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minus-squareMad_Punda.de@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoMy egg packages here in Sweden have that information printed on them. But the version where the egg floats they don’t say to toss it out, but rather crack it open, look, smell. Might still be good.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoExactly. If an egg has gone bad, you can’t really miss it. Also why it’s good to always quickly check eggs before adding them to a mix.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI made the mistake of not checking once, as I was cracking eggs into a running mixer. It was awful, I’ll never forget again.
minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoAssuming you have a sense of smell. Anosmia affects about 3% of people - probably more since Covid.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThe colour is typically also a dead giveaway. Of course bind people with anosmia are on their own there.
minus-squarebitwaba@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoMust be tough to be a blind person with ansomia and a craving for omelettes.
minus-squareBeatTakeshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoI felt like cracking a joke but it would stink
minus-squareBeryl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoExactly, the egg floating doesn’t mean that it’s not edible anymore, just that it’s old.
minus-squareslightperil@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoYes, I’m sick of seeing this infographic and ones like it as it encourages waste
My egg packages here in Sweden have that information printed on them.
But the version where the egg floats they don’t say to toss it out, but rather crack it open, look, smell. Might still be good.
Exactly. If an egg has gone bad, you can’t really miss it.
Also why it’s good to always quickly check eggs before adding them to a mix.
I made the mistake of not checking once, as I was cracking eggs into a running mixer. It was awful, I’ll never forget again.
Assuming you have a sense of smell. Anosmia affects about 3% of people - probably more since Covid.
The colour is typically also a dead giveaway.
Of course bind people with anosmia are on their own there.
Must be tough to be a blind person with ansomia and a craving for omelettes.
I felt like cracking a joke but it would stink
Exactly, the egg floating doesn’t mean that it’s not edible anymore, just that it’s old.
Yes, I’m sick of seeing this infographic and ones like it as it encourages waste