How to tell difference boiled and fresh eggs?

[newbyduckmom]

OKay, embarrassing question. We had about half dozen boiled eggs in frig which got put back in the carton with fresh. Is there any way to tell which are boiled and which are fresh without cracking them? Need to make deviled eggs for the holiday but would prefer not to take week old twice boiled eggs to the in laws?????

 

[Miss Lydia]

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Happend here too and I could not tell the difference, so now I have a carton marked cooked with a blk marker so i will know for sure.

 

[1muttsfan]

Set them on the countertop and spin them. Hard-boiled eggs will continue spinning, uncooked eggs stop spinning more quickly.

 

[HLAC]

With chicken eggs, you spin them. Boiled eggs spin very easily. Uncooked ones do not.

I would think this would also work with duck eggs.

 

[duck&chickencrazy]

try candling them...probably cant see through the boiled ones...

 

[newbyduckmom]

Whoo hoos! Spinning seems to work pretty good. I know have at least 18 confirmed fresh....Thanks! Will try candling the remainer.

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[Miss Lydia]

I'm glad to know it works too, even though i now have a designated egg carton for my cooked eggs.

 

[DB_Tex]

I boiled some chicken eggs for "dummy eggs" in my ducky's nests. I give them a good spin every once in a while to make sure it's not a new duck egg

wishful thinking.

 

[duckdad]

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.......and the problem is what exactly ?

 

[newbyduckmom]

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.......and the problem is what exactly ?

I am probably going to get the "are these duck eggs" and end up bringing most of them home anyway!

You gave me a good chuckle duckdad!