You're not? Sortof? IIRC, if you're in England and most other parts of the world it's illegal. If you wash them with water that's warmer than the eggs it's supposedly OK. (Still makes them spoil a little faster AFAIK, but doesn't push bacteria through the shell like cold water wash would. There was an experiment about it published in some magazine I read years ago, also compared soaking in waterglass IIRC. The difference between washed vs. unwashed eggs was there, but not huge. You could probably find that article online these days if you looked hard enough.)
I have four hens laying four a day. It just keeps my wife and I in eggs. The wife bakes bread and rolls every couple weeks and some of that dough takes eggs. Me bacon or country ham and eggs every morn with homemade toast. So far we have not run out. Oh, I left out my dog. Maggie Mae gets an egg in the morning.
I have 3 ducks and generally get 1 egg per duck a day. They only stop for a short time when they molt or a sudden cold snap. Has been 7-24° and still get 1 or 2. Bought 3 dozen eggs in almost 3 years
Gold I tell you, Gold! Even my local Walmart is selling them for over 6 bucks a dozen. If you don't wash them they will keep just fine without refrigerating.
Washed eggs last around 6 weeks in the fridge before we get floaters, Unwashed eggs last about 6 months in the fridge. On the counter unwashed eggs last around 4 months. Starting in the fall I try to get a build up to last until they girls pick up on laying again.
I have 50 egg cartons stashed away for just such occurrences. Last summer my brother gave me 8 dozen unpasteurized right off the farm eggs that he had somehow acquired from a customer. I wasn't complaining given the price of eggs, but they stunk up the fridge and I had to make sure to only use them in stuff that was cooked. Not an issue, but I had my fill of omelettes for a while.
Fried eggs, poached eggs, potato salad, pickled eggs, egg salad, Sunnyside up eggs, alot of baking good,
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ReplyDeleteDidn't think you were supposed to wash eggs
ReplyDeleteYou're not? Sortof? IIRC, if you're in England and most other parts of the world it's illegal. If you wash them with water that's warmer than the eggs it's supposedly OK. (Still makes them spoil a little faster AFAIK, but doesn't push bacteria through the shell like cold water wash would. There was an experiment about it published in some magazine I read years ago, also compared soaking in waterglass IIRC. The difference between washed vs. unwashed eggs was there, but not huge. You could probably find that article online these days if you looked hard enough.)
DeleteJohn G.
I can eat ... 50 EGGS ... !!
ReplyDeleteWhat we have heyaa is a failya ta communicate...
DeleteThat’s a small fortune right there.
ReplyDeleteReal Wealth if we continue to print more money into Weimar Germany 2.0
ReplyDeleteCurrently a dozen hen fruit are $9 in parts of California.
ReplyDeleteAround jackson ms walmart eggs about $4.50. Cage free 8.50
DeletePhoenix Metro Area - WallyWorld is $8.02 for a dozen and a half large eggs. "Cage free" and the rest are too rich for my blood.
DeleteJust paid $4.99 for a dozen in W. Mass..
DeleteJpaul
Bird flu is a bitch.
I have four hens laying four a day. It just keeps my wife and I in eggs. The wife bakes bread and rolls every couple weeks and some of that dough takes eggs. Me bacon or country ham and eggs every morn with homemade toast. So far we have not run out. Oh, I left out my dog. Maggie Mae gets an egg in the morning.
ReplyDeleteI have 3 ducks and generally get 1 egg per duck a day. They only stop for a short time when they molt or a sudden cold snap. Has been 7-24° and still get 1 or 2. Bought 3 dozen eggs in almost 3 years
Deletea sign in the front yard "EGGS $2.50/DOZEN" will clear them out in an hour or so.
ReplyDeleteGold I tell you, Gold! Even my local Walmart is selling them for over 6 bucks a dozen. If you don't wash them they will keep just fine without refrigerating.
ReplyDeleteThat pic looks like a couple hundred $ worth of eggs at current prices.
ReplyDeleteI'd like someone to explain how a bird virus jumps the largest continent on the planet and two oceans to get here. Conspiracy theorist, moi? Never.
Nemo
It got help.
DeleteWashed eggs last around 6 weeks in the fridge before we get floaters, Unwashed eggs last about 6 months in the fridge. On the counter unwashed eggs last around 4 months. Starting in the fall I try to get a build up to last until they girls pick up on laying again.
ReplyDeleteLet people know you have a surplus and don't worry, you'll get friends!
ReplyDeleteSomebody needs a freeze drier. The eggs will last 20 years or more.
ReplyDeleteI have 50 egg cartons stashed away for just such occurrences. Last summer my brother gave me 8 dozen unpasteurized right off the farm eggs that he had somehow acquired from a customer. I wasn't complaining given the price of eggs, but they stunk up the fridge and I had to make sure to only use them in stuff that was cooked. Not an issue, but I had my fill of omelettes for a while.
ReplyDeleteWhole eggs aren't pasteurized. Washed if for sale, but not pasteurized.
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