I’ve had eggs easily last a month past the best buy date in the fridge. If you try the water freshness test, check the yolk shape and color, it should be fine. The yolk shape should still be normal, the older eggs will want to flatten out a bit at which point I wouldn’t want to eat them.

Best buy dates are meaningless hype to get you to use more.

I keep eggs for months. Average time in my fridge, 1-3 months. Eggs can always be scrambled, then frozen. Texture changes, but can be used in less sensitive dishes - I wouldn’t make a cake with them.

That said - Dutch Baby. Chef John’s version on Food Wishes works perfectly. It’s like breakfast dessert, though nutritionally much better because of the eggs.

Re: Best buy dates. For decades I’ve done “informal testing” (forgot about stuff) and have learned most things last far beyond their sell by/best buy date. (I put dates on everything I buy - restaurant inventory management lesson).

I currently have numerous intentional tests going - dozens of cans of different dates, chips, crackers, cookies, boxed meals (cake mixes, hamburger helper, pasta, Mac n cheese, etc.). Pasta lasts forever. As does pasta sauce in a jar or can.

Chips: will last upward of 2 years past sell by date. Oils go rancid eventually from oxygen exposure (I suspect a bag develops a leak).

Cookies:similar

Crackers: these seem to oxidize faster than chips (the oils go rancid, safe to eat just taste bad). I suspect it’s because crackers aren’t sealed as well as chips.

Peanut Butter: 4 years, no problem.

Canned drinks: 3 years average. Cans are very thin, develop pinhole leaks (especially acidic drinks - cola).

Bottled drinks: indefinitely. Anything in jars will generally last as long as canned goods (technically they’re canned too).

Canned goods are indefinite, except acidic things like tomatoes. Over time the acid will degrade the lining, then the can. Though I’ve gone past two years with tomatoes, and no problems yet.

Of course, all this is stored in a cool, dry, dark location (no sunlight, lights are OK, just keep them off). Anything under 75f is OK, the cooler the better.

There is a cake recipe that calls for 24 egg yolks per 250g of flour. Next step: make loads of meringue.

Fried rice at its simplest is basically eggs, rice, and some soy sauce.

Good fried rice is:

• garlic
• ginger
• onion
• green onion
• carrot
• (^ sautéed )
• left over veggies (broccoli stalks etc.)
• bag of frozen peas
• (^added then all off loaded into a bowl)
• eggs scrambled in wok
• rice
• sugar
• soy sauce
• oyster sauce
• fish sauce
• optional left over chicken or shrimp
• add everything else from the bowl into the rice

Finally after making all of that, top it with a 40:40:10:10 mix of Mayo, Teriyaki sauce, Sriracha, Worcestershire sauce after it is plated.

That mix is good enough for me to eat almost every day.

shakashuka is pretty tasty. My main use for eggs is ice cream tho. You have a good ice cream machine? Check out David Lebovitz’s Perfect Scoop for some damn fine recipes.

I love making huge batches of breakfast wraps (scrambled eggs, veggies, cheese in a tortilla) and freezing them in ziplocks for when I am hungry and too lazy to cook

ingredients: 1/4 cup butter melted and cooled 5 eggs 1/4 cup flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup of chopped chiles 1 cup cottage cheese 8 ounces of shredded cheese

instructions: Pour melted butter into 9x9 pan Mix all ingredients and pour into pan bake at 350 for 35 minutes

Egg bites … Meat, veggies, eggs, cheese baked in a muffin pan. Keeps in the fridge for a few days and makes a quick grab n go breakfast.

ETA- crepes, Dutch baby, popovers? Freeze some cookie dough balls.

Pickled eggs last a long time and they’re easy to prepare. Here’s a recipe.

Notes:

• The recipe claims that they last for one month, but from experience it’s more like 2~3 months as long as the jar is closed. Just make sure to keep them in the fridge.
• Don’t feel afraid to use more or less sugar or salt than in the recipe, depending on your tastes - they’re conserved by the vinegar. You do want some sugar though, to make them taste less sour than they actually are.
• Seasoning is up to you. The recipe that I’ve linked has a few ideas; personally I like to use turmeric (for the colour), peppercorns, dill, and a few drops of my homemade habanero sauce.

You should make some eggs with that

Boil them, then pickle them to keep them fresh.

Separate the whites and yolks. Make a sponge cake or something out of the whites.

In a tupperware container, put down a thick layer of salt. Then place the yolks close but not touching on that layer of salt. Cover everything with salt. Leave it out at room temperature covered but with the ability to breathe. The yolks will harden and dehydrate. You can now use them as a Parmesan substitute in salads, pastas and other things.

If you want to step things up a little bit make sense and cray powder or chili powder (American Curry powder) with the salt to impart some flavor to the yolks.

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There’s nothing wrong with a hard egg sandwich. Little bit of mayo. A little bit of mustard. Maybe a tiny bit of horseradish and some dill. Put that on two slices of bread.

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You can make ice cream. Egg sugar, salt, cream.

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If you don’t anticipate running into another surplus then you can get some food grade lime and waterglass the eggs for long-term storage as long as they are not washed. If you bought them from a store In America then do not do this. Only do this with farm fresh unwashed eggs.

I run a hard surplus on eggs so I do not do this because I know there will always be more so I’m not looking for ways to save them but ways to you use them.

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Never underestimate the tastiness of shakshuka.

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Breakfast burritos.

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Do you have any urine and wood ash? Maybe it’s time to bury some eggs in the backyard.

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Crepes and lemon pound cake both use a shit ton of eggs and are delicious

Chilaquiles:

Eggs, salsa or picante sauce, tortilla chips, Mexican blend or other preferred cheese, butter or oil, tortillas if you’re feeling sassy.

Heat your cooking surface to medium high, slap on the butter or oil, smash them eggs in and get to scrambling. When the eggs first start to congeal, crush some tortilla chips and toss them in like confetti. Scramble until nearly done and then smother that shit in salsa. Scramble briefly some more and then cut off the heat. Add the cheese as you please and cover just long enough for the cheese to melt—I usually just put the plate I’m gonna use over the pan.

From start to cleanup, if this recipe takes you longer than 10-15 minutes, you’re getting too fancy.

French toast casserole.