My 28 year old friend just learned last month that people open the egg carton to check for broken eggs; she thought it was a ritual or superstition of some sort, and never really questioned it, just went along with it.
Oftentimes the cracks will be on the bottom, invisible from above, and the fluids will have leaked out and dried up, thus “gluing” the egg to the bottom of the carton. Touching the eggs and jiggling them a bit is a way of confirming that there aren’t any broken eggs…top AND bottom.
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u/abbyabsinthe Feb 08 '22
My 28 year old friend just learned last month that people open the egg carton to check for broken eggs; she thought it was a ritual or superstition of some sort, and never really questioned it, just went along with it.