Preserving eggs

 I have been reading about freezing eggs.  Everything from a book I have printed in 1963 to the newest things I can find on the Internet say the same things.  All say mix the eggs together and add sugar, corn syrup, or salt to them before freezing.  No one seemed to want to add a sweetener and no one seemed to like the salt taste later, so I basically followed the one I liked the best from a blog about living on food storage for one year.Click here to go to that part of her blog.

I did not add anything to my eggs.  What I have read says that the solids coagulate and become slightly gummy after being frozen.  I'll let you know my experience once I thaw and use some.

Eggs were on sale $1.79 for 18.  Limit one, so I got some helpers and got 4 cartons.  I froze 3 cartons, so I hope they are good, because we will be eating and cooking with them anyway.

Here is what I did:
I have 18 silicone containers (6 bowls and 12 cupcake holders).  I did not spray them with anything like the mentioned in the blog that I got the silicone container idea from.

Here are my 18 containers on a cookie sheet.

I added one egg to each container and nothing else.

I left the eggs in the freezer for about 4 hours.  This was the last batch, so I left them in overnight.

Then just roll back the silicone container and the egg comes right out.

One frozen egg ready to be packaged.

I put nine eggs into each package.  My husband eats two and I eat one, so I wanted quantities of three, but I didn't want a ton of little packages.  I will take out what I need and reseal each bag.

The eggs from the cupcake containers curled into an arch shape
when sealed.  The bag stayed more flat with the ones from
the bowl.






Used some of these frozen eggs in January 2013.  They are still good.  The yolks have thickened, but they still work well in cookies and make fine scrambled eggs.  I have not tried fried eggs yet.


 Note:  I used more of these eggs in November 2013.  The yokes have set even more.  Almost like a fried egg that the center is set, but not cooked.  I mashed the yoke and put it into my cookies and it worked fine.  It fried fine also for a cooked yolk center.  I like them runny, so freezing is not the way to go for fried eggs.  They worked fine for scrambled eggs too after I mashed the yoke some.  The one I did 3/4 frozen to 1/4 fresh looked like all fresh when scrambled.  The eggs are stuck to each other now also.



Keeping Eggs Fresh Longer In the Refrigerator

After doing my eggs like shown below I found this link from Mother Earth News about their storing eggs test.  It was very interesting.

Now for preparing the last carton of eggs for keeping fresh in the refrigerator longer than normal.

The information I used came from this blog.  The blog says that the eggs can be kept fresh for up to two years. Check the blog for more detail, but here are the basics.

Coat each egg with a layer of Vaseline.  It doesn't have to be thick, but make sure the entire egg is covered.  Store in a styrofoam container.  If you only have cardboard than place plastic wrap inside the container first.
Place the egg in with the wide end up.  Get more Vaseline and do the next egg.
To use the eggs get a little dish soap on your hands and rub it all over the egg and rinse in warm water until the egg is clean.  Only wash as many as you are going to use.
To check egg for freshness place it into a bowl of water.  If it sinks it is fresh.  If it floats then air has gotten into it and it should be thrown out.
Don't forget to date your egg carton.

I took a break from writing how to do this and did it myself.  I think I know how my husband feels after working on the car and trying to get his hands clean.  Liquid hand soap and warm water didn't work very well.  I finally used Dawn dish soap and hot water.
Take the eggs out of the carton before coating them.  They were hard to pick up and I stuck my finger nail into one.

I coated 12 eggs since I needed some for baking today.

See how shiny they are now.

Here is a close up of one of the eggs.  I tried to make the Vaseline coating smooth, but that was impossible, so I decided well coated was best.  I just kept rolling each one around in my hands until I felt like the entire thing was well coated.

Don't forget to date your carton.  I'll try some in a few months and let you know the results.  I hope the eggs wash easier than my hands did.





These were just to convenient to use. They were a pain to pick up out of the carton and wash the Vaseline off.  By the end of August they were all gone.  Will try more again when a good sale comes along.  Next time I will coat them with mineral oil.