Believe it or not, fresh eggs and stale eggs affect the way you like to cook eggs. If you are making a poached egg, you don’t want a stale egg because it will disintegrate, so it is important to know if your eggs are fresh with the following method from BBC Good Food on Youtube. Even if you have not cracked the egg yet, you will be able to determine if it is fresh with these methods. Share this video with your family and friends; they too may need these super helpful tips. Watch the video tutorial below to learn the following method. Thanks to BBC Good Food for this great tutorial. Be sure to check the channel for more videos like this one.
Method:
Step 1
To determine if eggs are fresh, you need to check the air sac. Fresh eggs have very little air pocket, whereas when they are stale there is a lot. To check if the air pocket is minimal, the egg should sink into a glass filled with water in a horizontal position. If the egg is not very fresh, it will tilt slightly in a semi-horizontal position at the bottom of the glass. On the other hand, if the egg is stale, it will float upright when you try to sink it.
Step 2
Now, if the eggs are broken, the fresh egg has a fat yolk and a gelatinous ring of white surrounding the yolk and another ring of white. When it is not so fresh, the yolk in the center looks slightly flat, the double ring is not so visible, and the albumen is watery. When the egg is stale, the yolk is very flat and the white is just watery.
