It’s hard to tell a bad egg by its shell. But, if you want to test the egg for freshness, a local inventor hopes to help you out.
Trish Horst, a product developer with five patents under her belt, created Good Egg-Bad Egg! to offer a more exact definition of freshness. The product isn’t on the market yet, but Walgreens and other retailers have shown interest.
Good Egg-Bad Egg!, which has patents pending and is now being manufactured, is a 16-ounce, liquid measuring cup with four lines on the side to indicate the freshness, depending on its buoyancy, ranging from “Bad Egg! Do Not Use!� at the top to “Real Fresh Egg! Enjoy!� at the bottom. To test an egg, fill the cup with water, drop it in and see where it settles.
The key to inventing is to be observant, calm and thoughtful, Horst said. Wannabe inventors should take clues from young children, she said, because they look at the world without preconceived ideas about how things should or shouldn’t be done.
Photo by Jimmie Presley/Daily News.
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