Sometimes when I crack open an egg it will have a tiny speck of blood, or other times what looks like a small brown grain of some sort. Is it dangerous to eat such an egg? Being in the west we always have the fear of salmonella so I wanted to make sure.
2007-03-03 01:01:59 · 5 answers · asked by Hamza 2 in Pets ➔ Birds
The float test described in the previous answer was corrrect. The specks you are describing sound like embryios. Do you have a rooster with your chicken?
2007-03-03 01:11:05 · answer #1 · answered by mluxia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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
2007-03-03 01:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by PaIgE c 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Put the egg (before you crack the egg) in salt water, if if floats its spoiled if its still good then it will sink.
2007-03-03 07:33:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you put it in water it will float.
2007-03-03 01:09:18 · answer #4 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could candle it
2007-03-03 03:26:52 · answer #5 · answered by Fashion Bug 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋