There was an experiment done (I think it's on Mother Earth News, if you can
be bothered to look for it) about lots of different methods of preserving
eggs, including water glass, grease, etc etc.
The ones that kept best were unwashed, and refrigerated. Not washing was
really significant. They kept easily as long as all the ones that had been
mucked about with, in fact longer iirc, and much more consistently so.

So if you want to store your eggs for a rainy day, don't wash them, and put
them in the fridge! Not at all the same of course, as getting the best from
a fresh egg!

Jackie
----- Original Message -----
From: "John" <cushyinireland@...>
To: <smallholding@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:58 AM
Subject: [SmallHolding] Re: Do you keep your eggs in the....


>
> Never had this problem Karen, although we kept hundred of birds, our
> of course were all Purebreeds used mostly for hatching.
>
> We never sold the eggs as such, but used to Set all that we could so
> we left them out and allowed the embryos to "set" in the Yolk for a
> week before putting them into the incubators.
>
> Any that we had "surplus" we ate and the rest we gave to the family
> members in exchange for a bit of feed. No money ever changed hands in
> that respect.
>
> Refrigeration I found, caused the eggs to seperate the yolks from the
> whites when frying, much as they do when the eggs are too fresh.
>
>
> Cheers
> John


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