Are 3 month old eggs good to eat?

[Tom Kitten]

I'm not really an egg eater but for some reason got a hankering to eat some scrambled eggs this morning...I rummaged around the back of my fridge and found a carton with four eggs in it but the expiration date says "Sep 22"...They should be OK, huh? I also have some month old sliced ham left over but shouldn't cooking it kill whatever germs are on it? Didn't Dr. Seuss write a book about this and he turned out OK, right?

[billyskank]

1. Eggs are easy to tell if they're good or not.

If it stinks to high heaven, it's bad. Otherwise it's good.

[Deja Q]

3. And if you shake the egg -- if it doesn't feel like what's inside is wobbly, it's good.

Mum taught me that; and the only time I've felt the yolk get all wobbly was past the stamped expiration date. On the carton; the day they stamp expiration dates on eggs is the day the janitor is going to be making a lot of money in overtime pay...

[Bertha Venation]

2. test them thus

Put them in a bowl of water deep enough so that they don't rest on the bottom. If they sink completely, they're fine. If they float mid-way, take your chances (probably fine). If they float, eat cereal.

This is what I do. I disclaim any responsibility for your decision. :)

[bicentennial_baby]

4. That's how I test them too

:thumbsup:

[Bertha Venation]

9. BB

:hi:

[bicentennial_baby]

12. Hey you!!

:hi:

[Tom Kitten]

5. I think I'll go with the cereal

I just hate wasting food, especially eggs, to think those poor chicks gave up their lives for nothing! It would be nice to just buy eggs one or two at a time. I really don't eat them much...

Thanks for the advice, it is something I did not know!

[Deja Q]

6. You mean those eggs were fertilized beforehand? YUCK!

:puke:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Tom Kitten!

Unless those eggs were fertilized eggs, no chicks gave up their lives...

Most eggs come straight from the hen, and have not been fertilized.

Thought you'd like to know!

Enjoy your cereal, sweetie!

:hi:

[Tom Kitten]

10. I am such a dunce sometimes

I did not know these facts I have learned today about eggs!
To this day I can only eat them scrambled or like an omelette...I think it goes back to a childhood trauma with my Dad playing airplane with me and the forkfull not quite getting in my moth and the yolk running down my chin or something like that...

Anyways, I ate some raisin bran with sliced banana and it was good! I'm hungry no more!

[Bertha Venation]

8. anytime, sweets

:hi:

[Crabby Appleton]

16. ...

[marzipanni]

25. Knock, knock.

Who's there?
Marmalade.
Marmalade who?
Marmalade me, who laid you?

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Exactly what I was going to say... If they float, they're not okay... n/t

[Haole Girl]

11. Don't they have an expiration date?

:shrug:

[Generic Brad]

22. Dr Seuss' expiration date was 9/24/1991

Word to the wise - avoid green ham.

[old mark]

13. You mean like for a human to eat?

If you barf when you crack one open, no.

mark

[Tom Kitten]

14. OKAY I won't eat them!

I'll plant them in the ground and wait for the spring peepers!

[Paladin]

15. You Can Get Such Eggs At Oriental Markets

Let's just say they're an acquired taste......

[pitohui]

17. they're fine

if you're worried, crack them outside so you can throw them away in an outside garbage can immediately if they are bad -- bad eggs have a distinct sulfur smell so you can't make a mistake

but they'll be fine

i've had eggs go bad like once in 50 years and they were probably in the fridge for a YEAR

these things are designed to sit under a hen's hot ass like, for a month, and not go bad, it's astonishing how long they stay good in a fridge

[KamaAina]

18. Save them for another 999 years and 9 months

and you'll have yourself a Chinese delicacy!!

:puke:

[astral]

19. I'd eat them a week or two past expiration

but not a couple months. Although they might be just fine.

[DS1]

20. smack one upside your neighbor's house and find out

[Generic Brad]

21. Dr. Seuss is dead

I'm not exactly certain of what did him in. Eat that old stuff at your own risk.

[LostinVA]

23. Maybe -- test them like people in the thread suggested

And no, cooking does not kill bateria/germs like that. It'll still make you sick or kill you.

[madinmaryland]

24. Soylent Green does not have an expiration date.

:puke: