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To Eat the Egg or to NOT Eat the Egg… That is the Question!
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All of these Eggs were bad! Bummer! |
The good news is even if the carton indicated that your eggs are expired they still might be good and maybe good for longer than you think!
- Fill up a large mixing bowl full of cool water and place a few eggs at a time in the bowl of water. Don’t overcrowd the bowl just a few will do.
- If the eggs rise to the top of the bowl then they need to be thrown away. If the eggs sink they are still good.
- Don’t judge the carton by one egg try them all out because you may have a few that are still good.
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Bad Eggs! Bummer! |
So how do you know the egg is bad because it rises to the top of the water? The reason the egg rises to the top of the water is because the white of the egg has started to evaporate which is leaving the egg hollow. The lighter the egg the quicker it rises to the top of the water. If the egg rises it needs to be thrown away. If it sinks you still have time, but I wouldn’t wait too long.
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Good Eggs! |
Boil the older eggs or even fry them up if you are in a pinch. Better yet have breakfast for dinner to use up those eggs. It’s an inexpensive meal and it’s a great way to get rid of eggs without them going to waste.
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Canned Verses Homemade… Which One Is Cheaper?
Over the last year I have been buying a lot of canned chicken from Sam’s Club. I buy the Members Mark brand which comes in a 5 pack. Each can is 13oz for a total price of $9.98 (We don’t pay sales tax on food in Texas).
Don’t get me wrong I knew it was pretty obvious what the outcome would be, but I wanted to know the numbers. We had friends over for dinner and a whole chicken was left over so I thought what the heck! Let’s see what we can find out!!
- Sam’s club is 5 cans for a total of 65 ounces for $9.98
- Homemade deboned fryer is 33 ounces for $3.35
- Sam’s club is .15cents per ounces
- Homemade is .10 cents per ounces
The difference between buying canned verses homemade is a .05 cents savings per ounce when you go homemade. OK so .05 cents doesn’t seem like much but when you consider 1 pound is 16 ounces 16x.05 cents = a savings of .80 per pound.
I can also see buying the boneless chicken breast when they are on sale and saving myself a ton of time and work!
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How to Cut a Measuring Cup in Half
OK so we are not going to be literally cutting a measuring cup in half, but this is a chart that tells you how to cut a recipe in half using awkward measurements. This information has come in handy so many times for me. This is brilliant because there are many times that you just don’t have the time or the patience to do the math.
- 1 cup (1/2 cup)
- 3/4 cup (1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp.)
- 2/3 cup (1/3 cup)
- 1/2 cup (1/4 cup)
- 1/3 cup (2 Tbsp. + 2 tsp.)
- 1/4 cup (2 Tbsp.)
- 3 Tbsp. (1 Tbsp. + 1 1/2 tsp.)
- 2 Tbsp. (1 Tbsp.)
- 1 Tbsp. (1 1/2 tsp.)
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