Very weird eggs..........what would cause this?

[dmdhart]

A friend of mine told me that he had purchased some "fresh" eggs from a gentleman at the local flea market. When he went to cook them, he said that some of them would not come out of the shell when he went to crack them. What on earth would cause this? He said it was as though glue was mixed in with them. Yet they did not smell rotten. I told him I would post this to the forum and knew that I could get some great insite.

 

[girlychick]

Sometimes fresh eggs have an outer hard shell. I'm not sure if thats it but tell him to run them over warm(not hot) water then try to crack them.

 

[TriciaHowe]

maybe he stored them too cold and they were jelled up a bit? I don't think I have ever heard of that before.....

 

[Cindiloohoo]

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That was my initial reaction as well...they sound frozen or slushy from over refridgeration.

 

[Mahonri]

It would help to have pics.

 

[dmdhart]

Sorry, no pictures. He has long since thrown them out. I'm thinking though that they probably had frozen or were near frozen. That does seem to make sense. I've talked with him since the last post and he told me that when he purchased them, it was last winter at a flea market and the eggs were kept in a cooler. My guess is that they did freeze.