Help...I bought a dozen fresh chicken eggs at the Farmer's Market on Saturday and just found them in

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karennoca

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my car. Our car has been in the garage since then, as we were away. It was in the upper 80's here...our garage is insulated. Should I throw them out?

 
I cracked one open, and put it into a dish and there is absolutely no odor

I scrambled it up and it cooked fine, still no odor...should I still throw them out?

 
YES!! LEt this be of comfort to you: Last month, I journeyed to the basement frig only

to find a smell that sent me looking for a dead animal.

On the floor, just out of sight, was 6 slabs of the most beautiful pork back ribs that had been sitting there for 5 days. All into the chucker.

I had bought a lot of meat and these packages just didn't make it into the freezer.

Me Twit!

I think that since you can't really be sure what has been used on the shells, chemically, it's always better to be safe. If you've ever had to deal with anything like hepatitis or salmonella in your family, you learn that so thoroughly.

 
Fill a big bowl of water and drop the eggs in it. If they float, they have gone bad. If they

stay on the bottom, they are fine.

 
Two things....a chick sits on her eggs at a .....

high heat...what that is I do not know but before sitting the eggs hang around in the nest...they dont go off that quickly.
We kept our eggs...fresh from the farmer's market....in our yacht for 3 weeks before they started to go a bit.....URGH!!!!.....admittedly they were coated in vaseline and turned every few days...the turning is to prevent the yolks from ending up at the bottom of the shell, not to keep them fresh.
I would say they would be fine......only 3 or 4 days old.........however, you must go with your gut feel...
Try doing what has been suggested....see if they float.

Also, here at one of the pubs they boil up eggs and keep them on the counter for up to a week ....have to say I only ate any up to 3 days old...they were fine apparently, no-one got sick...OR perhaps that is 'cause the French chaps who had them also had LOADS of rum/alchohol to drink....

 
OK, I took all the eggs and put them two at a time into a bowl of cool water

each and every one of them stood up slightly on the small end, yet keeping contact with the bottom of the bowl.

I tested a few that are left from a Farmer's Market batch I bought two weeks ago and they did the same thing. However, one egg from this same batch did float to the top...no contact with the bottom. Is this a scientific test?

 
Why take a chance?

You can't be sure how old they were and how they were refrigerated before you got them. Food born illness can be very serious and if in doubt throw it out.

 
The floating indicates how much air is inside, as the liquid evaporates as it ages...

Older eggs have evaporated a little, since the shell is porous, so they float. Not sure if the test measures spoiled-ness or not, just the age.

I thought that the refirgeration prolongs the life, so it's not really necessary to refirgerate eggs, but high 80's is pretty high.

I'd toss it.

 
Oh my, that hurts! I've raced out to the garage more than once just to make sure I didn't leave

meat out when I was rummaging through the freezer.

Once something was sticking out too far and the door was not completely shut. Unfortunately, it wasn't open enough to set off the alarm, but the humid air had caused huge frost build up and stuff in the door, mostly fruits, nuts, etc. had gotten too warm and frozen fruit had to be discarded.

 
Ours is an old frig. ANother guy that won't die. But we put velcro across the freezer door just to

make sure it stays closed. (sometimes I buy just a leeetle bit too much meat and end up jamming it in there)

IT's very attractive. You should try it.

 
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