Right now my chickens are producing splendidly. I am getting about a dozen eggs a day. I can usually keep up with production, considering it takes 18 eggs to feed my family a breakfast of scrambled eggs, and also randomly giving eggs aways to friend and neighbors. Tonight I washed a whopping 9 dozen! I thought about offering some for free on facebook, but then I got to thinking….I might as well preserve some, because when January comes their egg production will go way, way down. (That is when I turn off the artificial lights and give my girls some much needed rest).
One of the easiest ways to preserve eggs is to freeze them. You can also pickle eggs and oil eggs. I am not too fond of pickled eggs and I have never tired the oil method (you can guarantee that I will try oiling eggs at some point though). So freezing it is.
It is simple, all you need to do is crack those little babies open, pop the yolk and freeze any old way you would like. I opened each egg into a section of an ice cube tray. One they are frozen, I will store them in a plastic bag in the freezer. I like this way, because I have a good idea how many eggs I have if using them in a a recipe. Now my ice cube trays didn’t quite hold one full egg, so if I so use them in a recipe I will probably use two of the frozen egg sections.
Otherwise, one tray is about one breakfast for us. I could also crack 18 eggs into a bowl, add milk salt and pepper and freeze that mixture, knowing that it is exactly the amount I would need for scrambled eggs in the morning, all seasoned and ready to go!
This tip isn’t just for chicken people, there are times of the year that eggs are really cheap (I am thinking Easter) when a whole bunch could be bought and stored for times when food and/or money is scarce or for a convenient meal.
That's a good idea. I currently have 4 dozen eggs sitting in the fridge, (we get 4 egga a day from our gerls), and summer is only just beginning.
We'll be drowning in eggs if we don't start getting serious about eating them!
I've frozen egg whites, but not the yolks. How do the yolks do after being frozen?
I had no idea that eggs could be frozen. Do you have to let them thaw the night before you use them? Do they taste the same as fresh?
Hi Amiee,
You may not remember but you commented on my blog about my 12 Step program. Sorry I've been so long getting back to you. Sometimes I don't look at my blog for weeks and weeks, though I usually try to write once a week.
The last month or so I haven't but I was please to hear of someone who is interested in 12 Step programs when I finally did look.
The 12 Step program I go to is for compulsive eaters. It absolutely the best! It has a great support system and I've had fantastic results. I've lost 100 lbs. in 10 1/2 months by the grace of God.
The whole point of 12 step programs is to assist a person to humble themselves enough to draw down Heavenly Fathers power to take away your addiction, compulsion or obsession.
Let me know how you're doing
(do you know how to make yogurt or cottage cheese?)
Hey you disappeared again! I was sad that we missed you at the party – I really wanted to talk to you about some things. Anyway, hopefully I'll catch you soon!
I'm curious, too, about the thawing process….
It may seem like a no-brainer to you, but could you explain it in more detail? After thawing do you use them strictly for scrambling, or can they be thawed and fried?
Please post…
No way! I had no idea you could do that! I've seen people preserve them in some sort of acid/chemical solution, too.
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