Name: To Preserve Eggs Fresh for Many Weeks
Ingredients: eggs; gum Arabic solution

To Preserve Eggs Fresh for Many Weeks

Ingredients

eggs
gum Arabic solution

Directions

Brush each egg with a thin solution of gum Arabic, ensuring no part of the shell is uncovered.
First, coat half of each egg and let it dry before applying to the other half.
Handle the eggs carefully to avoid rubbing off the gum while it is wet.
Ensure the shells are clean before storing to prevent spoilage.

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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To Preserve Eggs Fresh for Many Weeks