2006-09-08 03:34:48 · 15 answers · asked by msbrandyrhine 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Put the egg in water, if it floats, it's bad
2006-09-08 03:40:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Not only will floating an egg tell you if an egg is bad, it will tell you just *HOW* bad the egg is!! Read on, from OChef:
"Most everything has changed in the world of cooking in the past 250 years, but not the method for determining if you've got a bad egg. 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.
According to Harold McGee, author of On Food & Cooking (Canada, UK), Hannah Glass gave this practical advice to cooks around 1750, and it's as valid today — a 'way to know a good egg, is to put the egg into a pan of cold water; the fresher the egg, the sooner it will fall to the bottom; if rotten, it will swim at the top.'"
So get out your stop watch and start your timers!
2006-09-08 10:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Yahzmin ♥♥ 4ever 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your going to boil an egg and are not sure if it is "off", the only test is this. When you place the egg into the pot of water, it should sink to the bottom if it's ok to be eaten BUT if you place the egg into the pot of water and it floats to the top DO NOT CONTINUE TO COOK IT, THROW IT OUT AS IT IS BAD!!!
2006-09-08 10:41:57 · answer #3 · answered by Linda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Another way to tell is to look at the white. The fresher the egg, the thicker the white will be. If your egg white is thin and watery, the egg is old.
2006-09-08 10:41:34 · answer #4 · answered by o0_ithilwen_0o 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My dad showed me something awesome.
Get three eggs, put them on top of each other, while holding them, tip to tip. Hold the top and bottom eggs and keep the one in the middle balanced between the two.
IT SPINS!!!
Ok, i think the reason he gave me was if it spins, its fresh, if it doesnt move, dont eat it.
Try it anyway, its some freaky stuff.
2006-09-08 10:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good egg will sink in water, a bad one will float in water. this is a raw egg, not boiled. Thats what mom always told me!!
2006-09-08 10:40:19 · answer #6 · answered by jarrettjags 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're concerned, open it into a clean cup before adding it to your other ingredients...
There are few things more irritating than having to throw away an entire recipe because of one bad egg....
2006-09-08 10:40:44 · answer #7 · answered by Andy FF1,2,CrTr,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Smell it. That's why you should always put an egg in a cup first and then throw it in whatever you are making.
2006-09-08 10:37:57 · answer #8 · answered by suki's mom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
put whole egg in water if it floats it is bad
2006-09-08 11:00:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some eggs have expiration dates stamped on
if it floats is bad if it sinks is good
if it stinks is bad
when you crack it open carefully but the yolk is weak and brakes right there it's not good
2006-09-08 10:42:54 · answer #10 · answered by maccaroni 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋