How do eggs fare after their use by date?

[Kregna]

I've got a good 40+ eggs not used that have today dated on them. I sometimes drink milk with no adverse affect (though sometimes it tastes funky) after the printed date but I don't know what the case with eggs is?

I'm storing them in a sort of cupboard at the moment, not the fridge.

[Dastardly]

Absolutely fine.

If the eggs are kept in a cool place they wont go rotten for AGES. All that happens is that the eggs dry out, the moisture is lost through the shell. And they egg will seem more empty.

When you break them open, give them a smell. If it smells fine it is fine.

Rotten milk smells vile, like poo & vomit combined. I doubt anyone could stomach it. But "sour" or set milk is fine. It is basically just yogurt. You can strain it off to make curd cheese, or eat it with food as is.

[Uncle Carl]

I've bought many dozens of eggs when on sale and had them in the fridge for months before I could eat my way through them all. They were fine. To be honest I didn't even know they stamped use by dates on eggs. In fact, I just bought another 14 dozen eggs today on sale for 89 cents a dozen. Should last me a month at most though.

[yorick]

I've read that if an un-cracked egg starts to float in water, then it is rotten. But your nose will most likely save you from eating a bad egg.

[Kregna]

Good to know, thanks!

[Dastardly]

I've read that if an un-cracked egg starts to float in water, then it is rotten. But your nose will most likely save you from eating a bad egg.

They float because enough of the moisture inside has escaped to leave an air pocket. It doesnt mean they are rotten, just that they are old. I have never in my life even seen a rotten egg, I am pretty sure that if an egg is uncracked that it is probably impossible for them to become rotten.

Once when I was a kid, I put an egg in a hot airing cupboard in an attempt to get it to hatch. I forgot about it for 2 months, and it was still fresh.

[melody]

A rotten egg is a horrible thing, you will know it if you smell it.

[hatmanii]

how do you guys eat so many goddamn eggs?

By the half dozen.

-Hat

[hamburgerfan]

I eat a half dozen every day for breakfast.

[Brodie Butland]

Unlike a lot of other foods, the "best by" date on eggs is purely for sales purposes--it has no relation to when eggs go bad.