BamaTanya Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 We boiled some eggs a while back (1.5-2 weeks, I'd guess) and put the ones we didn't use in a bowl in the fridge. That bowl got pushed back behind other things and I forgot about it. Until today. I smelled the tuna sandwich and asked dd when she'd boiled eggs. She used the ones she found in the fridge. :tongue_smilie: I plan to use boiled eggs within a few days -- not weeks! Worry or not? Anything to do as a precaution against illness? tia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd hope for the best! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JudoMom Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I wouldn't worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Marmalade Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I wouldn't worry in the least! Hard boiled eggs get noticeably funky when they're really old- she wouldn't have used them. I'm a huge nut for food safety and freshness, but hard boiled eggs are one thing I have no problem using for a long time. We easily have Easter eggs lurking about for a month or so beyond Easter, and still eat them with no troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErinE Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I'd hope for the best! :tongue_smilie: Agreed! Just watch and wait and be prepared for a visit early in the morning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProudGrandma Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I have used 2 week old boiled eggs and nobody got sick... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaryCatherine Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 If they were bad, she would've noticed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaKinVA Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 eggs keep (in the fridge) for quite a while... and have a rather distinctive odor when they have gone bad. Now... if they were shelled hardboiled eggs... i might get an eewww. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 If they looked and smelled good enough to eat, they were almost certainly fine. Eggs start to stink long before they're dangerous to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pink Fairy Posted December 19, 2011 Share Posted December 19, 2011 I agree with everyone else. She'll probably be just fine. :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaSheep Posted December 20, 2011 Share Posted December 20, 2011 I'm jumping on the don't worry about it bandwagon. It's amazing how long eggs can last (if they rotted in a week or so, there'd never be time for them to develop and hatch, and chickens don't exactly refrigerate their nests to keep them fresh). Refrigerating and boiling both extend the shelf life of an egg. Of course, there's no telling how long they'd been sitting around in shipping and on a store shelf, but still. And as others have said, bad eggs have a distinctive odor and flavor. So I say if they didn't smell bad or taste bad they were fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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