[ken5050]

Question, please. More than a month ago, I hard boiled a dozen eggs..put them in the fridge to cool, as I was making some salads the next day for a church pot luck. Yesterday morning, while digging out something at the back of the refrigerator shelf, I came up with an egg..one of the little buggers must have rolled out.

So, what's the refrigerated shelf-life of a hard boiled egg? I've tossed it out..but am curious.

[illiac]

7 days according to this link:

http://www.eatbydate.com/hard-boiled-eggs-shelf-life-expiration-date/

Hope that helps...

[RightField]

So, what's the refrigerated shelf-life of a hard boiled egg? I've tossed it out..but am curious.

If the boiled egg white has turned yellow and ugly looking, it's a goner. If the white is still white looking and doesn't smell, it's ok. (I know all this from experience, having discovered one or two old boiled eggs in my fridge myself.)

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[Albion Wilde]

More than a month ago, I hard boiled a dozen eggs...one of the little buggers must have rolled out... what's the refrigerated shelf-life of a hard boiled egg? I've tossed it out..but am curious.

In the summer I hardboil a half-dozen at a time, mark them with a pencil so I don't confuse them with the raw ones, and eat them from the refrigerator one a day. I keep raw eggs for a month, and the heat of preparation kills any bacteria, as long as the shells weren't cracked in any way. But the problem with boiled eggs is that small cracks can let in bacteria, and then there's no heat to kill them. So I think you did the right thing.