5 Ways To Store Eggs - No Refrigerator!

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[moonglow]

For coating your eggs in wax, you can use a smaller saucepan & and little more wax, and then use the wire egg dipper that comes in Easter egg dyeing kits to lower the eggs into the hot wax. I always keep extras from those kits from year to year. You’ll get a much smoother coating. They have miniature crock pots that candy/chocolate artists use to melt chocolate that can be picked up at Michaels or Amazon relatively cheap that can be used to melt the wax. It’s the perfect size for this product.

[ChrisWV]

I’ve used the pickling lime or Water bath method. After 16 months my Eggs taste exactly like they did the day I placed them in the solution. The only difference is the yolk sack is more fragile . Eggs over easy is not an option. Great video Kris!

[anissam]

I've done the lime/water method before but the sources I read stated NOT to wash your eggs first. Also, the eggs should NOT have been previously refrigerated. Mine lasted over one year in the solution.

[granitemoss]

I use the mineral oil method with eggs I gather from my hens in late summer/early fall so I have plenty all winter, even when egg production drops. I use these eggs in recipes and fresh for scrambled, poached, fried and such. I make sure to 'float' test each egg before use which only takes a second and assures me they haven't spoiled. Every now and then one will but since I test each before use I catch it before it contaminates anything.

[SoilToSoul]

Don't wash the eggs when doing the water glassing method! (Lime solution). You want the bloom to stay intact. My eggs were fine after 13months, then we had used them all. Probably would have lasted even longer! The yolk is runnier, and is guaranteed to break, but other than that, they are perfect!

[rogbear]

I used to raise chickens! I always thought it funny that people think eggs spoil so easily. My chickens (the Bantam’s) would sometimes lay eggs in an open nest in the field. They would lay up to 15 eggs, 1 egg every day until the nest was full covering them back up with grass each day. Basically the first eggs were there for up to 15 days before the hen even started incubating the eggs, just openly exposed to the weather…They always hatched just fine!

[justnana]

I also raised chickens and did not wash the eggs unless they looked dirty. Those I washed I used first for me and the others went to my kids families whenever I had full dozens. Never had a spoiled egg. I also didn't refrigerate the eggs, leaving them on the bottom shelf of the pantry where it was cooler and dark.

[VictoryReignsHomestead]

You DON'T wash the bloom off to store long term!!! The bloom must stay on! You DON'T want those different products to soak into the shell-- because they will also soak into the egg that way.

[kimireneanderson]

I did the mineral oil version in the glass jars over the course of the last two weeks. I'm not afraid of the food grade mineral oil seeping inside the egg because the taste is neutral. My reasons for doing this is that dried powdered eggs are all right, but I'd like to also have whole pasteurize raised. Too, I don't have a lot of refrigerator space, so storing them in a jar this way is more convenient.

[kerstinahlstrand]

Hi from Sweden! If you rase your own chickens, there are varieties that can produce eggs throughout the year. We have marans (for egg and meat) and we get a couple of eggs a week even in winter. We do not have periods when we are completely without eggs. But we have around 50 hens. And we have light in the coop during the day. And in the refrigerator the eggs stay fresh for many weeks or even months so we save some during the fall.

[Its_like_the_T-Rex]

I don't have access to farm fresh eggs so I dehydrated 12 dozen eggs that I bough with credit card points a couple months ago. I powdered the dehydrated eggs and stored them in mylar bags with oxygen and moisture absorbers.

[strats]

My wife has freeze dried raw eggs and ground it down to a powder. Add water and cook. She also makes egg-bites: raw eggs mixed with diced peppers, tomatos, mushrooms, sausage/bacon bits, baked in an oven, cut into 2x2 squares, and then freeze dries them.

[KlairedeLysOfficial]

Fantastic video! I'd never seen the beeswax method before. Can't wait to try it out.

[heidi]

We glasses over 12 dozen eggs during this last year. I was surprised this method worked. Because of that, our family and friend are able to have eggs during this winter when our girls are on “winter break” from laying eggs.

[robertrubel]

I’m getting ready to taste my first batch of stored eggs March 14. At that time they will have been stored on my shelf for one full year.
I used the pickling lime method

[shaynehawkins]

Awesome. The wood Ash I feel is best. That way you do not have to rely on outside products.

[jjfrange]

Thanks Chris. I’ve used the pickling lime to waterglass two dozen eggs so far, and have four more to add. I’m experimenting right now, but in six months I hope to have tested these eggs and then store 10 dozen before next winter, since we only want to buy farm fresh

[patriciatinkey]

If using any eggs stored longer than a few weeks, do the float test before you crack them. Good eggs sink in a glass (or bowl) of water. If it floats, No Good! You can also crack them each seperatly into a cup to check them before adding the egg to other ingredients, but then if 1 is bad you may have a stink to get rid of.😮 Float testing is quick & easy!😊

[evabuehler]

Love to see you cover this!!! Such a thorough video! I have been experimenting and cannot believe how well water glassing with pickling lime has worked. I’m intrigued with the mineral oil.

[denalinde]

Great video! I wish I’d had this video when I unexpectedly had to spend several months away from home. It broke my heart to have to throw away all the eggs I’d bought on sale before my unexpected trip. 💜