So I've just read three books by Susan Pfeffer;
Life As We Knew It, The Dead and the Gone, This World We live In. The first two are better than the last (they're a trilogy). Anyway, an astroid hits the moon, moving it out of its orbit, changes the tides, mass destruction, etc. It doesn't take much to get me back on my food storage fanaticism. With the chickens now laying and eggs in abundance (by the way I need cartons) I thought to myself, "self, how can I put up fresh eggs?".
Aren't google and bing wonderful? On several sites 'waterglass' was mentioned. Waterglass is liquid sodium silicate; it seals the pores and keeps the eggs fresh...or so they say.
So here's what I did.
I bought 5 of these, that's all Wal-mart had (I figure to get them filled and then at 6 months start filling one a month for seven months and start rotating). The sites talked about crocks but most of the info is from the early 1900's. One more recent one mention using any crock, glass, or plastic container; just make sure it had a lid.
I gathered eggs for 3 days. I didn't wash the ones I used, just wiped them with a dry cloth (eggs have 'bloom', a natural coating that keeps them fresh). I tried getting ones that were similar in size. I don't know if this makes any difference.
Next I mixed my sodium silicate solution 1:9 with boiled, cooled water. I don't know if boiling is necessary, but all the info I read said to, of course this is from the early 1900's and water probably was more suspect. I ordered the chemical on line, it was much cheaper that way vs ordering through the Walmart pharmacy.
I put in 3 dozen eggs. I did add 4 eggs I had washed since I had the room and it made it an even 3 dozen.
The solution has been poured over the eggs, the top snapped down. I put them down in my food storage room. I'm supposed to add more solution if it evaporates. Now we wait.
I bought 5 of these, that's all Wal-mart had (I figure to get them filled and then at 6 months start filling one a month for seven months and start rotating). The sites talked about crocks but most of the info is from the early 1900's. One more recent one mention using any crock, glass, or plastic container; just make sure it had a lid.
I gathered eggs for 3 days. I didn't wash the ones I used, just wiped them with a dry cloth (eggs have 'bloom', a natural coating that keeps them fresh). I tried getting ones that were similar in size. I don't know if this makes any difference.
