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Hey I was a homesteader from Canada that coats her fresh eggs with mineral oil? @aart or anyone else have you heard of this?
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Yep, have heard of it...don't know anything about it really.@aart or anyone else have you heard of this?
Thank you for this I may do my own control here at home.Yes. I've that more often than all other ways of sealing the pores of the egg except water glassing.
Mineral oil and beeswax did better than aloe, gelatin, and control of no coating in this study in which microbiological analysis showed that all coated and uncoated eggs were microbiologically safe throughout the storage period of six weeks at 30 C.
I didn't see whether they started with washed eggs or not. Oh. They "wiped with steel wool to clean any possible dirt on the shell"
There are a few other coatings that have been tested, at least, although not used much. Quite a bit of the interest is in countries like Nigeria - hot climate and no reliable refrigeration in parts of it.
They said they were looking for alternatives to mineral oil because mineral oil dries so slowly
Here are what my eggs look like before they are washed. All but three have been this clean without washing them.people don’t mind non washed poopy eggs? I feel like they would care
That’s literally what they said. “I don’t see the point to float testing ALL the eggs if you only want 2 for breakfast”<shrugs>I don't see the point in floating the 2 for breakfast.
Just break them in a bowl and use your eyes, nose, and common sense to decide if egg is OK to eat.
Try it, see if you've been tossing perfectly edible eggs.
I see no reason to float any eggs.That’s literally what they said. “I don’t see the point to float testing ALL the eggs if you only want 2 for breakfast”
It did not go as well as I hoped. They are safe to eat - no problem with how they smell or look. I ate them in muffins first and couldn't tell a difference from fresh eggs. These are eggs stored at room temperature in the pickling lime solution for 4 to 5 months.Water glassing? Or liming? They are different. The liming seems to be the better choice. I have a few dozen eggs in lime solutions to see how it goes.