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To Preserve Eggs for Winter Use

A method for preserving eggs in a lime and salt solution for winter storage.

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

Ingredients

Directions

Make the brine

  1. Mix the water, slacked lime, and salt in a barrel until well combined.

  2. Fill the barrel about ¾ full with the mixture.

Preserve the eggs

  1. Gently lower fresh eggs into the mixture using a dish.

  2. Tip the dish to allow the eggs to roll out without cracking the shells.

  3. Ensure that no eggs have cracked, as this will spoil them.

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.

Explore the science

What each ingredient does

Fresh slacked lime
Raises the alkalinity of the liquid, which helps preserve the eggs.
Common salt
Helps preserve the eggs and seasons the brine.

The step that matters

Lowering the eggs without cracking the shells. A cracked shell lets the brine enter and spoil the egg, so eggs should be lowered gently and tipped out slowly, then checked for any damage.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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