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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 19:58:52 GMT -5
I made some pumpkin muffins. They look and smell divine.
But here is the thing: when mixing up the batter, the last egg I cracked into the bowl had a totally bizarre appearance. The white was sort of red-orangey. The yolk looked curdled. It didn't smell, but it looked grotesque. FYI, the expiration date on the eggs is March 29, so they are certainly not old.
Since the expensive ingredients were already in the bowl and mixed (the flour was all that remained, and that's cheap), I scooped out the egg as best I could and went ahead and baked the muffins.
But now I'm wondering -- what was up with that egg? could it be some bacteria where even a small remnant, baked, could still make me sick?
What would YOU do?
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Post by Rolling Thunder on Mar 4, 2017 20:57:11 GMT -5
Mail them to haggis. I'll hope for the best.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:01:06 GMT -5
My best "real life" friend votes throw 'em out. She actually cares whether I die, so I have to consider that.
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Post by Angie on Mar 4, 2017 21:16:07 GMT -5
Did the egg smell bad? If not, it's probably safe - bad eggs tend to stink like Haggis after a chili cook-off.
Re: the color - it's not unusual for egg yolks to vary from yellow to orange (even dark orange) depending on the diet they were fed. My aunt's hens lay eggs with yolks much darker than store-bought eggs because they roam her farm and eat bugs and whatever else they can find. As for curdled yolk...I'm not sure what that means.
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Post by Angie on Mar 4, 2017 21:21:35 GMT -5
Wait - I just re-read and realized you said the WHITE was red. Yeah, that's not a normal occurrence. I'd feed the muffins to someone you dislike.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:23:14 GMT -5
No, it didn't smell bad. It wasn't rotten, but I'm thinking something else was wrong. I might have possibly written off the white as discolored by blood from fertilization -- just more than I've seen before -- but that yolk was really strange-looking and gross. Curdled is the best way to describe it.
From now on, I'm breaking my eggs one by one into a separate saucer!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 21:26:01 GMT -5
There is that neighbor who stuck a spoon up his dog's ass. His obnoxious son is here for the weekend, too.
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Post by haggis on Mar 4, 2017 22:10:15 GMT -5
Are these store bought eggs, or something you might have gotten from your neighbor. You know. The one with the spoon up his dog's ass.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2017 22:12:36 GMT -5
Store-bought, from Whole Paycheck Foods. I won't eat anything that comes from my neighbor's place since the Spoon Incident.
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Post by Optimus on Mar 5, 2017 2:05:02 GMT -5
That's just...nasty.
That's why I always crack my eggs into a Pyrex measuring cup first. That way, I can make sure there's no shell in whatever I'm making, make sure the egg isn't bad, and also I can go ahead and whip the eggs before I mix them into the batter, to avoid over-mixing the batter (which makes cakes/muffins fall).
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Post by robeiae on Mar 5, 2017 8:14:12 GMT -5
Just fyi, the date on a carton of eggs isn't always meaningful with regard to ALL of the eggs within. Here's why:
When employees stock new eggs, one of the things they do is check egg cartons on the top that have been picked through. Oftentimes, people open a carton, see a broken egg (or more), then move on to another carton. So employees go through all of these and consolidate them, also checking the new stock for broken eggs. Thus, a new carton of eggs can end up with an egg that has been on the shelf for much, much longer, if it was moved out of older cartons that had broken eggs in them.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 9:20:22 GMT -5
I tossed the muffins. I realized that I could never enjoy eating them, even if they're fine.
From now on, I will always do the pyrex bowl thing. I often do, but not this time. That's what I get for being lazy.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 11:43:39 GMT -5
By the way, I made buttermilk cornmeal muffins to replace them (was all out of pumpkin). And yes, I broke the egg into a dish first! Of course, it was fine.
I have to say, it will be a while before I make myself a soft-boiled egg again, after this. A pity, since I am very fond of them.
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Post by Christine on Mar 5, 2017 22:26:06 GMT -5
Just fyi, the date on a carton of eggs isn't always meaningful with regard to ALL of the eggs within. Here's why: When employees stock new eggs, one of the things they do is check egg cartons on the top that have been picked through. Oftentimes, people open a carton, see a broken egg (or more), then move on to another carton. So employees go through all of these and consolidate them, also checking the new stock for broken eggs. Thus, a new carton of eggs can end up with an egg that has been on the shelf for much, much longer, if it was moved out of older cartons that had broken eggs in them. Cass's egg was originally from a carton packed in 2009... mystery solved! Seriously though, bad eggs stink to high heaven. Very curious, this egg. So curious I googled the symptoms. To no avail. :/ |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2017 22:39:38 GMT -5
heh. I spent some time googling today, too, wondering if I was right to toss 2 dozen beautiful-looking pumpkin muffins. The closest description I found was at this site -- "red rot" sounds like it might be the ticket. armymedical.tpub.com/MD0723/Potential-health-hazards-in-shell-eggs-Food-Deterioration-98.htmThere was no smell, unless it was so faint I couldn't detect it past the pumpkin and spice smells. But then, the description says the smell "may" occur. I think I did the right thing, though it was sad. |
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