Where do you keep Eggs etc to keep them longer - Fridge or??

[Rosefriend]

Dec 27, 2013 17:23:44 GMT @jimle said:

i've heard that their porous as well..(but),i've learned in a different forum that some people there do that them self's when it comes to mineral oil..mainly one of them..they have thier own chickens in which they collect the eggs.they start selling the eggs in Febuary or march i think.then stop selling in late August.that's when they start saving eggs for the winter and/or what ever..

Blimey - well OK - not sure that I would want eggs that old or eggs that have been put in oil but then I have never tried them...they maybe great!!

RF

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here's a couple of links where they explin things better then i do.and they tell ya how and all

www.preparednesspro.com/safely-preserving-eggs


www.offthegridnews.com/2012/03/05/preserving-eggs-for-the-long-term/

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here's some thing that was said someone else where.

For many years our neighbors were Amish. We learned from them and this is how we keep eggs to this day:
-If possible, we do not wash the eggs. The membrane surrounding the egg, when the hen lays it, preserves the egg perfectly.
-If we have to wash the egg, then we coat it in Olive Oil. We stop selling eggs about the first of August and begin keeping them in the root cellar. This way by the time it gets really cold here and our hens stop laying, we have plenty eggs to last until the spring when they begin laying again.

[Rosefriend]

Dec 27, 2013 18:46:45 GMT @jimle said:

here's some thing that was said someone else where.

For many years our neighbors were Amish. We learned from them and this is how we keep eggs to this day:
-If possible, we do not wash the eggs. The membrane surrounding the egg, when the hen lays it, preserves the egg perfectly.
-If we have to wash the egg, then we coat it in Olive Oil. We stop selling eggs about the first of August and begin keeping them in the root cellar. This way by the time it gets really cold here and our hens stop laying, we have plenty eggs to last until the spring when they begin laying again.

Thanks for the info @jimle - I never actually thought about people wanting to keep eggs for a long time....interesting isn't it !!

RF

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yeah it is intresting...especilly if a person is intrested in getting thier own chickens and saveing eggs..and that'll make a good/great diffrence in meal plans

[Rosefriend]

Dec 27, 2013 19:26:00 GMT @jimle said:

yeah it is intresting...especilly if a person is intrested in getting thier own chickens and saveing eggs..and that'll make a good/great diffrence in meal plans

Definately @jimle - all over the world, and certainty in the western world canning, freezing and generally making food keep longer, is getting more important these days..

Still never thought about eggs though...wonder it there are other things that we wouldn't normally think of trying to keep longer??!!

My OH is retired now but the bread in tins that the forces had/have is really great tasting and last for months...

RF

[Ladygardener]

I wonder what they put into the bread that keeps it lasting for so long Rosefriend ? Bread will keep for a week for me in the fridge but I usually freeze half a loaf at a time.

@jimle I would'nt fancy eggs that have been kept for so long.

Ruth was saying all her hens and quails have stopped laying for the winter a while ago. The Quails are lovely little things and their eggs are delicious.

[Rosefriend]

Dec 30, 2013 7:35:57 GMT Ladygardener said:

I wonder what they put into the bread that keeps it lasting for so long Rosefriend ? Bread will keep for a week for me in the fridge but I usually freeze half a loaf at a time.

@jimle I would'nt fancy eggs that have been kept for so long.

Ruth was saying all her hens and quails have stopped laying for the winter a while ago. The Quails are lovely little things and their eggs are delicious.

The bread for the forces is a rye bread and last for years and years. Bread made and tinned in 1987 can still be bought and eaten - apparently it tastes very good still, I recently saw an article on it. The bread in the tins are then heated which makes then sterile and they last. This kind of bread is used for expeditions, seamen etc as well.



RF

[Ladygardener]

Thanks for that Rosefriend. I've never really thought about the supplies some of the forces and those on long expeditions etc.....

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i had forgottn about rye bread.but then again,i hardly ever eat it..

someone had told me that they put certain type of lights in thier hen house.and the hens lay eggs year round because of that..instead of not laying dureing the winter..

[Rosefriend]

Dec 30, 2013 14:07:02 GMT @jimle said:

i had forgottn about rye bread.but then again,i hardly ever eat it..

someone had told me that they put certain type of lights in thier hen house.and the hens lay eggs year round because of that..instead of not laying dureing the winter..

I wonder if they use "day lights" as I do for starting plants off in the cellar..

RF

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yeah..thats a good possibilety,seeing how thatd fool them into thinking its day time,and or summer time.pluse itd keep them warm

[cygnet]

yeah, when we had hens we kept the eggs outside the fridge. And we used to mark the date with a lead pencil so as we'd eat the oldest first.
Have never (or very rarely) kept eggs in a fridge. Eggs are sold here just on shelves as normal....

It might be an idea to give the girls a rest over the winter instead of 365/365 efforts at laying. Those poor factory birds!!!
I remember the first year they laid most of the way through the winter then got into a routine of stopping at the end of September or so....

[Ladygardener]

cygnet I remember my Daughters doing the same thing. She lets them rest now 'tho. The lights would'nt work as they're free range and are out exploring most days.