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You asked “do I need to take them out or will it be ok?” Eggs with cracks are risky because bacteria can enter through shell damage. For example, The Pioneer Woman notes “the USDA, it is not safe to use eggs that have cracks. The simple reason is that bacteria can enter eggs through cracks in the shell, most commonly salmonella.” The Pioneer Woman Likewise Health.com states “bacteria can enter eggs through cracks in the shell… the main food safety concern with cracked eggs is Salmonella.” Brining doesn’t magically sterilize a cracked egg, and many brining guides explicitly warn to check each egg to make sure there are no cracks , because cracked eggs can “get rotten inside the brine” . If...
Full answer by user259537: https://cooking.stackexchange.com/a/136961 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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