I just updated my previous post on Waterglass egg storage.....Then realised few would find it so Im bring it to you again so new folks can learn about this proccess of food storage.
I wrote...
"Its now a few days form the 2012 solstice and it looks like many people have read this post so I think It deserves an update. No, I havent fitted myself for a tinfoil hat...but I have to admit, when I found out that a few meteors came dambed close last week a part of my brain went...Oh, youve got to be friggin kidding me, cernunnos. Perhaps I should be prepping for shape shifting lizard people and an iminent attack from the blue aliens after all. LOL.
But, No. I should give you an egg update. We finaly dipped into the eggs we started to put into waterglass solution in the early summer. They taisted fine but Mrs cernunnos mentioned that the yokes diddnt hold together well (Well, I guess real men will be eating Queche after all). Such was expected. Incase you are wondering, we did the 'Soaking in it" methode. We also put them in several smaller plastic honey containers instead of one big one so we could easilly identify wich ones we put in fist and use them first. What we did notice was that the mixed solution has gelled some so imagine the eggs from the movie, Aliens. Well no aliens hatched but we had read that this would happen. Jelling waterglass solution, not aliens, that is. I'll try to give another update as the winter egg eating progress continues. Happy Solstice and end of the world parties."
That was my post....but right after posting I went onto Youtube and noticed that by Random Coincidence, someone far more respected than I , Engineer775. Just posted this on WATERGLASS. I Now pass this along to you. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlTOShUYlOg Enjoy.
Also, if you wish to read my original post and want a good opertunity to laugh at me.... http://internationalpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=1500
I think everyone on this forum now pictures me in a tactical harness and camo panti hose because of this post. 🙄
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Wait a sec.
The Youtube post says the only way to preserve them longer than sodium silicate is refrigeration. If it's winter, you have exactly that in a cold storage room in Canada. As a matter of fact, why not take it a step further and just make a vestibule/ airlock off our exterior kitchen door to serve as our winter refrigerator?
It would need a concrete pad and well insulated (preferably concrete block) walls, exterior door and some kind of thermostatically controlled vent but you may not have to run your fridge for 2 - 4 months.
Wait a sec.
The Youtube post says the only way to preserve them longer than sodium silicate is refrigeration. If it's winter, you have exactly that in a cold storage room in Canada.
Nice ear for checking facts. Good stuff. But... My primary egg gathering time was july, august and september. Only by October did you have resonable refridgeration. Good ear though
I have a Tactical Harness and I have a Tool Belt. The Tool Belt is more Useful.
Wait a sec.
The Youtube post says the only way to preserve them longer than sodium silicate is refrigeration. If it's winter, you have exactly that in a cold storage room in Canada.
Nice ear for checking facts. Good stuff. But... My primary egg gathering time was july, august and september. Only by October did you have resonable refridgeration. Good ear though
I have a Tactical Harness and I have a Tool Belt. The Tool Belt is more Useful.
I heard mineral oil preserves for quite some time. Anyone try it?
From what I've heard the key is to keep oxygen away from the porous shell. Submerged or coated with something impermeable to seal the pores in the shell. I heard they used to dip them in candle wax for WW2 submarines.
I rub warmed mineral oil on mine and put them tip down in the containers and tape top shut...I store them in my cold room and I turn the boxes over once a month...they last 9 months this way (havent done it for longer) I find the yolks were fine
The lds prepper lady on the prepper show said eggs coated in mineral oil can last 9-12 months. Which would be great for lasting thru winter, I knew people used to bury them in a grainary and get few extra months out of them. Some people can supposedly taste the difference, but in survival situation I don't suppose one would care. An old egg would taste great!
“Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.” -- Henry Ford
Update time. Its now July 9th . Just had some more eggs from last summer and still good. I keep forgetting about them at this point.
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Thanks, you've certainly proven eggs aren't nearly as perishable as we've been led to believe.
Just a quick question...where did you find the sodium silicate?
I have seen some info about using silica jell packs and drain cleaner to make it, but from my searches, it's hard to find.
Thanks
Just a quick question...where did you find the sodium silicate?
I have seen some info about using silica jell packs and drain cleaner to make it, but from my searches, it's hard to find.
Thanks
Yes, It was a real challenge finding it...and expensive. Eventually, we found we could order it through a Compound Pharmacist which is different from a regular pharmacist (We found one the next city over). Theoretically, it should be a lot cheaper if you can find someone that distributes Rutland Waterglass (Sold as a concrete sealant). That should be at about a third the price.
Remember, 9 parts water to one part waterglass. We purchased way more than we needed.
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Heating/Plumbing suppliers usually have waterglass in stock or can order it. It is "painted" on cerafelt (cerafelt is like an asbestos wool blanket) to create a fire resistant combustion chamber in a boiler or furnace. $25 or $26 per quart.
"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them; the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences." - Proverbs 22:3
"The man who has a garden and a library has everything." - Cicero
An alternative I find is that here in coastal BC my Light Sussex hens lay all winter and take a month off in summer so by keeping a small mixed flock, I have egg production year round without lights .
Thanks Lee E. This should help people. I paid 75$ per quart. 25$ is what I wanted to pay.
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