah, I've eaten eggs months after the sell by date!

I wouldn't because the even the thought I might eat a bad one is just too ghastly to contemplate!

I agree our sense of smell etc is probably most reliable ultimately, but I always go by use by dates as a rule anyway because I'll do anything to avoid a houseful chucking up for whatever reason. I haaate stomach upsets so much.

We eat them all the time (bad housekeeper here).
If they don't rattle when you shake them they are OK

Always break one into a cup before you do anything with it - if the white is really runny or the yolk falls apart then chuck it - OK otherwise.

apparently if they have been kept in the fridge and are lion stamped they should be ok for up to 2 weeks past the date. if not lion stamped, chuck em.

My sister has a farm and has free range chickens.
This is an old farmers tip that she passed on to me.

If you place the tip of your tongue on each end of the egg you will notice that one end is warmer than the other....if both ends are cold the egg is not edible.

It works and is my guide as to whether an egg is useable or not.

at egg licking!!

I prefer the floating technique - you also get a good indication of what the egg is good for - if it still touches the bottom but stands up, don't even think about using it for poached eggs as the white just seperates in the pan. Great for scrambled or baking though.

have two chickens, so have two fresh eggs most days!

Give them to neighbours regularly as it seems a shame to let them go stale, can't beat a freshly laid egg!

Just wanted to add..... my mil worked at an egg farm and she told me that sometimes the eggs were just re-stamped with another best before date if they had gone past the original one!!