Last Updated on 2024-04-30 , 5:20 pm
Eggs. It’s the thing that some of us cannot live without. Everything can be solved with eggs. Rice too boring? Add eggs. Bank account number not goody? Add eggs. Prata not filling enough? Add eggs.
And because it’s so popular, there are many misconceptions about it.
Like, you can’t eat more than 2 eggs a day, or that you have to store your eggs in a fridge.
Reader Bao: Wait, those are misconceptions and not facts?
Well, yes. So let’s debunk the misconceptions that your grandparents have been telling you in this egg-citing article!
Misconception: You Can’t Have More Than Two Eggs a Day
You might have heard from your parents that we shouldn’t have more than two eggs a day.
The reason is that there’s too much cholesterol in an egg: On average, one egg can contain 186 mg of cholesterol, which is like 62% of what you should consume in a day.
Well, here’s the fact: yes, it does raise your cholesterol level when you eat two eggs a day, but it raises the “good” cholesterol, not the “bad” cholesterol.
You can read more about this misconception here, or you can watch this video instead:
After all, if this is true, almost everyone in Singapore would have high cholesterol le, right?
Misconception: You Must Put Your Eggs in a Fridge If Not It’ll Go Bad
One of most Googled questions is this: should you store your eggs in the fridge?
After all, in almost all fridges, there would be a compartment to put eggs.
However, you’d also realise that supermarkets are placing eggs beside bread instead, and only a few premium eggs get the privilege of being placed in the freezer (and not in the fridge).
Why?
Here’s the thing: the question is like a girlfriend asking a boyfriend what to have for dinner in a shopping mall: There’s no correct answer, because it depends on your living conditions.
You see, the whole issue isn’t about the lower temperature, but about salmonella, a bacteria that can cause food poisoning. The bacteria can multiple quickly if the temperature of the eggs isn’t constant.
So if you put the eggs in the fridge, the temperature will be kept constant so you won’t need to worry about salmonella.
But of course, if you’re so rich that you on your air-con 24-hour in your kitchen, then you don’t need to put them in a fridge.
The other solution is to store them in a place with a constant temperature, and not place them near the window.
Misconception: Dates on Packaging Are Expiry Dates
So, how do you know if an egg has gone bad?
If you’re thinking of checking by just looking at the dates on the packaging, then you might have thrown many innocent eggs away.
The dates there are usually for food quality; it’s best to consume before that but it can usually still be consumed after that. You can check out this article on the difference between “use by” and “best before”.
Basically, you can technically consume the eggs after the “best before” date.
So how do you know if it’s rotten?
Now, never try to smell the eggs. If an egg has gone bad, you’ll faint smelling it. Trust me, one of us who’s worked in a supermarket has done it before and he literally vomited after that.
Instead, do the egg water test.
To try it out, simply fill a glass or bowl with cold water and submerge the eggs.
If the eggs go all the way to the bottom and end up lying flat on their side, they’re ascertained to be fresh. If they sink but somehow manage to stand on one end at the bottom of the container, they’re deemed to be edible. Not as fresh, but still edible.
And last but not least, eggs that float right back to the top should be thrown right out of the window.
Just kidding, dispose of them in your plastic bag because the stench will be utterly unbearable otherwise.
Lest you’re wondering, there’s science behind the test: eggshells are semipermeable, which means that air can actually get through. So the older an egg is, the more air is able to penetrate its shell. And when it ends up floating, you’ll know that the egg will have been long gone.
Many Other Misconceptions
There are many other misconceptions about eggs, like brown eggs are better than white eggs lah, pregnant people shouldn’t consume eggs lah, quail eggs are better than chicken eggs lah…
This article won’t end if we list them all down, but it’s 2020, so before you believe anything your grandparents have said about eggs, it’s perhaps best to do a Google search first.
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