Shelf life of eggs

About (not) consuming fresh raw fish and fresh raw egg yolks
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Shelf life of eggs

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Until when are eggs basicly young enough to eat.

The eggs in my supermarket are mostly more than 10 days old. Can I buy them to eat raw? Or should I look somewhere else ?
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It differs per egg, but yes, usually you can.
Simply check the eggs for freshness;
when you separate the yolk from the egg white, and the
yolk remains convex and doesnt fall apart as soon as you touch it,
its fresh enough.
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What is the meaning of the word convex (in dutch if you want :P )?
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don't mean to nag, but there are plenty dictionaries online you know :wink:

But anyway, the Dutch translation is something like "bol". Thus in this sentence, it means when the yolks remains intact; convex (and so the egg yolk sack will not easily break/tear). A fresh yolk will not tear/break when you roll it over your hands. And when you want to make a small incision, the sack will first indent (indeuken in Dutch) before it the knife perforates it.

From the free acne book: Fresh egg yolk is convex and firm- Not-so-fresh egg white is watery instead of jelly-like.
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I tried interglot and babelfish, but they couldn't translate it.

But thank you, I understand it completely now.
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Re: Shelf life of eggs

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From a different thread:
Oscar wrote:
djkvan wrote:I store the eggs in the fridge, but have been reading the acne book and it says to avoid this if possible. Why?
I store them in the fridge too, especially when temperatures are higher. The 'downside' is that it's far harder to determine if they're fresh (enough) or not. Since I buy eggs per week and am used to the bacteria, freshness isn't an issue for me.
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