I have a lot of eggs. How do you know when to throw them away?

Just fill a bowl with cold water and place your eggs in the bowl. If they sink to the bottom and lay flat on their sides, they're very fresh. If they're a few weeks old but still good to eat, they'll stand on one end at the bottom of the bowl. If they float to the surface, they're no longer fresh enough to

You can freeze eggs to cook with at a later date.

Put an egg in a bowl of cold water. If it floats, throw it away.

Get a pot, fill it half way with cool water. Place eggs into the pot. The ones that float right to the top will be the oldest. Because the shells are porous, air can get through the shell. The oldest have the most air in them, so they float.

Supposedly you can use them safely 4-5 weeks past "sell-by" date.

Former retail grocery store employee. The date is correct. Throw them out. If the the date says BEST BY you have time. With eggs you don't.

When they float in water, throw them out

Eggs should last a month or so. Fresh eggs are difficult to make into hard boiled eggs so when mine are a couple of weeks old I make egg salad!

I have had eggs in my fridge long past the date and never had any spoil.

Eggs last an amazingly long time, although not so much in my house! I eat Keto so I go through some eggs!!!

www.thekitchn.com/how-long-can-you-keep-eggs-ingredient...

Video embedded · Once you get them home, you can keep them for up to 5 weeks from the purchase date, even if the sell-by date expires during that time. If you purchased the eggs from a farm or farmers market and there's no date, keep them for up to 5 weeks from the purchase date.

if you put them in water the bad ones float, the good ones sink

If they float, throw them out!