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Part of it is even the small portions of ingredients are still too much if you're only cooking the required meal occasionally as a single. It would be great if

Part of it is even the small portions of ingredients are still too much if you're only cooking the required meal occasionally as a single. It would be great if grocery stores had the ability to only buy "2 cups of milk" or a "single egg" in a way that isn't a packaging waste nightmare.

jessaustin 7y ago
...a "single egg"... Regardless of the date on the package, eggs at least last a really long time. Go ahead and buy a dozen. If you eat those dozen this month, you'll probably be fine.
- brigandish 7y ago
  The float test is helpful here, if the egg floats then it's not a witch but you should dispose of it (or better yet, check it but be ready for the smell if it's off). Delia Smith on how to tell a good egg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OWXN80NZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OWXN80NZQ Edit: Ironically (or sadly), I was a bit too quick to call for disposal of old eggs.
  - jessaustin 7y ago
    I wouldn't put a top-floater in an omelet, but if it doesn't smell I'd still bake with it. It's really a question of taste.
    - brigandish 7y ago
      Good point.
  - kazinator 7y ago
    If the egg floats, but has a beak and feathers, and paddling little legs, then that's a pretty darn old egg, but safe to eat.
- LorenPechtel 7y ago
  This month? I have seen eggs be fine after 3 months in the fridge. I have seen foreign eggs last 6 weeks without refrigeration, the latter part of it in the tropics. (Don't try that with US eggs--we clean them more, weakening their defenses.)
abrowne 7y ago
The co-op groceries in Minneapolis have bulk eggs. I usually buy 4. I bring a carton, or you can take one from the stack of ones left to reuse. Lots of bulk liquids too, but I haven't seen milk.
CameronNemo 7y ago
I stopped cooking or consuming eggs and milk. I use substitutes when I bake or eat cereal. Solves the problem for me.
- Double_a_92 7y ago
  Wouldn't those still spoil eventually?
  - CameronNemo 7y ago
    Yes but non animal products typically last much longer.

jessaustin 7y ago

...a "single egg"... Regardless of the date on the package, eggs at least last a really long time. Go ahead and buy a dozen. If you eat those dozen this month, you'll probably be fine.

brigandish 7y ago
The float test is helpful here, if the egg floats then it's not a witch but you should dispose of it (or better yet, check it but be ready for the smell if it's off). Delia Smith on how to tell a good egg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OWXN80NZQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2OWXN80NZQ Edit: Ironically (or sadly), I was a bit too quick to call for disposal of old eggs.
- jessaustin 7y ago
  I wouldn't put a top-floater in an omelet, but if it doesn't smell I'd still bake with it. It's really a question of taste.
  - brigandish 7y ago
    Good point.
- kazinator 7y ago
  If the egg floats, but has a beak and feathers, and paddling little legs, then that's a pretty darn old egg, but safe to eat.
LorenPechtel 7y ago
This month? I have seen eggs be fine after 3 months in the fridge. I have seen foreign eggs last 6 weeks without refrigeration, the latter part of it in the tropics. (Don't try that with US eggs--we clean them more, weakening their defenses.)

abrowne 7y ago

The co-op groceries in Minneapolis have bulk eggs. I usually buy 4. I bring a carton, or you can take one from the stack of ones left to reuse. Lots of bulk liquids too, but I haven't seen milk.

CameronNemo 7y ago

I stopped cooking or consuming eggs and milk. I use substitutes when I bake or eat cereal. Solves the problem for me.

Double_a_92 7y ago
Wouldn't those still spoil eventually?
- CameronNemo 7y ago
  Yes but non animal products typically last much longer.