Now in time of plenty, gather and store for times of want.

[Mrs. K]

When I water glass I fill the jar half way then putting the eggs in with gravy ladle.

 

[fowltemptress]

This makes me curious. Does anyone else store eggs without all the prep? I don't wash my eggs and keep them on a countertop in my kitchen, and they keep just fine there for months. I know I regularly eat 2 to 3 month old eggs with no issues. Winter means the countertop eggs actually start to deplete since we're not topping them off daily, but the girls always start laying for Spring again before we run out.

 

[alwaystj9]

That's pretty much what I do but I store my eggs in the carport. I also freeze a coupla ice trays full of eggs just in case, if I don't use them by spring...Voila!Dog popsicles!
I break one egg into each section of the tray and pop a small hole in the yolk with a leetle pinch of salt. I freeze them and dump into freezer containers & date them.
With 30-ish chickens and selling off my coming 3 or 4 year old hens to make room for new one, I usually have some group laying a few eggs.

 

[Slothinc]

I tend to leave mine sitting on the counter, and if we haven’t eaten them by the time they start to be “too old” - about 4-6 weeks old - then I freeze dry them. I have a 4 c measuring cup and I add 4 c of eggs, and 1 tsp salt (mixed in a little water) and blend them with a hand mixer. Then I pour them onto the trays.

My freeze dryer holds 4 medium trays and I believe I can fit 16 cups in one cycle. I then package them in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers. They should last 20 years or so, if properly packaged. I probably need to do another batch today, my counter is overflowing with eggs!

 

[Mrs. K]

I really just need eggs to last until spring, not years from now. But I have used powdered eggs, and been dang glad to have them, and they worked just fine.

 

[Mrs. K]

I don't wash my eggs and keep them on a countertop in my kitchen, and they keep just fine there for months.

YOu must have a lot of counter space.

 

[Sefirothe]

Can anyone speak to how water glazed eggs are to be hard boiled a few months after being in storage?

I know most recommend using them for baking or scrambled eggs but I haven't seen anyone mentioning hard boiling...

 

[Mrs. K]

When I started, I think I read, not to do it. But I am not sure why. I wish you would try some and report back.

 

[tripletfeb]

Can anyone speak to how water glazed eggs are to be hard boiled a few months after being in storage?

I know most recommend using them for baking or scrambled eggs but I haven't seen anyone mentioning hard boiling...

I tried to hard boil my water glassed eggs and it was a complete failure. I did 5 eggs and all cracked in the water. I even did a youtube video about it, linked below. The video picks up after another video about water glassing eggs I did, I screwed up the pausing of the video so just made another one. But there is no need to watch the first video, the linked video has the results. ETA these eggs are about a year in the water glass solution

 

[Slothinc]

I tried to hard boil my water glassed eggs and it was a complete failure. I did 5 eggs and all cracked in the water. I even did a youtube video about it, linked below. The video picks up after another video about water glassing eggs I did, I screwed up the pausing of the video so just made another one. But there is no need to watch the first video, the linked video has the results. ETA these eggs are about a year in the water glass solution

Great video!! I have been known to eat cracked hard boiled eggs before, so I would be inclined to try them They actually looked really tasty!