How do you tell if eggs are going off?!
Answers: Someone told me you put them in water - but I cannot remember if its: if they float their bad or vice versa??
Bad eggs float I've just done this cos my eggs had a use by date of the 10th and its what the 16th now so i checked my eggs and it sunk so i made my scrambled eggs and they was fine so its float for bad sink for good
EDIT- because purplehaze you don't always have to go by the use by date somethings do last long then that date thats only there to give you some sort of idea have long it might last, so duh to you as i just said my use by date was the 10th for my eggs so before having to throw them out i check them 1st.
The more horizontal eggs lie in the water the more fresh they are. Eggs allow air in over time which collects in one end. As more air gets in the more the egg will tilt up in the water.
Put it in a bowl of water. if it floats, its bad, if it sinks, its ok.
its all to do with the gases inside
Bad egg floats.
Bad eggs float... all to do with the production of gas inside the egg.
Edit: Looks like someone here is trying to to have a laugh by trying to get you to use a bad egg by marking down all the correct answers!
if they're bad i'm pretty sure that they float, because the air bubble in the bottom of the gets bigger the older the egg. Also if you crack the egg, and it looks flat when you look at it side on (as in the yolk isn't higher then the egg white) then it is bad
when you break them open and the yellow bit runs you know its off, also it smells
Bad eggs float because they are filled with air
Good eggs sink
Hope this helps
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Because of the conflicting answers here, I've checked with an expert...
There is a small air pocket in the large end of the egg. When the egg is fresh, the pocket is only about 1/8th of an inch deep and as large around as a dime. As the egg ages, however, it loses both moisture and carbon dioxide — shrinking — so that the size of the air space increases. And the size of the air space determines the buoyancy of the egg.
So if you submerge a very fresh egg in water, it will lie on the bottom. An egg that is a week or so old will lie on the bottom but bob slightly. An egg that is three weeks or so old will balance on its small end, with the large end reaching for the sky. And a bad egg will float.
with all eggs now each egg now has its own use by date just check the side of it.
If you prefer the old fashioned way Bad egg float good egg sink.
Bad eggs float, fresh eggs sink
Bad eggs float in water.
The float test is very reliable. I even have a glass with measurements and diagram on it for this purpose. It could be an antique, im not sure but i use it and its good. If they float, they are bad.
Ditch the floaters, they urr the old ones!!!
Stick em in a bowl of water, if they float then they're bad.
Bad eggs sink.
Read the use by date...or sell by date....?????? what a stupid fecking question...
why go to the hassel of floating and sinking them in water whats that all about??
just read the box, thats what most people do..??
why did you not say that in your question you live on a farm you muppett!!
it would have helped dont you think?? and i wouldnt have slated you...