Eggs and use by date

I once went to open an egg at my mother's as she had a couple in the fridge. It exploded, revealing a black inside. It was even past the bad smell stage. I didn't check how old it was. It may even have dated back to the times before eggs had dates on them!

I have several of those, hanging up in the shower, maybe I will use DH’s one, haha.

like bits of net curtain iyswim - or what the Body Shop calls 'a bath lily'

An old scrubber (not me ) ie one of those nylon scrubbers which you use on yourself and some shower gel or shampoo, scrub the glass doors then rinse.
I usually do it before I get out of the shower!

Does it? I must try that ( cleaning the shower glass with shampoo!)

Well, if I had a larder .....

Galen let's hope she is buying you more for Christmas.
If I have any shampoo/shower gel I don't particularly like, having started to use it so can't give it away, I clean the shower with it.
Strange I know, but it makes the glass very shiny!

My darling daughter takes the biscuit. She’s just thrown out a lot of my spa bath cleaning stuff as it’s past the recommended date! And hair shampoo!

I never put eggs in the fridge, they go inside a ceramic chicken in the larder ( when did the craze for putting them in the fridge start?) I usually keep them for about three weeks only, but that doesn’t happen often as I tend to use at least half a doz a week.

Minniesmum , thanks for that tip ! never thought of freezing eggs . I freeze everything else if its due to go over the use by .

ps they had been kept in the fridge
I didn't do the float test but I did sniff them

We ate some yesterday dated 14th November, I rarely look at the date as we normally use them up fairly quickly. I'd bought extra in case I did some baking, which I failed to do.

Regarding the in fridge not in fridge debate, I was told by someone who should know ? that fresh eggs will definitely keep longer if stored in a refrigerator but that they are better brought out for an hour before cooking to bring them up to room temperature, especially if using for baking. I’ve since followed that advice. I always do the crack and sniff test, occasionally the float test ( if the eggs are a couple of weeks past the use by date) & I’ve never ever ever found a bad one ?

When I was a child we had an Egg Age Measuring Gauge which looked like a measuring cylinder. Useful for assessing an eggs's age, especially if you are planning to have 'egg in an egg cup' for breakfast.
When DS was a student he went off on a month-long field trip. When he returned to his flat the only food in the place was a box of eggs, which he ate. He was really ill with the D and Vs for a week.

Thanks everyone I have read all your helpful posts

I have always kept my eggs on the work surface, never notice the use by date as we use them up so quickly. Never had a problem

If you keep them in the fridge they last way longer. As said, all you have to do is crack them and look at them. The yolk should be nicely intact and not running into the white. I know the argument about not putting eggs in the fridge but I always do and they are fine.

Eggs last for weeks. I'd not worry too much. Break them into a cup if you're worried or put them into a deep pan of water to see if they float to the top. I used to keep chickens so believe me they last for weeks past the best before date.

Crack them open when you need them, and if they smell OK they are OK. I use the 'smell by date'as a guide with lots of groceries.

Years ago before all the best before/use by dates came in I kept eggs for weeks and they were always ok. Unfortunately now I can't smell if they've gone off so tend to throw them out if they're quite a long way past the sell by date but OH will just use them anyway and he's always been ok.

If eggs are about to go out of date I like to hard boil them and keep them in the fridge. Handy on toast for breakfast.

I agree with Lilyflower and all the rest. Eggs almost never go off. Only in very hot countries or if they were bad from the beginning. My God, you can smell a bad egg as soon as you crack it! Haven´t had one for years and I never look at use by dates.

I take absolutely no notice of use by/best before/sell by dates. All complete poppycock, imo. If it looks ok, smells ok, tastes ok, then it gets eaten. No ill effects - ever!

Last weeks not week's, sorry. Predictive text!!

I agree with a lot of the egg knowledge. Do crack separately and sniff and mine are stored in a pottery hen-on-nest and last week's after the date printed on them. If going away I have frozen them in ice cube trays but use in cakes or puddings, not good in omelettes after freezing

I keep chickens and was told that eggs keep for 3 weeks out of the fridge and 4+ weeks in. I write the date of laying on the shell and use them in order. I do the float/sink test if in doubt