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Forget the compote pile. Eggshells are excellent for scouring the garbage disposal.
Most people don't have garbage disposals. We prefer a compost pile as it useful for food and yard waste. Heck we even have a compost pile for the dog waste.
My parents always put the eggshells down the garbage disposal, and every so often the whole contents would back up into the sink, and the trap had to be opened up and cleaned out. It was smelly and unpleasant.
Garbage disposals are to do away with little bits of soft food. I have never put eggshells or anything tough like lemon rinds down my garbage disposal, and it is still working perfectly after more than 25 years.
Truth be told, I thought the OP was going to ask about her "own" eggs, for purposes of reproduction...(btw, those have an "expiration date" too...) lol
That's funny, but if those had expiration dates on them, how would I know?
When I get eggs at Trader Joe's, I always check them, and if there is a cracked one, I replace it with a good one. There is usually a carton there with five or six cracked eggs already from people who have done the same thing. And I'm pretty sure that the employees in the back do the same thing, to "fix" the egg cartons that have a damaged egg or two.
It seems really silly to throw out eleven good eggs because one is cracked.
Nearly every grocery chain around repackages eggs when there is a broken egg in the dozen. Kroger stores usually package them in a package labeled "Grade B" and sell them at 40% off of the Grade AA egg price. The last ten times I have purchased these, I have received nearly all Grade AA eggs.
Water in a basin should be deep enough to allow the eggs to float. It's awful if the egg floats. Ignore it. The egg can be used if it sinks.
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