Easily recognize fresh eggs

Fresh eggs are easy to recognize with two methods

03/04/2012

For Easter, above average numbers of eggs are bought again. Parents paint the Easter eggs with all kinds of bright colors, which are then sought by the children in the house or garden. In order not to spend Easter with a stomachache, consumers should pay attention to the freshness and cooking time of the eggs. Especially children and the chronically ill are endangered by salmonella. It is easy to find out for yourself whether the egg is still fresh.

Whether an egg is fresh can be determined by two simple tricks. If the egg is not used for painting, it can be opened for a fried egg. If the egg is fresh, the egg yolk is surrounded by egg-high vaulted, as the consumer information service „aid“ reported in Bonn. If, on the other hand, the egg is already old, the protein is thin and tends to flow apart. But since the eggs are used closed at Easter, the second fresh test is best. For this, the egg is dipped in a glass of cold water. If the egg sinks to the ground and stays there, the egg is fresh. The older an egg is, the more it rises to the surface. That's because there is air inside the egg´s, the longer it is stored.

Green border at boiled eggs harmless
If there is a greenish shimmering edge on the hard-boiled egg, it does not look very good anymore. But that is absolutely safe for the health, as the consumer advocates of „aid“ to explain. The egg yolk turns green due to a chemical reaction of the ingredients in protein and yolk when cooking outside. This usually happens at cooking times of over ten minutes, that is, when the egg is cooked hard. If a soft egg is to be boiled, the cooking time of five minutes must not be exceeded. A waxy egg needs depending on the size of the egg´s about eight minutes. The cooking time is calculated from the moment the hen's egg is lowered into bubbling water. Children should always eat hard boiled eggs because of the salmonella danger. (Sb)

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Picture: Fritz Zühlke