To Preserve Eggs
Ingredients
Directions
Make the solution
Mix 1 lb of water glass into 1 gallon of water.
Preserve the eggs
Stir the mixture several times each day for several days.
Afterward, add the eggs to the solution.
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
- Water glass
- Sodium silicate forms an alkaline solution that helps preserve the eggs.
- Eggs
- The eggs are the food being preserved, soaked in the alkaline solution.
The step that matters
Stirring the solution several times a day. Regular stirring keeps the water glass evenly dispersed so the solution stays uniform and the eggs are preserved consistently throughout the soak.
“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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