If I remember correctly, Mother Earth News did an egg preservation study. Refrigerated eggs scored the best. [ha! Found it]
https://www.motherearthnews.com/real-food/how-to-store-fresh-eggs-zmaz77ndzgoe
We have used “waterglass” for decades…and have a cool basement to store the buckets. [sodium silicate….available thru Lehmans – Do NOT ship if it will freeze cuz you will have a colossal, overspilling mess!] Make up a fresh batch in 5 gallon buckets each spring. The eggs will start to be a little watery after 6-8 months but still fine to use. We only store the “clean” eggs so we don’t have to scrub off anything. However please do wash the eggs before using them. That goes for eggs you use fresh from the poultry house too.
We evacuated from wildfire once and quickly put ALL the unwashed, stored eggs into the waterglass buckets. When we returned home weeks later, we washed them all and used them up. We felt there was too much ‘dirt’ in the solution to keep them for months. But with the chance of losing power in summer temperatures, it was worth having to begin a new batch of waterglass after returning….instead of having rotten eggs in a non-functioning fridge.
As with any egg [esp. “home grown”, it’s a really good idea to break them into a separate cup first before adding to recipe or to the frying pan. An unnoticed crack…a sneaky bird who’s managed to hide her eggs…or just an odd growth of guck in a particular egg… Checking helps prevent wasting the whole batch.
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