Is it okay to eat expired eggs?

That depends on whether it had an expiration date or a sell by date. Food is usually good a few days after a sell-by date, as well as a few days after a best by date.

I've heard you can eat them for weeks thereafter, because they don't go bad for up to a month.

Theoretically, eggs can be sold up to a month after the sell by date, but that depends on proper storage and knowing when it was really made.

What happens if I cook them?

In a way, the clock starts over. The hard-boiled eggs will last one to two weeks if kept cold and in the shell.

Whereas they'll go bad in a few hours left on the counter.

So will raw eggs.

So will mayonnaise if you leave out at room temperature for a few hours. If I'm not sure if they are good, should I use the float test?

In theory, bad eggs will float while bad ones will sink. However, eggs are relatively cheap, so you really ought to buy new eggs instead of trying to eat bad ones.

You're worried about food poisoning.

Two dollars for a dozen eggs plus the trip to the store versus 48 hours of misery and at least that much money in tummy medicine.

Organic eggs cost a lot more.

Organic eggs aren't more nutritious or better for you, though they are better for the farmers.

Free range chickens are happier.

Free range chickens that are truly on the range get eaten by coyotes, wolves, hawks and everything else. Free range chickens in a farm just get more space to wander around.

Happy chickens make more eggs.

If you're going to be so caught up in animal welfare, you might as well get vegetarian egg substitutes.

Those don't bind as well in my recipes.

Then just buy half a dozen at a time so that you are less likely to have old ones you can't stand to part with.

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