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To Preserve Eggs

A method for preserving eggs by layering them in salt in a wooden box.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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To Preserve Eggs

Ingredients

Directions

Pack the box

  1. Line the bottom of the wooden box with a 1-inch layer of common salt.

  2. Pack fresh eggs in rows with the small ends down.

  3. Cover the eggs with salt until they are completely covered.

  4. Add another layer of eggs and repeat until the box is full.

Store

  1. Cover the box and store it in a dry, cool, dark closet.

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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What each ingredient does

Common salt
Surrounds the eggs and draws out moisture, helping preserve them over storage.

“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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