I know floating eggs are old eggs, but I'm using them anyway

[irisblue]

As much as this container cost, I'm using these 4, then evaluating the rest of the container.
Geez.
🥚=💸

[Meadowoak]

1. I'm not buying any eggs until they cost $1 per dozen. Nothing

But corporate greed.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

2. If floating vertically they are still considered ok

If floating horizontally they may be more iffy.

[irisblue]

4. Vertical float.

[Kali]

3. how much float?

just standing or hovering on bottom = ok
bobbing to surface = handle with care and dispose. you don't want to smell those.

[irisblue]

5. Vertical float. This was what the float looked like, sorta

Link to tweet

[Kali]

7. pretty much perfect age for boiled

[happybird]

8. What a cool photo! I had no idea they slept like that

When we had chickens and often had many backlogged eggs, I would crack each questionable one into a little bowl. If it had no odor, it was then dumped into the pan or bowl and used.

[irisblue]

11. I know right? Can you imagine the excitement the first photographers felt on seeing this?

[happybird]

12. It reminds me of a sci fi movie scene but can't remember which movie.

My brain keeps saying Invasion of the Bodysnatchers but I know that’s not the right one.
This image fits though, lol!

[Marthe48]

19. Cocoon?

Not sure, but that came to mind

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. You can freeze eggs

For scrambled eggs and baking.

I get a muffin tin,grease it and pour scrambled raw eggs into each cell.
Than I freeze it,pop them out of the tin frozen solid and get a ziplock and store them in it .That way eggs last a lot longer and you waste less.

[irisblue]

9. Today I learned. Thank you Panther

[demigoddess]

17. thks for info!

[Marthe48]

20. My grandmother used to freeze eggs

She'd crack each one into a pint freezer container, not sure how many fit in each container. I think she topped the container with a little cold water and them put the lid on and froze them. Probably used them in cooking and baking.

[irisblue]

10. When I peeled these 4 cooked eggs, the air pocket was noticably bigger then last week

No smell.
The shell did attach to the cooked white, more then usual.

[Warpy]

13. The floating is caused by gas buildup in the large end of the egg

which generally means bacterial contamination.

If the eggs look and smell OK, use them in things that will be thoroughly cooked. Just be aware that there might be an off flavor.

I don't buy eggs for cooking or baking any more. I get powdered eggs and find they keep very well in the freezer after I've opened the package. I'm not fond of eggs by themselves, so this is a good solution for me, although one of these days I'm going to try powdered eggs fu yung. That's a threat, not a promise.

[elleng]

14. Question: Bought a dozen (first time in ages,)

as rain coming in and getting bored with my 'larder.' Plan to give 6 to daughter when she gets here, about a week, as I don't eat much.

Necessary to store in fridge, or ok to split the dozen, maybe keep 6 in package on back enclosed porch? No temp control there. Forecast hi temps here around 50, for next 10 days.

Thx

[irisblue]

15. Fridge, 2 sources

Source 1-Once eggs have been refrigerated, they must be kept refrigerated to prevent condensation from forming on the shell if they warm up. This moisture makes it easier for bacteria to penetrate the shell. Thus, any commercially produced eggs in the United States should be kept in your fridge.May 31, 2019
https://www.healthline.com › shoul...
Should You Refrigerate Eggs? - Healthline




Source 2 People also ask
How long can American eggs be unrefrigerated?
The rule of thumb? You can leave eggs on the counter about two hours at room temperature or one hour if the temperature is 90 degrees or hotter before you start to worry, per the Egg Safety Center. After two hours, you'd be safer to throw those eggs out and get a fresh dozen rather than chance it.Feb 13, 2018
https://www.myrecipes.com › how-l...
How Long Can Eggs Be Out of the Fridge? - MyRecipes

[elleng]

16. Thanks!

[hippywife]

18. In the U.S....

the difference is the source of the eggs. If you buy eggs in the grocer from commercial laying operations, they have to remain refrigerated because they've been washed. That removes an important bacterial barrier, known as the bloom. They don't wash eggs in the EU so they aren't refrigerated in the grocery.

If you get fresh eggs straight from the chicken, or a local farmer who knows not to wash them, eggs keep at room temp for at least 30 days.

[Marthe48]

21. My daughter has a flock of chickens

When they are laying, which they aren't right now, she'll leave the eggs unwashed and unrefrigerated. She learned that the unwashed eggs have a coating of protection, and they'll last days or weeks sitting out. If she washes them, they have to be refrigerated, and as Irisblue mentioned, once refrigerated, keep them so.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

22. My friend Jen has some chickens

They are sweet birds. She has an easter egger chicken. So when I get eggs from her its always fun to see what colors I got .
Her easter egg hen lays the most pretty blue and green eggs. But she lays other colors too.

Last easter I dyed some brown eggs along with some white. The brown eggs made a deep ruby red and a most beautiful teal. The other colors were not as good on the brown.

I had my own rooster and hen growing up. The rooter would ask to be cuddled and he'd put his head in my armpit. He'd sometimes fall asleep with his head buried in my pit. He was the ancestor of all chickens,a jungle fowl. Big colorful and lanky.
The hen was a buff orpington. She was not as fond of being held. If I put her on my lap she liked being pet that way. I still miss having chickens around. They make the sweetest pets. And the eggs are a bonus.

[Marthe48]

23. The current flock started as Buff Orpingtons

My daughter got a white rooster from some friends, so now, the flock is mainly brown or white, with even some dark blue tail feathers. She's had a flock for over 10 years. The kids are good at wrangling chickens. Ha, I guess all of us are, if we need to be. Some of her chickens are tamer than others.

I colored some brown eggs with my grandkids several years ago. I liked the way they turned out. I just came across a picture I took of our results.

Thanks for your story. I enjoyed reading it.