Cracked Egg Safe to Eat?

[rebrascora]

Are you float testing cold eggs in warm water? Are these fresh eggs or older ones that have been stored in the fridge or somewhere cold? Are they eggs that may have got frozen before you collected them?

Generally air bubbles bleeding through the shell would indicate that expansion is causing the air cell to "breath".

 

[samsushi]

We keep them in the fridge till ready to use. they were mostly a couple days old up to a week and some that I tested were tested in cold water and my husband tested this last batch in warm water. Don't think they were frozen at any point because it's not cold enough here yet and we had it happen a couple times during the summer too. I'm mostly worried about potential contamination if the egg shell is compromised. Thanks for responding!

 

[rebrascora]

I can't explain why they are doing it then. All I can say is that if you hadn't done the float test, you would never have seen this and worried about it. I assume they all sunk?? I very much doubt there will be anything wrong with them. I'm currently eating eggs that are two months old and unrefigerated and they are fine. For all I know they might have bubbled in water if I had tested them but I crack them open and use my senses to decide if they are fit to eat. You will see and smell if they are bad.
If you are still concerned, then use a form of cooking that cooks them thoroughly, so that the yolk is not runny.

 

[rosemarythyme]

I get bubbling when I put cold, fresher eggs into boiling water. It's just the sudden temperature change causing expansion that pushes the air out. I don't bother float testing my eggs, I use them in order from oldest (about 2 to 3 weeks old) to newest and they've always been perfectly fine to eat (but I do crack them in cups as I prefer picking out any meat spots).

 

[wyoDreamer]

Egg shells are porous, and especially if they were washed and the bloom is removed. If it is a line of bubbles, that would indicate a crack, but just overall tiny bubbles, that would be just air escaping.

 

[samsushi]

Thanks for the replies. I'm mostly float testing my eggs because my mother in law is kinda frail and I don't want her eating something that might make her sick. I'll cook some for my husband and myself and see how it goes.