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Default Hard-boiled eggs - how do you tell if they're bad


"Gil Faver" > wrote in message
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>> "Mike S." > wrote in message
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>>> How do you tell if a hard-boiled egg is bad?
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>>> I fixed some on April 7

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>> Don't eat an 11-day-old hard boiled egg, are you out of your
>> mind?

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> if uncooked eggs will last well over 11 days in the fridge, why wouldn't a
> hard boiled egg?


Because uncooked eggs still have the natural protective coating and most of
them also have an applied wax coating so they're not air permeable. When
you boil them that coating goes away and the air can penetrate them.


Ms P