{"id":21107,"date":"2026-08-27T18:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=21107"},"modified":"2026-08-27T18:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T15:44:10","slug":"how-to-check-an-eggs-freshness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/?p=21107","title":{"rendered":"How to Check an Egg&#8217;s Freshness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The easiest way to check an egg&#8217;s freshness is with a bowl of cold water or by examining the consistency of the yolk and white after cracking it open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Water Test (the quickest method at home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Place the egg in a deep container of cold water:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh (1\u20137 days old): It lies horizontally at the bottom of the container.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still edible (2\u20133 weeks old): It stays at the bottom, but the wider end rises. Ideal for hard-boiled eggs, as they are easier to peel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spoiled (4+ weeks old): It floats on the surface. Over time, moisture evaporates through the eggshell, and air gets in, which is why it floats\u2014do not eat this egg!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Cracking Test<br>Crack the egg onto a flat plate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh: The yolk is high, domed, and firm; the white is tightly enclosed in a ring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old: The yolk is flat and fragile; the egg white is watery, runny, and spreads on the plate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shake Test<br>Hold the egg to your ear and shake it gently:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fresh: It is silent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Old: You hear a dull thud as the contents move freely in the expanded air space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The easiest way to check an egg&#8217;s freshness is with a bowl of cold water or by examining the consistency of the yolk and white after cracking it open. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nteresting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21107"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21107\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21109,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21107\/revisions\/21109"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tastyfood.top\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}