Freeze Raw Eggs

[FarmerChick]

remember there is that time that those chickens won't give ya an egg even if you ask politely....haha...so freeze some for later use if you are getting too many......


here is some info I copied.----------------------------just a reminder we can keep alot of things for later use.





Question: I bought some eggs a while ago and I now doubt that l'll be able to use them all over the next couple of weeks. Is it okay to freeze them?


Answer: Yes, you can successfully freeze raw eggs for later use. As the American Egg Board notes, fresh eggs will generally freeze well for up to a year.

For best results, youll need to do a little prep work before freezing whole eggs. First, always remove them from their shells when a raw egg freezes, its contents could expand and cause the shell to break.

Once youve cracked open the eggs, pierce the yolks, mix them to blend with the whites, and then add in either of the following: (1) one-half teaspoon of salt for every cup of raw eggs, if youre planning to use the eggs for savory or main dishes; or (2) one tablespoon of sugar for each cup of eggs, if youll be using them for baking or desserts. The salt and sugar both work to prevent the eggs yolks from becoming too gelatinous once frozen.

Place the egg mixture in covered airtight containers or heavy-duty freezer bags and theyll be ready for your freezer.

 

[ORChick]

I have done this, and have to say that it works pretty well ... though I think I must have skimped on the salt/sugar because the yolks never do seem *right* on thawing ... but a whisk or fork, or the blender will take care of that. Main problem is that I never think to get the eggs out to defrost in a timely manner .
I think I have solved the problem for me for this winter ... first, I added 5 pullets to the small flock, and hope that there will be sufficient overlap in the *winter holidays* that I'll have enough to work with. And also, I am following advice from (I think) Backwoods Home or maybe Mother Earth News ... anyway, the link was posted here at SS quite awhile ago, and though I never saved it, I did remember the advice. Apparently an experiment was done about keeping eggs for a longer time; some eggs were kept in a carton on the counter, some in a carton in the 'fridge, and some in a carton and also in a sealed box in the 'fridge. Every few weeks an egg was tested from each of the groups, and the winner was ..... the eggs in the carton, in the box. Apparently they were good for several months, don't remember how long exactly. So since the beginning of October I am saving the eggs in cartons, in a plastic sweater box. I have the cartons numbered, so I take out the oldest first when I need eggs. The box is in the extra 'fridge in the garage, and I just keep one carton in the kitchen. Hopefully this will help me avoid a repeat of last December, when I got ONE egg during the entire month!!

 

[Beekissed]

I froze my eggs in the shell and just double bagged them. Since I mainly just poach them anyway, this seems to work fine for me.

 

[Marianne]

I froze my eggs in the shell and just double bagged them. Since I mainly just poach them anyway, this seems to work fine for me.

No kidding?? Just washed the eggs and bagged 'em? Then let them thaw in the frig? I may have to try this. I would use them primarily for cooking/baking.

 

[2dream]

ORChick, I think that was Mother Earth News. If so they also tested the waterglass method of storage. And if I am not mistaken - 6 months was the time frame they used. The results were that the waterglass method was no better than storage in the fridge using your method. I personally find that after about 4 months with any method (I have not tried freezing) I don't like the looks of the eggs so I can't tell you how they taste after that time frame. I am sure they would be fine, but since I have never gone 4 months without getting any eggs I never felt the need to test it further.

 

[ORChick]

ORChick, I think that was Mother Earth News. If so they also tested the waterglass method of storage. And if I am not mistaken - 6 months was the time frame they used. The results were that the waterglass method was no better than storage in the fridge using your method. I personally find that after about 4 months with any method (I have not tried freezing) I don't like the looks of the eggs so I can't tell you how they taste after that time frame. I am sure they would be fine, but since I have never gone 4 months without getting any eggs I never felt the need to test it further.

Thanks for expanding on that article. I had forgotten about the waterglass - on purpose! I have read up on that process, and it didn't sound like anything I would want to try. As I live in a fairly mild climate my girls don't take very long *Winter Holidays*, so I also have no need to keep eggs for months at a time. I don't intend to keep them forever in the 'fridge either; I just want to make sure that I have enough for the holiday baking (unlike last year!! ), so that is why I am trying the box method. I figure by January or February they should be laying enough for the two of us, and by March I'll be able to sell extras to my knitting group - by that time I should have 10 layers.

 

[~gd]

ORChick, I think that was Mother Earth News. If so they also tested the waterglass method of storage. And if I am not mistaken - 6 months was the time frame they used. The results were that the waterglass method was no better than storage in the fridge using your method. I personally find that after about 4 months with any method (I have not tried freezing) I don't like the looks of the eggs so I can't tell you how they taste after that time frame. I am sure they would be fine, but since I have never gone 4 months without getting any eggs I never felt the need to test it further.

Thanks for expanding on that article. I had forgotten about the waterglass - on purpose! I have read up on that process, and it didn't sound like anything I would want to try. As I live in a fairly mild climate my girls don't take very long *Winter Holidays*, so I also have no need to keep eggs for months at a time. I don't intend to keep them forever in the 'fridge either; I just want to make sure that I have enough for the holiday baking (unlike last year!! ), so that is why I am trying the box method. I figure by January or February they should be laying enough for the two of us, and by March I'll be able to sell extras to my knitting group - by that time I should have 10 layers.

 In defense of the waterglass method it was often used before farms had electric to run refrigeration. We kept both our regular and our waterglassed eggs in a cool damp cellar. It wasnt fool proof, nothing is. To this day I still break my eggs one at a time into a cup kept handy for that purpose. Take a fast look at the egg, remove any shell bits, and if it looks or smells bad dump the whole mess, otherwise use as usual. Even today with store bought eggs kept under refrigeration I end up tossing a few eggs each year. Much better than having to dump whatever I was going to use the eggs in.~gd

 

[ORChick]

ORChick, I think that was Mother Earth News. If so they also tested the waterglass method of storage. And if I am not mistaken - 6 months was the time frame they used. The results were that the waterglass method was no better than storage in the fridge using your method. I personally find that after about 4 months with any method (I have not tried freezing) I don't like the looks of the eggs so I can't tell you how they taste after that time frame. I am sure they would be fine, but since I have never gone 4 months without getting any eggs I never felt the need to test it further.

Thanks for expanding on that article. I had forgotten about the waterglass - on purpose! I have read up on that process, and it didn't sound like anything I would want to try. As I live in a fairly mild climate my girls don't take very long *Winter Holidays*, so I also have no need to keep eggs for months at a time. I don't intend to keep them forever in the 'fridge either; I just want to make sure that I have enough for the holiday baking (unlike last year!! ), so that is why I am trying the box method. I figure by January or February they should be laying enough for the two of us, and by March I'll be able to sell extras to my knitting group - by that time I should have 10 layers.

 In defense of the waterglass method it was often used before farms had electric to run refrigeration. We kept both our regular and our waterglassed eggs in a cool damp cellar. It wasnt fool proof, nothing is. To this day I still break my eggs one at a time into a cup kept handy for that purpose. Take a fast look at the egg, remove any shell bits, and if it looks or smells bad dump the whole mess, otherwise use as usual. Even today with store bought eggs kept under refrigeration I end up tossing a few eggs each year. Much better than having to dump whatever I was going to use the eggs in.~gd

~gd - That is a very wise habit to get into, and one that I haven't mastered yet . Luckily it hasn't ever been an issue for me ... but one of these days I will probably regret not having taken that extra step.

 

[k15n1]

From the meat-preservation thread, this was mentioned at the tail end of an article:

"...to preserve eggs, pack them in finely-ground corn meal. According to the recipe, eggs will keep 'perfectly fresh' for up to a year this way. "

 

[ORChick]

From the meat-preservation thread, this was mentioned at the tail end of an article:

"...to preserve eggs, pack them in finely-ground corn meal. According to the recipe, eggs will keep 'perfectly fresh' for up to a year this way. "

I suppose it is a matter of which is more valuable to you - I've got chickens, so I have eggs, sometimes more, sometimes fewer. On the other hand, I don't have enough space to grow corn. Therefore the cornmeal to store the eggs would be more valuable to me than the eggs themselves - as I would not want to use the meal for people food after having stored eggs in it. I suppose the chickens could eat it though If I were to try this, however, I would certainly work on getting into the habit that ~gd wrote of, that is, cracking each egg into a dish first, before adding it to whatever I was making