If an egg sinks in a glass of water, is it fresh or too old to use.
2006-12-03 13:46:19 · 19 answers · asked by kaynvern 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
If the egg stay at the bottom it is fresh.
If the egg is at an angle on the bottom it is still fresh
If the egg floats it's no good .
2006-12-03 13:49:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Did you know you can test an egg and get an approximatation of its age? All you need are the eggs and a bowl of cold water.
Gently drop the egg into the bowl of water. If it:
sinks to the bottom and stays there, it is about three to six days old.
Sinks, but floats at an angle, it's more than a week old.
Sinks, but then stands on end, it's about two weeks old.
Floats, it's too old and should be discarded.
For a test just to see if the eggs are all right to use, dissolve 2 tablespoons salt in 2 cups cold water, then put the egg in the water. If it sinks, it's good; if it floats, it's too old.
Eggs act this way in water because of the air sac present in all eggs. As the egg ages, the air sac gets larger because the egg shell is a semi-permeable membrane. The air sac, when large enough, makes the egg float. Eggs are generally good for about three weeks after you buy them.
And how do you see if an egg is hard cooked? Spin it on a flat surface. If the egg wobbles, it's fresh because the insides are moving around. If the egg spins smoothly, it's cooked.
2006-12-03 15:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by LMnandez 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An easy way to test for freshness is to put an egg in a bowl of water. If it sinks and lies on its side, it is fresh. If it floats with its rounded end on the sufrace of the water, it is stale. If an egg floats in the middle of the water with its rounded end up, it is not stale but it is probably two or three weeks old. Fresh eggs have thick whites that hold the yolks firmly in place.
2006-12-03 13:49:12 · answer #3 · answered by upallnight 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If an egg sinks completely or mostly in water then its still fresh, if it sinks half-way into the water then its about a week or two old, and if its completely floating then that means its around three to four weeks old and now rotten.
2006-12-03 14:05:14 · answer #4 · answered by Inferno 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If an egg sinks in a glass of water, it is FRESH!!
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2006-12-03 13:48:17 · answer #5 · answered by Xiangwei Xi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it sinks it is fresh.
If it floats it is too old to use.
2006-12-03 15:07:18 · answer #6 · answered by Shannon S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eggs that float are old. Ones that sink are fresh.
http://www.indoindians.com/food/fresh_eggs.htm
2006-12-03 13:55:37 · answer #7 · answered by Susan M 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
If it sinks, it's old because there's a hole somewhere and there is no longer that air pocket on the top of the egg.
2006-12-03 13:47:41 · answer #8 · answered by culture_killer 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Break it open several inches over a bowl. If the yolk breaks EASILY it's stale. If the yolk stays intact the egg is ok.
2006-12-03 13:49:31 · answer #9 · answered by x_southernbelle 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is fresh because it floats if it is old
2006-12-03 14:27:13 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋