On 17 Apr 2007 20:45:20 -0700, "Mike S." >
magnanimously proffered:

>How do you tell if a hard-boiled egg is bad?
>
>I fixed some on April 7 and dyed them the next day. I went to eat one
>yesterday and part of the yolk was gray. About half the yolk was
>yellow and the other half was completely gray. I've read that the gray
>is a sign that it was overcooked and it's harmless to eat. However,
>I've never seen one this gray before and I've been fixing hard-boiled
>eggs the same way for years. None of the other eggs I fixed were this
>gray. Also, it smelled really bad. It didn't smell rotten, just bad.
>I figured if it smelled this bad, it probably tastes bad too. So I
>didn't eat it.
>
>Would it have been ok to eat?

Why take a chance with an HB egg that old??? Besides, from your
description (gray/smell) It might not have been good to begin with.

I'm the egg boiler in the family. My wife and I like to take them to
the beach with our lunches. It's amazing how a little sand, surf and
fresh air can do for the appetite - as long as the sand isn't in the
food. We definitely eat bigger lunches than usual, but we're usually
down on the beach from around 11am to 4pm. God knows I wouldn't want
to waste away!

The way I HB the eggs is to put them in cold water, bring to a boil,
then leave on a rolling boil for 14 minutes. Then drop the eggs into a
small bowl of water containing several ice cubes. Works a treat and
makes the eggs easy to peel.

Sometimes, when the weather pulls tricks on us, we'll leave the eggs
in the fridge and eat a couple of days when the weather improves. But
we prefer them fresh because the white gets a bit rubbery and the yolk
looses some of it's moisture and taste when stored in the fridge for
more than a day.