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To Preserve Eggs

This recipe uses unslacked lime, which should be handled with care.

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

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Dip eggs in melted suet.

  2. Pack eggs in a jar with the smaller end downwards, layering with coarse sea salt.

  3. Make a solution by pouring boiling water over unslacked lime and cool thoroughly.

  4. Pour the lime solution over the packed eggs, avoiding the sediment.

  5. Store in a cool, dark place.

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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