What you see: The white of your hardboiled egg is covered in pockmarks or little bubbly dents. What is is: An egg with a bubbly air cell!Eat or toss: Eat! The
Hard boiled egg with a shifted yolk?
What you see: The yolk in your hard boiled egg is not centered, but on the side of the egg. What it is: Likely an older egg whose insides (and defenses) have
Egg with a huge, weird-looking yolk
What you see: A raw egg in which the yolk has spread out. There are odd wispy things in the yolk. What it is: An egg hosting a microbial blowout. Eat or toss:
Large dimple in hard-boiled egg
What you see: An smooth crater on the side of your hard-boiled egg. What it is: An air pocket in an unusual location. Eat or toss: Eat! This egg is quirky, but
Black speck in your hardboiled egg white?
What you see: A black speck in the white of your hard boiled eggWhat it is: A naturally occurring “blood spot” or “meat spot” that turned black after exposure
Leathery, translucent layer around your raw egg?
What you see: You just tried to crack a raw egg and somehow didn’t break all the way through. There's a rough, translucent layer just below the shell.What it
Grayish smudges or spots on your eggshell?
What you see: Translucent, watercolor-like smudges and spots on your eggshellWhat it is: Mottling, or a place where moisture is trapped in the shellEat or toss:
What’s that dirty spot on your egg?
What you see: Specks of grime stuck to an egg. What it is: Chicken feces (eww), possibly also dirt or bits of the carton. Eat or toss: Eat! But use some caution
Is it safe to eat a dented, cracked egg?
What you see: A dented, cracked egg; its contents may or may not appear to have spilled out. What it is: The dent suggests that both the shell and the egg's
Bumps on your eggshell
What you see: Hard, sand-like bumps or a gritty texture on your egg’s shell. What it is: Calcium carbonate deposits. Eat or toss: The egg is fine. Large
I forgot to put my eggs in the fridge…can I still eat them?
What you see: A carton of raw eggs left out overnight. What it is: Eggs that have been stored at a temperature that facilitates bacterial growth. Eat or toss:
Why are there stringy blobs on my egg yolks?
What you see: White, stringy blobs on the yolk when you crack open an egg. What it is: The chalazae, essentially a set of strands built into the egg to anchor
What’s up with brownish specks in eggs?
What you see: A dark brown or reddish speck, most likely in the egg white. What it is: A meat spot, likely a tiny piece of the chicken's reproductive tract that
Is that blood in my egg?
What you see: A vivid red speck, or something that looks like a drop of blood in the egg yolk. What it is: A spot of blood from the chicken’s reproductive
Should you eat a hard-boiled egg with a greenish yolk?
What you see: An unappetizing sewage green hue to your egg yolk. What it is: Just some sulfur and iron compounds. Eat or toss? Eat! It’s overcooked, but
Is it safe to eat an egg that cracked during boiling?
What you see: Egg cracked during boiling, resulting in an oddly shaped egg white, and strings and clumps of egg white in the cooking water. What it is: Just
