Sunny' 🌻@slrpnk.net to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoTIL: You can easily check eggs for being bad or freshslrpnk.netimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1436arrow-down137
arrow-up1399arrow-down1imageTIL: You can easily check eggs for being bad or freshslrpnk.netSunny' 🌻@slrpnk.net to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square53fedilink
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·6 months agoThis doesn’t tell you if it’s good or bad. Just tells you if it’s new or old. Older eggs have more air in them.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down6·6 months agoIf it has so much it floats, you have to throw it away.
minus-squareFauxPseudo @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-26 months agoThe difference between sinks and floats is a pretty small amount of air. Now if the egg truly does go sideways then there is probably an issue because the air sack has broken. But floating itself doesn’t say anything about the safety of the egg.
This doesn’t tell you if it’s good or bad. Just tells you if it’s new or old. Older eggs have more air in them.
If it has so much it floats, you have to throw it away.
The difference between sinks and floats is a pretty small amount of air. Now if the egg truly does go sideways then there is probably an issue because the air sack has broken. But floating itself doesn’t say anything about the safety of the egg.