Literature did not prepare me for this.

[Alagirl]

Life has gone off the rails tis year so I lost track of my egg production. (thankfully they seem to be slowing down at this time)

I figured I grab a few of the older eggs and prepare dinner for the pets, scamble them and throw some tuna in with it.
Well, tuna was out, sardine was it.

As I crack the eggs open, one by one, into a cup, just like Grandma's cookbook says, I come across one that was not good anymore, no biggy, in the rash it went. Crack another one open, add it to the lot.
then
it
happend


The next egg exploded with a POP.
the content spilled on the countertop.

I gather the remains, wipe everything down with bleach cleaner (mostly for the smell)
and wash the cup and my hands thoroughly.
I cracked a couple more, but I am VERY head shy now!



that was definitely NOT in any book!
BTW, the smell is not pleasant but not horrible. more like burning rubber than the gates of the underworld!

 

[Kiki]

How old were the eggs?

 

[BarnyardChaos]

It wasn't too far gone, then. Trust me, a few more days and you'd have had to bring HazMat in to eradicate the smell. Not really, but I have had an egg explode in my hands and it was .......... horrendous.

 

[Alagirl]

How old were the eggs?

I lost track.
I barely can keep track of myself these days.

 

[sdm111]

It wasn't too far gone, then. Trust me, a few more days and you'd have had to bring HazMat in to eradicate the smell. Not really, but I have had an egg explode in my hands and it was .......... horrendous.

I agree, I had one explode just as I let it go when throwing it. Looked like chocolate milk and the only time I threw up from a smell

 

[2ndTink]

I lost track.
I barely can keep track of myself these days.

Life has been having a way of doing that for a lot of us this year, I totally understand. Time has been flying by, barely getting the essentials done, there's just too much going on. I hope things slow down for you.

I haven't had an exploding egg yet, but I do know I have some eggs I need to float test before using...

 

[Alagirl]

Life has been having a way of doing that for a lot of us this year, I totally understand. Time has been flying by, barely getting the essentials done, there's just too much going on. I hope things slow down for you.

I haven't had an exploding egg yet, but I do know I have some eggs I need to float test before using...

I have used some that would have helped keep the Titanic up, not that I would ahve wanted to eat them, but the dogs and cats did not object.
that one was stink bomb material!

I actually had a couple hysterical laughing fits over this.
Just the way life goes when it's off the tracks!