On Apr 17, 11:45 pm, "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?

Why worry over an egg? :-)) If in doubt, throw it out.
If you keep getting gray eggs, then worry.

I love hard-boiled eggs, but that little white 'thingy' called
chalazea, which keeps the egg yolk in the center of the white, makes
me crazy.
Dee Dee