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To Preserve Eggs

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Preserve Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Fill a deep earthen vessel with fresh-laid eggs, small ends downwards.

  2. In another vessel, mix quicklime with enough water to achieve a thick cream consistency.

  3. Let the lime and water mixture stand for 2-3 days, stirring frequently.

  4. Once thick enough, pour the mixture over the eggs, filling the vessel completely.

  5. Store the egg vessel in a stable, undisturbed corner.

  6. The eggs will keep well for an extended period.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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