Water Glassing eggs
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On April 20, 2022 I put 14 eggs in the jar and added an ingredient.... which egg came out of the jar in the bowl and which egg came out of the carton can you guess I did this last December you really can't tell the difference. Anyone ever do this?
I have water glassed before..it works well enough for sure. The only difference I noticed was the white part of the eggs got a bit runny and that seems to be what other folks say when they have done this..otherwise they were fine. What ingredient did you use in the solution?
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How do you do this? That’s amazing. I never heard of this.
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We do this too. We use hydrated lime and water. It works great. Just use fresh clean unwashed eggs.
Here's a recipe from the net...
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How to water glass eggs and preserve them at room temperature
What you’ll need…
8 oz pickling lime
8 quarts filtered water
Fresh unwashed eggs
A container to store them in
A scale
A whisk
We are going to use pickling lime for this, and it is known by several names (hydrated lime, slacked lime, calcium hydroxide). It can be a little confusing, but if it has one of those names, then you are good to go. They sell this same thing in those little tiny Mrs Wages pickling lime packets for super expensive. But I buy this in bulk from Azure Standard. You could probably even find it at your hardware store.
You also need a container to store the eggs in. A plastic bucket, a pickling crock, a glass jar. I am using a food safe 5 gallon bucket with a gamma seal for mine.
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The forum gave away a few copies of this... The Encyclopedia of Country Living. Everyone needs a copy, great book! I bought a copy and i was born on this farm. Educational, even for old farmers like me.
It lists 3 methods for preserving eggs long term in detail. This includes the water glass method.
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It might be a good time to preserve some eggs again too..I hear they are getting expensive again and a few weeks ago, millions of laying hens were culled. Supposedly bird flu somewhere. I cant recall where .
I have a few eggs left from my hens and they stopped laying a few weeks ago. I usually buy some local or at the store and it wont be long untill they start up again. I'll pick some up to tie me over tho.
I have a few eggs left from my hens and they stopped laying a few weeks ago. I usually buy some local or at the store and it wont be long untill they start up again. I'll pick some up to tie me over tho.
pickling lime
I watched a video about a Antarctica crew who had a egg oiling party at the beginning of their stay in the research station. Otherwise their eggs wouldn't last the 3 or 4 month long stay..it took the whole crew of folks to do this..
My wife does and they keep real good. Does anyone know that water glass was also used to seal leaky radiators? It was also used in ruining perfectly good gasoline and diesel engines that were considered to be fuel hogs and non-electronically engines, the PTB also called for drilling holes in the engine blocks to make them unusable .
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here is a good one
http://prepared-housewives.com/preserve-eggs-with-mineral-oil/
How to Preserve Eggs With Mineral Oil
http://prepared-housewives.com/preserve-eggs-with-mineral-oil/
Resurrecting this thread because I came across this video and wondered if anyone has tried the methods other than waterglassing
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This came from the barn. Use to be available from all feed stores.
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I have an over abundance of fresh farm eggs. I’m thinking of trying one of these methods to preserve them. Oil or water preserving. Which do you think I should try?
These eggs are unwashed and still have the bloom. How long can they sit on the counter if I don’t do any further preserving.
These eggs are unwashed and still have the bloom. How long can they sit on the counter if I don’t do any further preserving.
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How Amish Preserve EGGS For 15 Years Without Refrigeration
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Some of those photos of those amish people doing stuff aren't amish. Ha Ha. Maybe the tv amish.
I have not seen many people at all use this method where I live, but there is alot of pickling going on. And some freezing. Solar freezers are a thing here.
I have not seen many people at all use this method where I live, but there is alot of pickling going on. And some freezing. Solar freezers are a thing here.
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You would know, but most of us have no ideal. I have great respect for people who live up to the standard they set for themselves & can make thing instead of buying everything.
However I never seen a Amish, just been to a Mennonite store & understand they are not the same.
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I only know our area Amish. They are Old Order mostly, but some Beachy Amish that are more lenient. Our Old Order can use their tractors like a car with a horse trailer like a station wagon on the road. (but not on Sunday) They can use solar. Every area has different rules though and live differently. The Schwartzentrubers are the most strict of all, and I haven't met any of those, but there aren't any of those in Kansas. My family is Old Order.
That photo of the canned food in the basement is accurate. My favorite cousin and her daughter love to do show and tell when I come over and they like me to do the same when they come over.
But some of the photos on youtube are just dumb. Like the guys in the video tugging on that big branch. They would hook a chain up to a tractor and take it out.
Canning is tricky here with what is acceptable. Many water bath meats, not pressure can it. They just water bath it for about an hr and a half. My neighbor likes to do that and always brings me some chicken that way, and I won't eat it, don't trust it. Sauerkraut is done a weird way, too, not how I do it. It's salted and cut and put in qt jars, but not canned and it's stored in the basement upside down for a month or so before eating it. It's not necessarily crocked with a weight stone and then rinsed. That's how I do it. Sausage making is done differently in different areas, too. And some people just do a whole pig in sausage because it's easier. A sausage "hamburger" is as popular here as a regular beef hamburger. All in all, though, processed food is popular, store bought Walmart garbage, and that's too bad.
That photo of the canned food in the basement is accurate. My favorite cousin and her daughter love to do show and tell when I come over and they like me to do the same when they come over.
But some of the photos on youtube are just dumb. Like the guys in the video tugging on that big branch. They would hook a chain up to a tractor and take it out.
Canning is tricky here with what is acceptable. Many water bath meats, not pressure can it. They just water bath it for about an hr and a half. My neighbor likes to do that and always brings me some chicken that way, and I won't eat it, don't trust it. Sauerkraut is done a weird way, too, not how I do it. It's salted and cut and put in qt jars, but not canned and it's stored in the basement upside down for a month or so before eating it. It's not necessarily crocked with a weight stone and then rinsed. That's how I do it. Sausage making is done differently in different areas, too. And some people just do a whole pig in sausage because it's easier. A sausage "hamburger" is as popular here as a regular beef hamburger. All in all, though, processed food is popular, store bought Walmart garbage, and that's too bad.
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Our Amish here are Old order too. They have bought eggs from us in winter since they ( the previous neighbors) had so many kids to feed and didn't get enough eggs from their own chickens
They all have solar, they use gas powered stuff also , just asked one of the neighbors a few days ago where he got the gas tanks outside his house from ( one diesel to run tractors and one gas to run equipment and generators)
My old lady Amish friend that used to live here canned by just putting hot cooked stuff in the canning jars, closing them and turning them upside down ...
My aunt and grandmother in Germany made Sauerkraut that way, it was never canned. It's fermented with salt. I make my kimchi that way, but only leave it out for a week or so before I put it in the fridge ( but you could leave it out)
They all have solar, they use gas powered stuff also , just asked one of the neighbors a few days ago where he got the gas tanks outside his house from ( one diesel to run tractors and one gas to run equipment and generators)
My old lady Amish friend that used to live here canned by just putting hot cooked stuff in the canning jars, closing them and turning them upside down ...
My aunt and grandmother in Germany made Sauerkraut that way, it was never canned. It's fermented with salt. I make my kimchi that way, but only leave it out for a week or so before I put it in the fridge ( but you could leave it out)
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Gas and propane are used here, too. I am surprised that alot of the younger married amish are ditching the wood burning stoves and putting in propane for heating.
Do you have any info on the solar freezers?
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My favorite cousin's daughter just got a huge new one, not a chest freezer. They bought it at Home Depot and then a local amish guy does a conversion on it and it's hooked up to solar. I know you can buy solar freezers, but more and more are doing conversions. That, and all the ovens and stoves are propane. I have one of those. We are thinking about expanding our solar to do a freezer and one room.
