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    im getting 4 or 5 a day from my 5 girls and while im on maternity leave am not selling them (i mean giving them away in return for a pound donation towards food and egg boxes but defo not selling!) in work. I do give some to the neighbors to make up for the rainforest racket from foghorn leghorn but i still have 20 in boxes in the fridge and 3 to go in! this doesnt count the four (!!!!) i have had with soldiers today and the one venerable spotty dog will have with his tea. I am going to try making auntie jayneys frozen yorkshire puds, and will beat and freeze some. I have also pickled some, thinking they would look nice and homely in jars. They just wouldnt peel nicely. apparently i pickled them too fresh as they look like a jar of peeled eyeballs in formaldehyde. they may do for after the pub but christmas pressies they are not! I am happy to eat pickled eyeballs but 1/ they look awful in the kitchen and 2/ its a shame not to have the visible shells as i have 5 different colours.
    Is there please o wise people a way of preserving eggs in their shells either fresh or boiled that I can do easily without poisoning us all. I can then line them up in the cupboard and smugly say "oh yes I preserve them for when the girls are moulting" and visitors may not notice i even have dog hair in the cupboards.

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    Surplus Eggs - How to Store Surplus Eggs, Freezing, Waterglass, Salting and Pickling

    Hows about that then?
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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      sodium silicate sounds interesting thanks. i wonder how long they will keep in the fridge. its just annoying getting rid when i know the girls will sulk all winter and ill have none!

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        Last year I decided to freeze some for winter use. Then the bantam horde plus one lovely Light Sussex laid all winter and I never used any frozen ones. They are still in the freezer!!!

        And fresh eggs if put straight in the fridge after being laid will last a good month.
        Last edited by RichmondHens; 16-06-2011, 08:40 PM.

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