To Preserve Eggs Fresh for Many Weeks
Ingredients
Directions
Brush each egg with a thin solution of gum Arabic, ensuring the entire shell is covered.
Allow the first half of the egg to dry before brushing the other half.
Store eggs in a clean, dry place to keep them fresh for a long time.
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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