Best in the Carton

Eggs dry out more quickly in your refrigerator's egg rack - best to leave them in the carton.

Spinning Eggs

Can't remember which eggs you cooked? Spin them.  If an egg spins quickly, it is hard-boiled, if it spins slowly and wobbles, it's raw.

Nest Egg Origin

A plastic egg, golf ball, or avocado pit placed in a nest will encourage a hen to lay in it - this is the origin of the term "nest egg",

Fresh Eggs

A fresh egg sinks in a bowl of water, an old egg floats.

Thinnest Feathers

"Go away, boy! or I'll spank you where the feathers are the thinnest"
- Foghorn J Leghorn

Egg Weight

An egg standing on its end can bear up to two hundred pounds. (record set by the Ontario Science Centre)

Egg Strength

An egg standing on its end can bear up to two hundred pounds. (record set by the Ontario Science Centre)