Eggs. How can you tell if they are bad?

Crack into a bowl and smell - a bad egg is very rare these days and very obvious from appearance and smell. Eggs last for weeks after date on pack - I've never thrown out eggs.

If cooked (I assume you don't eat raw!) they couldn't make you sick as any bugs, like Salmonella, would be killed.

ElaineI

You can buy eggs singly from M&S in our new foodstore. You could make some mini quiches and freeze them.

How much does a single egg cost, I wonder?

Crack open on a flat plate there should be a runny outer layer a raised middle layer and a prominent yolk. If it’s flat and very runny it far from fresh.

You can buy eggs singly from M&S in our new foodstore. You could make some mini quiches and freeze them.

Do the water test and smell test mentioned above. If I’m still not sure, I break them into a bowl and if the albumen is like water I ditch them.
I heard you could get salmonella poisoning, but I think you might just have a stomach upset or diarrhœa. I wouldn’t risk it.

If they smell OK then they are OK.

Put them into a bowl of water - whole ?- if they float they are bad