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100 or more years ago "egg brokers" bought up eggs in the Spring and Summer months when they were plentiful and cheap, refrigerated them and/or stored them in a substance like water glass, salt, lime, or lard until the hens quit laying in the Autumn when egg prices always soared. It was as...

I am unsure about how long an egg will last in the ice box but others on this forum have reported sealing the shells with a thin layer of lard and then keeping them in the fridge for 9 months or more without a noticeable drop in quality. Water glass also preserves eggs without refrigeration and...