Fact checked by Amber Brenza Eggs are packed with protein and minerals—plus they're not cheap. So it can be really frustrating to open your egg carton to discover that one or multiple shells inside ...

Are cracked eggs safe to eat — or should this food item be tossed? Fox News Digital spoke to an egg expert for thoughts and guidance for consumers on the issue.

Toss or Eat: What To Do if Your Eggs Have a Crack on It. When deciding whether to cook with a cracked egg, first consider when it was cracked. If you got unlucky at the grocery store and brought ...

“Bacteria can enter eggs through cracks in the shell. Never purchase cracked eggs,” said the USDA. Eggs that crack during the cooking process, such as hard-boiling, “are safe,” noted the USDA.

Beginners: Crack egg on the countertop. No shame in using this basic method: The Test Kitchen cooks use it as their default. How to do it: Imagine that the egg is standing upright.

According to Dan Souza, Chief Content Officer at America’s Test Kitchen and official egg-spert (sorry), the key to a clean, no-mess crack isn’t your bowl, the counter, a knife or even the edge ...

Eggs are less likely to crack when they fall on their side, according to experiments with over 200 eggs. What does this mean for the best way to crack an egg for breakfast?

Eggs are less likely to crack when dropped on their side than when dropped vertically, finds research published in Communications Physics. Controlled trials simulating the ‘egg drop challenge ...

Learning to crack an egg is a culinary rite of passage. Luckily, science has hatched a formula that is nearly infallible. All it requires is knowledge of a few basic physics principles. Read on.

Toss or Eat: What To Do if Your Eggs Have a Crack on It. When deciding whether to cook with a cracked egg, first consider when it was cracked. If you got unlucky at the grocery store and brought ...