Hello! Today I am going to be sharing some tips on how to know whether the eggs you're picking up at the grocery store are really fresh or not. I think we're all too familiar with the shortcuts that food suppliers take with our food and the food industry is a breeding ground for distrust. But never fear, eggheads! There is a really easy, at-home way to check the freshness and quality of your eggs.
What you'll need:
1. A bowl
2. A few cups of water
3. Some eggs
Simple, right?! All you need to do is place an egg in a bowl of water and observe what happens. If if sinks to the bottom of the bowl, congratulations, your egg is fresh. If it is partially sunk, or stands on one end, it's still ok but may not be so new. If it floats- beware! Your egg is fo[w]l.
Here's an eggs-ample of a fresh egg I recently submerged.
I couldn't find any rotten eggs in my dozen (thanks, Ingles!!!) but I happened upon this video that explains the process really well!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biK-wXw1ZIQ
The reason for this phenomenon, in an eggshell, is that eggs have an air pocket that is meant to be uses by the chick before it hatches. Since eggshells are porous, as time goes on, the air sack fills. Thus, the older the egg, the more full of air and the more it floats.
So if you're ever concerned about the quality or age of your eggs, now you have a simple way to test them.
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