Comments for Egg trove at http://www.roujan.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.roujan.com Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:26:38 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.roujan.com/index.php/168-egg-trove.html#comment-36 Hi Cynthia Lovely to know you're still reading from Bellingham, USA. And thanks for the advice. I think I had heard that before but hadn't thought to look it up. Duh?! The dogs loved their omelettes last night, so that saw off a few eggs. I still have the rest and I'll test them today. Hope everything's OK with you both. - Liz Betts-Gosling Fri, 06 Mar 2009 06:48:05 +0100 http://www.roujan.com/index.php/168-egg-trove.html#comment-35 (From About.com) Get a big bowl, fill it with cold water and gently put the eggs in. Those that sink to the bottom and stay there are 3 to 6 days old; those that sink, but float at an angle, are more than a week old; those that sink but then stand on end are about two weeks old. Eggs that float are too old and should be discarded. Eggs act this way in water because of the air sac present in all eggs. As the egg ages, the air sac gets larger because the egg shell is a semi-permeable membrane. The air sac, when large enough, makes the egg float. I had the same experience in my chicken-raising days, and did this test -- being the super-cautious type, I used the eggs that sank in baked goods (great excuse, right?), as I knew they would be thoroughly cooked. - Cynthia St. Clair Fri, 06 Mar 2009 04:16:31 +0100