Egg Preservation: Waterglassing | Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
- Knowing that our Chickens were about to head into their 2nd Winter Season, we knew they would start to lay less eggs. So on Sept 9th 2018, we started to preserve our excess eggs using the WaterGlass method, with slacked lime. You can see that video here: • Egg Preservation: Wate...
By mid-December, we started to notice a "rotten egg" smell coming from the crock. On January 10th 2019, we decided to investigate, and find out what had happened. Did we ruin 10 dozen eggs? It sure did smell like we did!
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I wasn't laughing at you, I was just laughing so hard at the sounds and the faces you were making. Oh my this was unintentionally hilarious.
Our sound effects were on point, lol
Love that your willing show the goofs! Trial and error is necessary for growth thank you for bringing us along!
You do not clean the eggs when water glassing them. You need to leave the bloom on.
@Micky41 correct. But most have a lot of eggs and they don't want them sitting around so they water glass them.
@Micky41 it's 1 ounce of pickling lime to 1 liter of distilled or filtered water. Mrs. Wages is a good pickling lime. But there are several brands. You just fill the jar with as many eggs that will fit, pointy side down. Make sure the eggs are all under the water.
You can also purchase hydrated lime from the home improvement stores in 50lb bags. In my area the cost is about $15 for 50 lbs. It’s the same thing as Ms Wages expensive little bags.
@Micky41 you're welcome!
@Micky41 1 weighted oz of lime to 1 qt. of water
we made the eggs from learning about it else where, then I went to put some more eggs into my bucket a month later and when I opened the 5 gallon pail it was so stinky, a cracked egg was visible on top and so I came to you tube to look for reassurance that all my eggs weren't all needed to be thrown out now...and I found you guys! I don't have a scoby on top, but I see now, it was like what happened to you guys. I was scared while filling the pail with eggs in the lime water so I dropped them down gently, but I most likely caused some cracks. Also, not all our eggs had ROUGH shells and some of my layers lay thin shelled eggs. Thank you for showing the ugly side of this project. Because often, its hard to find someone willing to show when something goes wrong! This helped me to see that my eggs can be salvaged in the pail (those that didn't crack) I had a hard time finding info on the internet about this. Thank you for your time.
We have not tried this again since. But I do remember when we were talking afterwards, this definitely seems like one of those "all your eggs in one basket" type situations. Maybe much better luck with smaller sized containers. So if one egg does break, you're not ruining ALL of them, just a smaller portion.
I water glassed a bucket of eggs in may 2018. eight ounces of lime by weight in 8 litres of water. Ate the eggs in October of 2018. Everything was fine. Cheers!
Awesome, glad it worked out for you
I have to say in this case I'm glad there wasn't smell a vision ! Looking forward to seeing them as you use them. Thank You
Had a few failed experiments... its was pretty bad. Just be happy they weren't exploding. Washing eggs before preserving will result in a fail as will using dirty eggs. Also I found more success with plastic or glass containers. Not sure if it was a factor but I used distilled water when I first started having consistent results. Quality of the hydrated lime can be a factor as well. Try to see if you can source some food grade hydrated lime. Once you work out the kinks water glassing is like magic. I don''t keep mine past eight months.
3 important things.... 1) If you clean the eggs you will remove the bloom. It’s important to leave the bloom intact in order for water glassing to work. Also, 2) the small end of the egg needs to be pointing down. 3) you need 1 ounce (weight) of lime per quart of filtered or distilled water.
We did not clean the eggs, they came in right from our coop
Yeah I noticed in this video she said she cleaned the eggs really good and I thought oh no there's where she went wrong 😢
Our first water glass experience ended badly too, but I think it was more due to bumping during moving the jars. I always do a strength check before I preserve eggs, whether it’s in cartons for the fridge or for water glassing. I simply squeeze the fresh eggs in a few spots (over a bowl) before storing. You should not be able to squeeze and crack any sound egg with one hand, no matter how strong you are!! (Try it!!) If the egg cracks, my pups get a fresh eggy treat and the chickens get some shells to munch on. And my family gets fresh, water-glassed eggs clear through winter!
So glad you were brave enough to show potential mistakes. All that info is relevent!
The fact that you are willing to show the imperfect is testimony to you as fantastic people... wow Pretty brave with those rotten ones ...haha... about to try my first batch here in NZ so a million thanks for your realistic review of the process.
I don't know why I'm holding MY breath?! Hahaha no smell-o-vision here!
Haha your so lucky there isn't smellovision
I was told that you must use the eggs immediately after you remove them from lime solution. Curious what the condition of the 8 dozen eggs you put in the cartons.
I love that you did a video on this. I am water glassing and I noticed the water smelled off. so I practically did the same like you did. Then I went to RUclips to see if there was anybody else that’s done the same.
Thank you for sharing this. I'm just starting and only using a jar that allows about 18 eggs at a time because I'm worried that the weight of the other eggs would cause damage. I like that you planned to test them so we could all see.
Same - smaller container and fewer eggs. Our experiment is still underway though. We'll see!
I preserved the same way you did. I had 1 bad egg when cracked that smelled terrible. Otherwise they have been good. I did use a head lamp to check each one.
“Oh! There’s a scoby in there!” 😂 I’m about to start my first batch. This is good info. Also very entertaining.
Dig an 18" hole. Dump the eggs and plant a Berry or other perennial with improved soil. You'll be amazed at what a great fertilizer you came up with!
Just a nite to encourage you. I waterglassed 2 dozen eggs with 100% success 👍thanks for inspiring to do this process. Really enjoy your channel💜
We filmed our final results video last night, taste testing and all. I'm glad you had great results
"Touch it" ... lol - this was very much appreciated... good laughs and food info!
Even with waterglassing there is typically some loss. Waterglassing has lower losses than some but there are still going to be losses. You lost 15% so that is not too bad for 5 months of storage.
Oh I can imagine how bad that must have smelled.
Please give us an update when you taste them.
Blessings,
Will be doing so soon!
Too many eggs in the bucket. The bottom ones get cracked due to the weight of so many eggs on top of them. I use 1 gallon to 3 gallon food grad buckets and only put 18 to 30 eggs in each. This seems to solve the breakage problem.
I've never used the lime water treatment but have used the mineral oil treatment. I kept 5 dozen eggs for 7 months. Only had 1 bad one and that was due to a small crack. Thanks for the video.
How did you store yours after coating with mineral oil?
I store them in the egg cartons
Awesome video thank you and I just want to say I'm glad that no one has invented smellavision yet.
Right! Lol
That was eggciting 😂
Oh barf Todd!! I did not need to see those bad ones close up. 😂
So gross!!!
I suggest using clear glass containers so you can see which eggs are broken. I also suggest using smaller containers so they are easy to move without clacking the eggs together potentially cracking them. In a smaller jar, when one goes bad, you won't ruin 50 eggs. I use canning jars that hold a dozen eggs.
I was worried about the weight of the eggs on top of the bottom ones so I used gallon jars.
hahaha, I love the honesty of your videos. Reminds me of Templeton in Charlots web with the bad egg from the geese.
Oiling washed eggs can replace or reinforce the bloom. If unsure, oil/grease the eggs before submerging.
What kind of oil ?
Mineral oil, vegetable shortening ie Crisco/generic or even lard.
Great video, I hate that you loss some eggs. Do you think the weight of the eggs cracked some on the bottom? You could always build a round shelf and have less weight on the bottom eggs
I am glad we don't have smell-a-vision! LOL
So I have had mine in my water glassing for about 8 months and they are doing amazing I've only had a couple crack because my garage got super cold we went from mid 50s to 12 and I had a couple crack due to freezing but other than that I have had no problems at all. God bless
Y'all are brave, I would have taken the loss and threw them all out. From Todd's expressions I could almost smell them from here, I'm not even kidding, lol. I remember watching when you did this but I forget whether or not they were fresh or store bought.
They were fresh, clean, unwashed eggs
I put up 3 gallons of eggs Feb 2023 and intentionally use glass so I can keep an eye on what's happening in the jar. One egg leaked and I was able to quickly see the water clouded up. All the rest of the eggs were fine except when cracked into a bowl, the yoke was flat and not rounded. I scrambled the eggs. I would not use a larger container because of the weight of the eggs on the bottom rows. I still have two gallon jars preserving.
Just a question, aren't eggshells permeable , if so, will the foulness of the bad eggs enter into what seems to be good eggs?
Yes that is my fear we will be cracking some open soon to test
I had the same thought - interested so hear how that turns out.
Eggshells are porous, but they have a natural coating on them called “bloom” (or “cuticle”) that keeps water and oxygen in the egg and bacteria out. Washing eggs removes the bloom and makes it easier for bacteria to permeate the egg. As long as the bloom wasn't washed off before putting them into the hydrated lime they should be ok. With exceptions to the ones that broke. Still the smell might just put me off of it lol 😆
So, what was the verdict? After you did the float test, how soon did you have to eat all of those?
Just watched this series last night and laughed out loud so many times I woke the hubby!
Definitely won't do that again 🤣
Another channel says you can't use store bought eggs. They have to fresh, unwashed eggs.
Washed eggs takes a protective layer off that keeps the lime from going in the egg.
These were our own backyard eggs
You can get up to 18 months to 2 years with this.... you’re stacking to many in when you don’t really need too. People want to stick 600 in a 5 gallon bucket, instead of using 3 buckets 🪣. Remember; never put all your eggs 🥚 in one basket 🧺. You can also try that green plastic padding stuff, (looks like dried compressed spaghetti), and layer it out in levels to prevent damage. ALSO, if your eggs are running on the thin side the girls need more calcium! Oyster 🦪 shells. Don’t forget the grit rock 🪨. 🐴🐴🦅😎
My grandmother taught me how to do this. She mixed 1 ounce of hydrated lime to 1 quart water. We used a 5 gallon crock. The eggs were collected clean from the hens never washed and ever so gently added to the water + lime solution. The crock was never moved (ever) always in a dark cool area and undisturbed with a board on top.. I always noticed a crispy layer on the top of the water after it sat awhile. She called it isinglass? The eggs were good for 2 years plus, occasionally she would slowly ad water if it evaporated.
Ah ! Im so glad you had a good outcome ! All in all that was not a bad amount to have bad . Carolyn on Homesteading Family has a video on waterglassing as well. I watched her do hers i guess it was last year. This is awesome. Thank you for sharing all your experiments, and the outcomes good or bad ! :D Greatly appreciated ! Im getting chickens this year so this will be helpful to me. God bless
Yes watched her videos
Thanks for being guinea pigs on this. It was very entertaining and intriguing to watch.
Lol
i'd suggest not washing eggs first. there is a natural bacterial bloom on the shell from the hen that is a natural preservative. use fresh bedding and box clean eggs to lime store your eggs. but remember eggs at the store are already at least 30-40 days old by the time they get there. up to 6 months storage in refrigeration is common.
We did not wash them before hand. Thanks for the tips
I agree you don’t wash them. Ever... if really dirty then don’t preserve them, just use them or wash and refrigerate
Just wondering why you took out all the eggs. Are you going to put them in clean lime water again?
I’d say all in all you had great success for your first time! Blessings...
Great video as always. Is it possible that the large crock held too many eggs? As the egg shell gets brittle in the lime water, the eggs become too heavy for the lower eggs and create cracks. Thus the pungent fragrance and Scoby created. Just my theory. I appreciate your joyful attitudes. Homestead on..
That's not too bad. I'd say an overall success. I can't imagine the smell though.😬🙏
Can you do this in a clear glass jar, to kind of monitor the progress?
Once you remove the good eggs, do you refrigerate? How long will they be good after removing them from Lyme solution?
Hey guys, I just saw you did a video on water glassing also. If you are interested, check out the update video, on my channel. There are a lot of great comments, and suggestions in my comments, that might help you in the future. It is definitely a learning process, and I will be using smaller 1-2 gallon sized containers, in the future. Dare I suggest, a long slotted spoon, in the future, for egg removal. lol
Lol, thanks for watching. I'm not sure we will attempt it again, lol
Danny and Wanda from Deep South homestead did 30 days for theirs and didn’t notice any difference in taste :) great video! Hugs !
Yes I followed their experiment
I will be very curious to see what your thoughts are on the taste once you use them.
Ok will have a video out soon
I watched a prepper do smaller batches. Thought that was a good idea.
I ALWAYS float test my eggs before placing/submerging in the water glassing bucket/ceramic crock.
I placed my eggs in a five gallon food grade pail and then added quart with lime mixture repeating until all my eggs are covered .
you didn't say what you are doing with the ones you saved, no more pickling lime they are in the ref?
To funny had me laughing all the way, there was a video about egg but she sealed the top when she stored them, maybe that might help, I don't know!!!!🍒🍒🍒🍒
I think I would’ve done this little project outside on the picnic table? I’m watching from here and I’m gagging🤮
I don’t know how you’re NOT!
You GET A 🤣🌟⭐️ For not just dumping the whole thing in the compost pile!
I’m not sure I would eat any of those eggs because eggshells are porous the mothers bloom fills in all the holes and if you wash off the bloom and whatever it was in that water that was rotten got into those eggs at least in my mind? Any thoughts ? This video was a very good video to watch most people wouldn’t show you this they just go poured in the compost pile😖
did you put the "good" eggs back in lime water for storage? The reason I ask is that a friend who has a few chickens gave me a bunch of eggs that he had already prepped in lime water. After I got them home I noticed that the water was still quit cloudy, besides the matter of him adding about 2X the amount of lime needed. I decided to do the process over. So as I was transferring the eggs from his lime solution to my new solution I found a few eggs that had cracked, answer as to why water was cloudy. They were only in the solution a few days. So now do I just pitch the whole bunch or will the eggs be just fine in the new solution?( I did not rinse them) or are they now considered "washed" or contaminated? This is our first experience at egg glassing : (
I’m wondering the same thing. I did 144 eggs in a 5 gallon bucket, today I went to get some and a few had cracks. I made 3 smaller bucks and transferred them between the 3 new bucks but I can’t find anything about weather or not they will be good still or toss them. Did you ever get an answer or did you have success? Thank you
Glassing in smaller batches works well.
Failure could be from having too many in the crock. The weight of the other eggs on top could cause breakage
hahahaha omg i love you two. I swear i could smell that nastiness.
Did you use eggs with the bloom still on them?
Love you guys. Seriously concerned for you. If you eat any of those eggs, they could be bad from what I’ve heard.‼️
Wow - good to know. Thanks.
Did you wash them and destroy the bloom?
Great video
I just put pheasant eggs in lime water three days ago. They are super hard shelled eggs and smaller than a chicken egg. I thought to try our quail too but we get eggs all year round with them anyhow so I may not.
Haha.. Thank God smell-a-vision hasn't yet been invented.😂😂🤣 Oh well, better luck next time.
Was it sealed? Air should not be able to get to them. And they should be unwashed eggs. If you wash the bloom off it allows the lime into the egg.
can you boil the eggs and make pickled eggs? thanks
Why didn't you remove that busted egg on top with a slotted spoon?
I don't know if you did but you cannot use store-bought eggs they have to be fresh and they have to be unwashed before you put them in your solution
Thanks for sharing the process and outcome. I wonder how you’re going to use up that many eggs before they go bad? Couldn’t you just put the good ones back in fresh lime water?
I froze a ton of eggs last year and actually haven’t needed to use them because my hens never stopped laying.
Lots of quiches if they end up proving good.i think I'll definitely freeze in the future.
And you make a MEAN quiche!
Quick question. My parents gave me 5 18 packs of eggs.. my dad said he lightly rinsed the dirt/poop off of them. They are just a few days old. My question is.. would it still be ok for me to water glass these eggs since they have been lightly rinsed and are a couple days old?
No. You should only water glass clean, unwashed eggs. If he rinsed them, that’s washing them.
How longc do they lasy after being taken out of lime
The FDA does not recommend water glassing as a safe method for storing eggs. Calcium Hydroxide (slacked lime) is known to contain botulism in the powdered lime itself. Hydrated lime does not protect against botulism in long-term storage without acid and heat to kill it.
How do u check the thickness of the shell or porosity first ?
I can smell them from here!
How did those eggs cook up?
If they are store bought....it won't work they have to be farm fresh unwashed eggs. Did you place them small side down?
They came from our own chickens
It does smell but rinse off eggs 🥚 are good okay i didn't have mold or a fly my shells are weak too. You can boil and they peel excellent
We had pretty much the same results.
How were the good eggs when you used them?
Going to film that video this evening to share
we did too, it was so gross we didnt even try to see if any were good.
Good job thank you.
I believe it only works with fresh eggs within a day or so from being laid and NOT washed -- the eggs must be clean on their own without dirt or poop on them.
These weren't washed
Now that they’re preserved do you refrigerate them and cook them as if they’re fresh?
Supposedly, I have tried yet, they are in the fridge but I'll be testing a few soon.
That 1870's Homestead , I can’t wait to hear how they are!
This doesnt work nearly as well with store eggs. Its best with fresh day eggs, clean, that haven't been "washed".
You can't store that many on top of each other the weight will crack the ones below. What are glassing eggs need to be done in quart jars or gallon jars nothing larger
I heard you can persevere them with mineral oil as well, have you ever tried that?. I'm scared to try it.
No this is the first attempt at preserving eggs
great idea
Lime water and waterglassing are two different methods
Thank you for share
I read you are not supposed to wash the eggs before doing this . When u wash them it opens up the pores in the eggs
We didn't
I would say maybe smaller containers just in case there is a yuck problem? I just started and am in no way a pro! Lol
A 1/4 cup lime into 4 cup of water, pour over unwashed eggs
Maybe do smaller amounts of eggs. The weight on the bottom eggs way too much
I thought 🤔 that candle 🕯️ burning and egg gassing 💥 boom and wet slim stink all over the house
Use them in your garden. One per plant. Rotten eggs will fertilize your garden
Container my be to big making to much weight for the eggs on the bottom and cracking them.
I believe I would have done that out on the porch. Pew-ie.