How do you know if an egg is bad without breaking it?
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| How to Test Eggs |
In modern time people start their day with eating egg and sleep on bed after eating eggs in there night meal. Most of eat eggs by boiling in this scenario it is very difficult to know whether an egg is rotten or is it a good one. So let us discuss about some tricks so that we can know if an egg is good or rotten.
1. Water Test
This way is the best way to know if an egg is good or written. In Science practicals this test is also included to know about the things.
You take a bowl and fill it with water then put the egg in the water.
Result:
a). If the egg sinks in the bottom of the utensil then you should think that egg is fresh.
b). If the egg stand in the bottom of the utensil then you may think that egg is old but it is still edible.
c). If the egg floats over the water then it is rotten and it should not be eaten. If eaten than it can cause serious diseases.
Reason behind:
With time when an egg gets older then a packet of air bear inside it and for this reason it starts floating over Water.
2. Listening Egg Sound:
This way is an easy way to know whether an egg is good or rotten. You take the egg which you want to test you take it near your ear and shake it.
Result:
a). If you feel like no moment inside the egg then it is a fresh egg.
b). If you feel like something is shaking inside the egg or you listen the sound like water than it is a rotten egg.
Reason Behind:
The internal liquid of a fresh egg is very viscous and stable however when an egg gets older it converts into liquid form and due to this reason it starts sound like liquid when you shake it.
3. By Looking at Egg
In this way you can just look at the egg and when you look at the egg you can go to know whether the egg is good or rotten. If the egg is fresh then its surface must be Shiny and a little bit hard. However if an egg is rotten or bad then it's surface must have cracks and dots. If you see an egg with cracks then you can think easily that this egg is not good.
Reason Behind:
Fresh egg has hard surface and if the egg is old than it must have some crack and its surface is not as hard as a fresh egg.
4. By Smelling
You can understand this method by the title only as this method include that the egg should be taken near your nose and you smell it.
a). Fresh egg does not have any smell inside it.
b). If the egg is not good then it has smell of sulphur or a very irritating smell then it must be rotten egg.
Reason Behind:
The main reason behind this smell is when an egg gets rotten then some sulphur related reactions happen inside the egg by which rotten egg has very bad smell.
5. By looking at egg skin
Put the egg in the sunlight and look at the colour of the skin of the egg. The skin of fresh egg is always shining and clean and if the skin is not clean but dull and it has dark colour then it is a signal that the egg is not good and you cannot eat that egg.
Reason behind:
The chemical reactions inside the egg and the humidity outside the egg changes the egg skin.
6. Finger Test
You take an egg and hit the egg with your one finger. If the crack which is created by heating has the fluid coming out then the egg is rotten and if there is no leakage of liquid from the egg then the egg is fresh.
Reason Behind:
Fresh egg has viscous liquid inside it which is not affected by heating something and it does not react instantly however if the egg is bad then it can easily leak from inside.
7. Torch method
In this method you go to a dark room and then you can use a candle or a torch and then put the torch on the egg. When the egg is fresh than its Yok Will be seen easily and it is a stable Yok it does not move. However if the egg is rotten then the Yok inside the egg will move from here to there.
How Can You Keep Eggs Fresh for long Time?
However there is a limit of everything if it is a food item then it must expire. Even then we are providing your some suggestion so that you can increase the span of eggs up to maximum time.
1. Refrigeration:
You can put eggs in refrigerator. You can store eggs in low temperature so that they can be fresh for a longer time. Putting eggs in refrigeration is a good idea to increase the span of eggs.
2. Don't remove original Packing
When eggs are sold they are given in a kind of packaging which is very suitable to protect the eggs. You should put the eggs in the same packing in this way eggs can be protected from external humidity and smell.
3. Keep them in cool place
If you are not putting eggs in refrigerator than you must keep eggs in a cool place. If you put eggs at a place where sunlight is coming directly then your eggs will get rotten easily and early.
By following one of the above given method you can easily get to know if an egg is good or not good. Now most of you also know that eat the egg which is healthy you can check this egg by putting it in water, you can smell it or you may use torch and there are many other method also which you can follow and you can easily get to know about the quality of an egg.
FAQs:
Question: In how many days hen eggs get rotten?
Answer: Hen eggs can be fresh up to 3-4 weeks and if these are stored inside refrigerator than it can survive up to 4-5 weeks.
Question: How many eggs can a person eat in a day?
Answer: A healthy person can eat from one egg to 5 egg per day depends on the individual as if one individual is doing bodybuilding or playing Sports then that person can eat 6 eggs per day but if a person is not doing so much hard work then that person must eat eggs up to 3.
Question: What is the difference between hen's eggs and duck's eggs? Which eggs are more nutritious?
Answer: However, duck eggs are slightly bigger than hens' eggs. Duck eggs are more in weight as they have 70 grams weight while hen's eggs have 50 grams of weight. When we compare their nutritional value duck eggs are more nutritional. They can be stored for a longer time in comparison to hen's eggs. Omega 3 fatty acids are also found in more quantity in duck eggs. So, finally we are concluding that duck eggs are more nutritious.