No you don'tSell by dates on eggs are a nonsense.
They'll keep for weeks as long as you turn them pointy end down.
If you are really worried that they may have gone off, do the floaty in a bowl of water test.
/Edit: Crappy Pome found on t'internet:
Can you eat that egg?
By Scott Matthews
If not sure you ought-ter,
then place it in water.
If it lies on its side,
then it's fresh; eat with pride.
After three or four days,
at an angle it lays.
But, it still is a treat,
so go on and eat.
Ten days, stands on end,
in your baking 'twill blend.
'Cause it's definitely edible,
in your baking, incredible.
But, if it floats on the surface,
that egg serves no purpose.
'Cause a floater's a stinker!
Out the back door best fling 'er!
.
(They'll keep for weeks as long as you turn them pointy end down.
If you are really worried that they may have gone off, do the floaty in a bowl of water test.
/Edit: Crappy Pome found on t'internet:
Can you eat that egg?
By Scott Matthews
If not sure you ought-ter,
then place it in water.
If it lies on its side,
then it's fresh; eat with pride.
After three or four days,
at an angle it lays.
But, it still is a treat,
so go on and eat.
Ten days, stands on end,
in your baking 'twill blend.
'Cause it's definitely edible,
in your baking, incredible.
But, if it floats on the surface,
that egg serves no purpose.
'Cause a floater's a stinker!
Out the back door best fling 'er!
.
The Mighty Gusset Doesn't Care - And Doesn't Care Who Knows It !,
Tue 11 Apr 2006, 13:18,
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Correcteggs keep for ages and should never be kept in the fridge.
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The Duke of Prunes,
Tue 11 Apr 2006, 13:27,
archived)