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Home dried eggs
Topic Started: May 26 2011, 08:26 AM (438 Views)
Raven
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The latest home trial for eggs turned out much MUCH better. I broke open the eggs in a bowl and beat them without adding anything. I poured this onto a leather tray for the dehydrator and dried it at 150F - 155F for 12 hours. At the end of the time, the eggs was easily scraped off with a rubber spatchula. I am storing it in a jar until I can borrow a small food processor from one of the kids. They seem to reconsitute well but I haven't actually cooked any up yet, I just added water to the tray to clean it off.
I will try to cook and bake with some next week and report more then.
Edited by Raven, May 26 2011, 08:27 AM.
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Do you have an old-fashioned hand crank food mill - the kind that you use to make jams and tomato sauce? I'd give that a shot. That is how that link I posted said to do them - I haven't tried it, but it sort of made sense to not pre-cook something that was gonna basically cook for 12-14 hours anyway. Well, this may just rescue Grizzly from the pickled eggs!! teehee...
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Grizzly will still have to eat the eggs as I have pints of them on the shelf. I want him to try them anyway to see if it is worth making more of them.
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I sent some of the dried eggs home with Foghorn and he is going to try them for both eating and baking. I will do the same...more report later but I can tell you that I like this way so much better than cooking first.
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That's nice that Foghorn is willing to help Grizzly out with his lab mouse duties!! LOL Sorry, couldn't resist!! So, after you dry the eggs, you've said you can use them for baking, etc. When you use eggs in baking, it's to help things rise and things like cakes, etc. to stick together- do the powdered eggs still have the ability to do that?
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We will soon find out! :P
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Well for heaven's sake BAKE something!!! I'm dying to find out!! LOL
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Well I was forced to eat dried eggs, again. This time I didn't have to spit it out though. They were cooked like scrambled eggs and although they weren't like freshly made ones, I could stand to eat them. There were OK, not great but not bad. If there was nothing else they would lean towards pretty good.
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Well, that's great news, Grizzly. I worry about you! ROFLMAO Actually, I think the whole key to survival food is just that phrase "If there was nothing else..." After a while of eating something, you can't really even remember what the "real thing" tastes like. Milk is a perfect example - I thought I could never drink 2% - it tasted so watery and thin. But after realizing that my daughters could stand less calories, I made the switch. Now, if I get some "REAL" milk, while I love the taste, on a daily basis, it would be too rich for me. So, there's good news Grizzly!! People can get used to ANYTHING!! Ummm....maybe with the exception of chocolate covered ants.... :X
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Actually chocolate covered ants are very good! The grasshoppers are better as they have more crunch to them and are something like chocolate covered nuts.
Back to the subject. The eggs would be more tolerable with some onion, green pepper and cheese. I still don't have a blender so I can't bake anything with them yet. I am working on borrowing one though. If I end up liking the results I will have to go to Salvation Army to look for one.
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