Egg storage

[Willow2]

Hi, does anyone have experience with storing fresh eggs for a few months.
thanks

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

a few months , just put them in the refrigerator , it takes 30 days before they even start to make decent hard boiled eggs they are easier to peel when they get older

wash them then put them in the fridge

[kkbinco]

There's a good article over at motherearth where they tested a lot of ways to store eggs. Bottom line is the fridge won out - including for several months.

How To Store Fresh Eggs

[Callieslamb]

I have some from Sept that we're working on now....and about 10 dozen fresher than those. I guess it's time to make some deviled eggs.

[Ozarks Tom]

We made a breakfast casserol a couple weeks ago using eggs we stored in "water glass" last October. The yolks wouldn't hold, like for frying, but they scrambled just fine.

[Malamute]

Originally Posted by GREENCOUNTYPETE

....wash them then put them in the fridge

Actually, from the linked long tern test that was done, NOT washing them seems to be the best thing.

[springvalley]

Unwashed eggs are the best, as the chickens put their own covering on them (bloom). And once you wash this off , it lets the bad bacteria in the shell, and the moisture from the egg can escape. I have kept eggs in the fridge for several months and are fine. Eggs will keep several "weeks" on the counter, but I wouldn`t trust them long without the fridge. > Thanks Marc

[DryHeat]

I occasionally catch loss-leader sales on eggs around here at 90c or so a dozen and shove 5 or 6 dozen into the back of the fridge. Seems that at 4 -> 6 months the yolks get real fragile but it works for me to scoop them out and add the whites to a newer egg for some version of fried egg with double or triple sized white. I don't need the cholesterol so do that anyway with completely fresh ones.

[stamphappy]

Originally Posted by Ozarks Tom

We made a breakfast casserol a couple weeks ago using eggs we stored in "water glass" last October. The yolks wouldn't hold, like for frying, but they scrambled just fine.

Ozarks Tom, where does not acquire water glass?

[Ozarks Tom]

We bought it in gallons from The Science Company. It's commercial name is Sodium Silicate Liquid.

[alpacaspinner]

I find it amusing that 5 people say "keep them in the fridge, they will be fine", and 1 person says "waterglass" - and the question comes back "where to find waterglass?" Why go the easy way when there is a more difficult way to follow? Personally, I go for the simple (and least expensive) solution, and keep mine in the fridge - I have about 4 dozen in there now, and hope that that will get me through the "drought"; I like having eggs that will still fry up nicely, even if they do spread a little more than when very fresh. The girls are only giving me about one a day now, and are, for the most part, in the middle of the molt, but I hope that I will have enough to get through the holiday baking season.

[kittyjo]

I saw a show where the eggs were slathered with mineral oil and put in cartons then kept in cool dark place for up to six months