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


"snoedel" > wrote

> On 18 apr, 05:45, "Mike S." > wrote:
>> How do you tell if a hard-boiled egg is bad?
>>
>> I fixed some on April 7 and dyed them the next day. I went to eat one
>> yesterday and part of the yolk was gray. About half the yolk was
>> yellow and the other half was completely gray. I've read that the gray
>> is a sign that it was overcooked and it's harmless to eat. However,
>> I've never seen one this gray before and I've been fixing hard-boiled
>> eggs the same way for years. None of the other eggs I fixed were this
>> gray. Also, it smelled really bad. It didn't smell rotten, just bad.
>> I figured if it smelled this bad, it probably tastes bad too. So I
>> didn't eat it.
>>
>> Would it have been ok to eat?

>
> When a egg strat to smell bad, than it's clear that you can not eat it
> anymore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The smell is a warning sign, the egg tells you
> in a way DO NOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT EAT ME!!!!!!


(laughing!!) Right to the point. I like that.

nancy