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Eggs - Good for how long?
I'm in my third year of college, and I finally got my own apartment.
Goodie. So now I've gotta start making my own food. A couple of weeks ago, I got back from a 3-week break to find a few eggs left in my fridge. The sell-by date was last December, but I figured what the hey. I hard-boiled a couple of them, and they tasted just fine. I'm still here typing this, so I'm assuming there was nothing wrong with them. How long are eggs good for? |
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Josh Zerin wrote: [snip] > How long are eggs good for? Here's link to a website with more info than you wanted: http://whatscookingamerica.net/eggs.htm Generally, fresh eggs should be good for at least 3 weeks in the 'fridge, and probably longer than that. -aem |
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Josh Zerin >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>How long are eggs good for? I use them until they float in a container of water. I will probably die because of this practice. Carol -- "Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say, 'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." *James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_ |
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Josh Zerin wrote:
> I'm in my third year of college, and I finally got my own apartment. > Goodie. So now I've gotta start making my own food. > > A couple of weeks ago, I got back from a 3-week break to find a few eggs > left in my fridge. The sell-by date was last December, but I figured > what the hey. I hard-boiled a couple of them, and they tasted just fine. > > I'm still here typing this, so I'm assuming there was nothing wrong with > them. > > How long are eggs good for? > When they go bad, you'll smell the difference. gloria p |
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On 20-Feb-2005, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote: > Josh Zerin >, if that's their real name, wrote: > > >How long are eggs good for? > > I use them until they float in a container of water. I will probably die > because of this practice. The method you use is the one recommended by food scientist Shirley Corriher in her wonderful book "Cookwise". "If it floats, look out..." x-- 100 Proof News - http://www.100ProofNews.com x-- 3,500+ Binary NewsGroups, and over 90,000 other groups x-- Access to over 1 Terabyte per Day - $8.95/Month x-- UNLIMITED DOWNLOAD |
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Eggs don't go bad quickly, unless they have punctures (however small)
in them, although the viscosity of the whites may deteriorate, such that they will not rate at as high a grade. It is probably even unnecessary to refrigerate them. Three weeks . . . four weeks . . . two months . . . ?? . . . I've never thrown an egg out due to age. Neil |
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Josh Zerin wrote: > I'm in my third year of college, and I finally got my own apartment. > Goodie. So now I've gotta start making my own food. > > A couple of weeks ago, I got back from a 3-week break to find a few > eggs left in my fridge. The sell-by date was last December, but I > figured what the hey. I hard-boiled a couple of them, and they tasted > just fine. > > I'm still here typing this, so I'm assuming there was nothing wrong with them. > > How long are eggs good for? That would depend mostly on how eggs are stored. To learn more about eggs than you ever wanted to know go he http://www.aeb.org Sheldon |
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On 20 Feb 2005 16:15:50 -0800, "Neil" >
wrote: >Eggs don't go bad quickly, unless they have punctures (however small) >in them, although the viscosity of the whites may deteriorate, such >that they will not rate at as high a grade. It is probably even >unnecessary to refrigerate them. > >Three weeks . . . four weeks . . . two months . . . ?? . . . I've never >thrown an egg out due to age. > >Neil Howdy, Well, it all depends on what we mean by "good." They may still be reasonably healthful, but they certainly won't have the delicious taste of fresh eggs. All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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"L, not -L" >, if that's their real name, wrote:
>On 20-Feb-2005, Damsel in dis Dress > wrote: > >> I use them until they float in a container of water. I will probably die >> because of this practice. > >The method you use is the one recommended by food scientist Shirley Corriher >in her wonderful book "Cookwise". > > "If it floats, look out..." Cool! My life *isn't* in danger! LOL! Thanks, Carol -- "Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say, 'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me." *James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_ |
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"Tony P." > wrote in message . .. > In article .com>, > says... > > Eggs don't go bad quickly, unless they have punctures (however small) > > in them, although the viscosity of the whites may deteriorate, such > > that they will not rate at as high a grade. It is probably even > > unnecessary to refrigerate them. > > > > Three weeks . . . four weeks . . . two months . . . ?? . . . I've never > > thrown an egg out due to age. > > Eggs around here are usually used before the expiration date. > > What really killed me is when the SO brought home fresh eggs and placed > them on the top shelf of the fridge. > > The problem is that top shelf gets VERY cold, as in freezing point cold. > The damned eggs were all cracked and very frozen. The top shelf in a side-by-side refrigerator is the warmest area in the refrigerator. I try to avoid putting meat and eggs there, and instead keep them near the bottom where it is the coldest. |
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"Vox Humana" > wrote in message
... > > "Tony P." > wrote in message > . .. >> In article .com>, >> says... >> > Eggs don't go bad quickly, unless they have punctures (however small) >> > in them, although the viscosity of the whites may deteriorate, such >> > that they will not rate at as high a grade. It is probably even >> > unnecessary to refrigerate them. >> > >> > Three weeks . . . four weeks . . . two months . . . ?? . . . I've never >> > thrown an egg out due to age. >> >> Eggs around here are usually used before the expiration date. >> >> What really killed me is when the SO brought home fresh eggs and placed >> them on the top shelf of the fridge. >> >> The problem is that top shelf gets VERY cold, as in freezing point cold. >> The damned eggs were all cracked and very frozen. > > The top shelf in a side-by-side refrigerator is the warmest area in the > refrigerator. I try to avoid putting meat and eggs there, and instead > keep > them near the bottom where it is the coldest. I'm glad someone brought this question up. I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of eggs (ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week and then not use a single egg for a month or so. Any thoughts on this people? TIA, Bret ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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> How long are eggs good for?
Until they are brownish and/or smell nasty. |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote: >Any thoughts on this people? > >TIA, >Bret Hi Bret, Let me get this right... You avoid buying eggs that you know to be fresh because you don't know how long they will last. But, instead, you buy eggs that you know to be older when you purchase? Help me out... Please. All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote: >I'm glad someone brought this question up. > >I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've >kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good >for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would >have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of eggs >(ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates >from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many >eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week and >then not use a single egg for a month or so. If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. I buy eggs from Costco in large batches, and I'm still using them several weeks past the "use by" date. You don't need a fancy system for keeping track of dates here. You fill a deep bowl with cold water and gently place an egg on the bottom of the bowl (don't drop it in, actually place it on the bottom of the bowl) if the egg floats to the top don't use it. If it turns up on end but touches the bottom you can still use it. I usually don't use them if no part of the shell touches the bottom of the bowl. -- Siobhan Perricone Humans wrote the bible, God wrote the rocks -- Word of God by Kathy Mar |
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Maverick wrote: > > I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've > kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good > for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would > have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of eggs > (ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates > from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many > eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week and > then not use a single egg for a month or so. > I'm going to assume you mean you can get eggs from a non-commericial grower. If that means the chickens are allowed to roam around the ground and eat more than commercial chicken feed, you should definitely go for it. These could be the best eggs you've ever had: bright, vividly colored yolks that stand high, richer tasting. If the farmer has a mix of chicken varieties the eggshells could be white, brown, or green, and the sizes could vary from smaller than you've seen in a store to quite large. Fun. a: now you know they keep well. b: ask the farmer how fresh they are; tall-standing yolks mean really fresh; placed in cold water, the freshest eggs will lie down, older ones will want to let one end rise. c: or, hard cook the oldest ones d: save the carton the next time you buy eggs from the store e: you may eat more when you find out how big the difference is. -aem |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:00:02 GMT, Siobhan Perricone
> wrote: >If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you >store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they >should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. ....but they will certainly not taste like fresh eggs. All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:13:39 -0500, Tony P.
> wrote: >In article >, says... >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:00:02 GMT, Siobhan Perricone >> > wrote: >> >> >If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you >> >store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they >> >should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. >> >> ...but they will certainly not taste like fresh eggs. >> >> All the best, > >It's funny but I don't notice any difference between the store bought >eggs and the fresh ones that were brought home. > >Probably because we New Englanders pretty much insist that our eggs be >brown, well more tan than brown. But still, white eggs look funny to us. > >Most of those brown eggs come from local vendors. Matter of fact, I have >one carton of eggs in the fridge right now that was packed in Foster, RI >about a week ago. Can't get too much better than that. Howdy, I, too, am from New England (NH), and would love to know: How did you determine when your eggs were packed? Also, other than the influence of advertising, what do you take to be the advantage of brown eggs? Sincere thanks, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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"Kenneth" > wrote in message
... > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Maverick" > > wrote: > >>Any thoughts on this people? >> >>TIA, >>Bret > > Hi Bret, > > Let me get this right... > > You avoid buying eggs that you know to be fresh because you > don't know how long they will last. > > But, instead, you buy eggs that you know to be older when > you purchase? > > Help me out... Please. > > All the best, > > -- > Kenneth *shamefully* It's pretty simple really. The store bought eggs come in the cardboard crates with expiration/best by/use by/whatever-the-hell-it-is date. Once the eggs go past that date, they're in the trash. Of course, they are way past that date before I get around to checking them if we haven't been using eggs a whole lot. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
... > On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 23:17:24 -0700, "Maverick" > > wrote: > >>I'm glad someone brought this question up. >> >>I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've >>kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good >>for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would >>have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of >>eggs >>(ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates >>from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many >>eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week >>and >>then not use a single egg for a month or so. > > If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you > store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they > should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. I buy eggs from Costco in large > batches, and I'm still using them several weeks past the "use by" date. > > You don't need a fancy system for keeping track of dates here. You fill a > deep bowl with cold water and gently place an egg on the bottom of the > bowl (don't drop it in, actually place it on the bottom of the bowl) if > the > egg floats to the top don't use it. If it turns up on end but touches the > bottom you can still use it. I usually don't use them if no part of the > shell touches the bottom of the bowl. > > -- > Siobhan Perricone Thanks so much! This will let me have fresh eggs all the time now. Bret <now needs to save some egg cartons...> ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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"aem" > wrote in message
ups.com... > > Maverick wrote: >> >> I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. > I've >> kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are > good >> for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) > Would >> have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch > of eggs >> (ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard > crates >> from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that > many >> eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one > week and >> then not use a single egg for a month or so. >> > I'm going to assume you mean you can get eggs from a non-commericial > grower. If that means the chickens are allowed to roam around the > ground and eat more than commercial chicken feed, you should definitely > go for it. These could be the best eggs you've ever had: bright, > vividly colored yolks that stand high, richer tasting. If the farmer > has a mix of chicken varieties the eggshells could be white, brown, or > green, and the sizes could vary from smaller than you've seen in a > store to quite large. Fun. > > a: now you know they keep well. > b: ask the farmer how fresh they are; tall-standing yolks mean really > fresh; placed in cold water, the freshest eggs will lie down, older > ones will want to let one end rise. > c: or, hard cook the oldest ones > d: save the carton the next time you buy eggs from the store > e: you may eat more when you find out how big the difference is. > > -aem Thanks, aem! These are non-commercial people. Hell, four of them are co-workers. They sell a lot of eggs though to other co-workers but being a big city born and raised guy I have no idea what the "shelf-life" is for an egg so the date on the carton was my guide. Now that I have a way to test them, I can act accordingly and not just throw them away. Thanks again All! Bret ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 11:21:29 -0500, Kenneth
> wrote: >On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:00:02 GMT, Siobhan Perricone > wrote: > >>If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and you >>store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 degrees) they >>should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. > >...but they will certainly not taste like fresh eggs. They are fine for cooking or baking. The OP wasn't asking "can I keep eggs that taste fresh indefinitely". Just "how long can I store eggs". -- Siobhan Perricone Humans wrote the bible, God wrote the rocks -- Word of God by Kathy Mar |
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On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:03:37 -0700, "Maverick"
> wrote: >*shamefully* It's pretty simple really. The store bought eggs come in the >cardboard crates with expiration/best by/use by/whatever-the-hell-it-is >date. Once the eggs go past that date, they're in the trash. Of course, >they are way past that date before I get around to checking them if we >haven't been using eggs a whole lot. You must waste a lot of eggs that way. I use the water test, it works fine and I don't have to give in to the supermarket paranoia and waste eggs.  -- Siobhan Perricone Humans wrote the bible, God wrote the rocks -- Word of God by Kathy Mar |
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"Maverick" > wrote:
>I'm glad someone brought this question up. > >I have the opportunity to buy fresh eggs where I'm currently living. I've >kind of refrained from it because a) I don't know how long they are good >for; b) I didn't know if there was a way to test for freshness; c) Would >have to come up with some way to track how long I've had each batch of eggs >(ok, minor deal) and d) I've always purchased eggs in the cardboard crates >from the store. Wait, there's an e) as well; We don't use all that many >eggs. We go through periods where we'll use several dozen eggs one week and >then not use a single egg for a month or so. I just looked at a couple of egg cartons sitting here. There is a 3 digit code which is the day of the year that the eggs were packed. Then there is the use by date. On one box the code is 003 (January 3) and the use by is Feb.. 16. The is about 6 weeks. All the cartons had about the same "good" period. The code is on all egg cartons. -- Susan N. "Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral, 48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy." Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974) |
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Siobhan Perricone > wrote:
>You don't need a fancy system for keeping track of dates here. You fill a >deep bowl with cold water and gently place an egg on the bottom of the >bowl (don't drop it in, actually place it on the bottom of the bowl) if the >egg floats to the top don't use it. If it turns up on end but touches the >bottom you can still use it. I usually don't use them if no part of the >shell touches the bottom of the bowl. > Any idea of the mechanism involved? As in - why DOES this work. |
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"TheAlligator" > wrote in message ... > Siobhan Perricone > wrote: >>You don't need a fancy system for keeping track of dates here. You fill a >>deep bowl with cold water and gently place an egg on the bottom of the >>bowl (don't drop it in, actually place it on the bottom of the bowl) if >>the >>egg floats to the top don't use it. If it turns up on end but touches the >>bottom you can still use it. I usually don't use them if no part of the >>shell touches the bottom of the bowl. >> > Any idea of the mechanism involved? As in - why DOES this work. The older it gets, the egg insides shrink, and there is more air inside the shell, hence the floating. I'm sure someone can provide a more technical answer, but that is the general idea. nancy |
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"Nancy Young" > wrote:
>The older it gets, the egg insides shrink, and there is more air inside the >shell, hence the floating. I'm sure someone can provide a more technical >answer, but that is the general idea. > >nancy Thanks, Nancy - makes sense. |
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"Tony P." > wrote in message . .. > Probably the campaign several years ago that the egg producers of New > England put out. > > "Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh." > OK, but that's based on an incorrect assumption - there is zero reason to believe that just because an egg is brown, it's "local." Brown chickens tend to produce brown eggs, just as white chickens tend to produce white eggs, and they do not care at all where they are when they do that. As Alton Brown is fond of pointing out, ALL of the inherent difference between a brown egg and a white egg can be removed by subjecting the former to a light sandpapering. (This is not to say that a given brown egg won't taste different from a given white egg, but the difference is NOT correlated to the color.) Bob M. |
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Bob Myers wrote: > [snip] ...ALL > of the inherent difference between a brown egg and a white egg can > be removed by subjecting the former to a light sandpapering. (This > is not to say that a given brown egg won't taste different from a given > white egg, but the difference is NOT correlated to the color.) Exactly right. I always buy white ones because it's easier to see the little pieces of eggshell I've dropped in the whatever. But I had a lady in the supermarket (shopper, not clerk) tell me once that brown eggs were "more natural" than white ones. I gave her a very big smile and walked away. Her basket was probably full of "organic" this and that, too. Or low-fat bacon. Or low-carb bread. -aem |
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In article >, says...
> On Tue 22 Feb 2005 06:31:22a, Tony P. wrote in rec.food.cooking: > > > In article >, > > says... > >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:13:39 -0500, Tony P. > >> > wrote: > >> > >> >In article >, > >> says... > >> >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:00:02 GMT, Siobhan Perricone > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, and > >> >> >you store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 > >> >> >degrees) they should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. > >> >> > >> >> ...but they will certainly not taste like fresh eggs. > >> >> > >> >> All the best, > >> > > >> >It's funny but I don't notice any difference between the store bought > >> >eggs and the fresh ones that were brought home. > >> > > >> >Probably because we New Englanders pretty much insist that our eggs be > >> >brown, well more tan than brown. But still, white eggs look funny to > >> >us. > >> > > >> >Most of those brown eggs come from local vendors. Matter of fact, I > >> >have one carton of eggs in the fridge right now that was packed in > >> >Foster, RI about a week ago. Can't get too much better than that. > >> > >> Howdy, > >> > >> I, too, am from New England (NH), and would love to know: > >> > >> How did you determine when your eggs were packed? > > > > There's a Julian date code on the package that says when it got packed. > > > >> Also, other than the influence of advertising, what do you take to be > >> the advantage of brown eggs? > > > > Probably the campaign several years ago that the egg producers of New > > England put out. > > > > "Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh." > > > > New England is a relatively compact area so it's not inconceivable that > > the browns will be fresher. Yes, they do produce the white variety too > > but brown is a New England thing. > > Funny, how brown eggs show up in Arizona, too. There are two possibilities. The first is that New England produces an excess of eggs and ships them west. More likely though is that you have the types of birds that lay brown eggs in that area. I know the Rhode Island Red is one of the birds that lays brown eggs. So what're the chances that the farm in Foster, RI has Rhode Island Red chickens? I'd say they're pretty damned good. |
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On Tue 22 Feb 2005 12:58:59p, Tony P. wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> In article >, says... >> On Tue 22 Feb 2005 06:31:22a, Tony P. wrote in rec.food.cooking: >> >> > In article >, >> > says... >> >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 17:13:39 -0500, Tony P. >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >In article >, >> >> says... >> >> >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 14:00:02 GMT, Siobhan Perricone >> >> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >If you're getting actual fresh eggs from a decent, clean flock, >> >> >> >and you store them at the proper temperature (which is below 40 >> >> >> >degrees) they should last for weeks and weeks and weeks. >> >> >> >> >> >> ...but they will certainly not taste like fresh eggs. >> >> >> >> >> >> All the best, >> >> > >> >> >It's funny but I don't notice any difference between the store >> >> >bought eggs and the fresh ones that were brought home. >> >> > >> >> >Probably because we New Englanders pretty much insist that our eggs >> >> >be brown, well more tan than brown. But still, white eggs look >> >> >funny to us. >> >> > >> >> >Most of those brown eggs come from local vendors. Matter of fact, I >> >> >have one carton of eggs in the fridge right now that was packed in >> >> >Foster, RI about a week ago. Can't get too much better than that. >> >> >> >> Howdy, >> >> >> >> I, too, am from New England (NH), and would love to know: >> >> >> >> How did you determine when your eggs were packed? >> > >> > There's a Julian date code on the package that says when it got >> > packed. >> > >> >> Also, other than the influence of advertising, what do you take to >> >> be the advantage of brown eggs? >> > >> > Probably the campaign several years ago that the egg producers of New >> > England put out. >> > >> > "Brown eggs are local eggs and local eggs are fresh." >> > >> > New England is a relatively compact area so it's not inconceivable >> > that the browns will be fresher. Yes, they do produce the white >> > variety too but brown is a New England thing. >> >> Funny, how brown eggs show up in Arizona, too. > > There are two possibilities. The first is that New England produces an > excess of eggs and ships them west. More likely though is that you have > the types of birds that lay brown eggs in that area. Yes, they are locally produced. There are numerous chicken farms and egg production facilities in the area. I have purchased direct a few times and they had brown eggs. I think I recall seeing Rhode Island reds. > I know the Rhode Island Red is one of the birds that lays brown eggs. So > what're the chances that the farm in Foster, RI has Rhode Island Red > chickens? I'd say they're pretty damned good. > |
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 17:56:27 GMT, "Emil"
> wrote: >I have always been told the "tighter" the white holds to the yolk the >fresher the egg. Howdy, That's correct... I suspect that many of the folks who tell us they can't tell the difference in the taste after eggs "age" for weeks have simply never tasted a fresh egg. The difference is remarkable, and a joy for those lucky enough to have access to eggs that are truly fresh. All the best, -- Kenneth If you email... Please remove the "SPAMLESS." |
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On Sun, 20 Feb 2005 21:02:18 GMT, Josh Zerin >
wrote: >I'm in my third year of college, and I finally got my own apartment. >Goodie. So now I've gotta start making my own food. > >A couple of weeks ago, I got back from a 3-week break to find a few >eggs left in my fridge. The sell-by date was last December, but I >figured what the hey. I hard-boiled a couple of them, and they tasted >just fine. > >I'm still here typing this, so I'm assuming there was nothing wrong with them. > >How long are eggs good for? Eggs are good until they stink... when they go off, believe me you'll know it! Even hardboiled - once you peeled it it would stink to high heaven and possibly be green instead of white. We haven't had a lot of trouble with eggs going off... but when we were using freerange eggs from the healthfood shop quite a few of them were dodgy. If in doubt, break each egg individually into a bowl before you use them - that way you can toss out anything fishy without ruining a whole recipe or meal. I learnt THAT the hard way! ~Karen aka Kajikit Lover of fine chocolate, fun crafts, and furry felines http://www.kajikitscorner.com *remove 'nospam' to reply |
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"Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message
... > On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:03:37 -0700, "Maverick" > > wrote: > >>*shamefully* It's pretty simple really. The store bought eggs come in the >>cardboard crates with expiration/best by/use by/whatever-the-hell-it-is >>date. Once the eggs go past that date, they're in the trash. Of course, >>they are way past that date before I get around to checking them if we >>haven't been using eggs a whole lot. > > You must waste a lot of eggs that way. I use the water test, it works fine > and I don't have to give in to the supermarket paranoia and waste eggs. > > -- > Siobhan Perricone Yeah, I sure have wasted a lot of eggs. I wish I had a book of these little food "tips". I wouldn't waste so much food. I gave up buying milk for everyday use. Nobody in the house drinks it. Now, if I'm going to make something that needs milk, I buy the smallest size I can that will give me double what the recipe calls for in case I do something stupid like drop the only cup of milk I had *inno* and then had to run to the store real quick like... ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:05:35 -0700, Maverick wrote:
> "Siobhan Perricone" > wrote in message >> On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:03:37 -0700, "Maverick" >> > wrote: >> >>>*shamefully* It's pretty simple really. The store bought eggs come in the >>>cardboard crates with expiration/best by/use by/whatever-the-hell-it-is >>>date. Once the eggs go past that date, they're in the trash. Of course, >>>they are way past that date before I get around to checking them if we >>>haven't been using eggs a whole lot. >> >> You must waste a lot of eggs that way. I use the water test, it works fine >> and I don't have to give in to the supermarket paranoia and waste eggs. >> > Yeah, I sure have wasted a lot of eggs. I wish I had a book of these little > food "tips". I wouldn't waste so much food. I gave up buying milk for > everyday use. Nobody in the house drinks it. Now, if I'm going to make > something that needs milk, I buy the smallest size I can that will give me > double what the recipe calls for in case I do something stupid like drop the > only cup of milk I had *inno* and then had to run to the store real quick > like... I use dried milk. -- Dan Goodman Journal http://www.livejournal.com/users/dsgood Decluttering http://Decluttering.blogspot.com Predictions and Politics http://dsgood.blogspot.com All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies. John Arbuthnot (1667-1735), Scottish writer, physician. |
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