Calling all "Egg-sperts"! (glass, grocery store, chickens, buy)
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Went to the grocery store today. Bought (among other things) 18 eggs. Brought a tote bag with me. Put the heavier items on the bottom and the eggs on top.
Went to the bus stop. Placed the tote on the seat next to me and bent down to tie my shoe...
Ka-BOOM! Tote slips off the seat onto the sidewalk...with the heavier stuff crushing the poor little embryos. I didn't want to look...couldn't bear to look...I HAD to look.
Yup. Nine were destroyed (a moment of silence, please...)
My question is: Even though the other nine don't LOOK like they have any cracks in them, is there a sure-fire way to determine if there may be any hairline cracks?
I'm usually a stickler when it comes to food-safety. But by the same token, I'd HATE to throw something away, if it's perfectly fine.
If you don't see anything oozing from them, there's probably not a crack of significance. Inside the hard shell is an interior soft membrane. If THAT isn't broken, there's no harm done.
IF you ever worry about an egg and don't want to break it to find out if it's bad, carefully place the egg in a glass and fill the glass with cold water. A BAD egg will float (gas bubble is part of the rotting process) An egg that is on the verge of going bad may be halfway in between. A GOOD egg will stay firmly on the bottom of the glass.
Do this right before you use them, if you're worried about it.
They are not embryos unless you buy fertilized eggs. Which are available, I have seen them in Asian stores. The regular eggs you buy have not been fertilized so they are not embryos. Just eat them already
They are not embryos unless you buy fertilized eggs. Which are available, I have seen them in Asian stores. The regular eggs you buy have not been fertilized so they are not embryos. Just eat them already
I have my own chickens, and a rooster, so mine at home are fertilized. That doesn't really change anything about the egg unless it is incubated (warmed) continuously, for enough days to make the change begin. They can sit in the fridge (or some even keep them on the counter) for weeks without developing.
I don't see where this was brought up as an issue on the thread though.
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They are not embryos unless you buy fertilized eggs. Which are available, I have seen them in Asian stores. The regular eggs you buy have not been fertilized so they are not embryos. Just eat them already
Funny thing is there was a story a few years back in the local paper about about a local Asian market. They sold fertilized duck eggs and it seems their air conditioner went down one night and when they opened in the AM they had ducklings roaming around the store.
Funny thing is there was a story a few years back in the local paper about about a local Asian market. They sold fertilized duck eggs and it seems their air conditioner went down one night and when they opened in the AM they had ducklings roaming around the store.
Not possible. They may have been selling duck eggs that had been incubated and were ready to hatch, which is gross if they were to be eaten, but possible, but that's a different thing than what would happen accidentally because an AC goes out. It takes 28 days of intentional and nearly continuous body heat to incubate duck eggs to hatch... Not just a night without AC.
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Reason: better clarity :-)
'Sure fire' way would be to cook them in an egg-steamer!
We've had live chickens for decades; we run any 'questionable' eggs in the steamer - always!
Sure enough, eggs that pass every other conceivable test will 'spill their guts' in the steamer, if it has 'hidden' issues!
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Not possible. They may have been selling duck eggs that had been incubated and were ready to hatch, which is gross if they were to be eaten, but possible, but that's a different thing than what would happen accidentally because an AC goes out. It takes 28 days of intentional and nearly continuous body heat to incubate duck eggs to hatch... Not just a night without AC.
I don't know, the way the article described it was that duck eggs with embryos were a Phillipino delicacy and that's what they had in the store, certainly nothing I ever sought out when shopping there.
I have my own chickens, and a rooster, so mine at home are fertilized. That doesn't really change anything about the egg unless it is incubated (warmed) continuously, for enough days to make the change begin. They can sit in the fridge (or some even keep them on the counter) for weeks without developing.
I don't see where this was brought up as an issue on the thread though.
Then read the OP. He was lamenting the loss of embryos when the egg carton fell.
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I didn't want to look...couldn't bear to look...I HAD to look. 
