Dehydrating Eggs

[MountainGirl]

I recently bought a Corosi 6-tray dehydrator.



So far I've done two big batches of Jerky, sliced store-bought mushrooms, sweet peppers, and a bag of chopped up mixed bell peppers-onions-mushrooms that had been in the freezer too long. Everything has turned out good... but now it's time to get serious.

Eggs. In my researchings (i.e. YouTubes, lol) I learned that eggs can be dehydrated - so when I ordered the Corosi I also bought silicone trays that hold sufficient fluid to do this. Below are pics of my test run.

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Each tray holds 4 eggs. Scramble them up with a fork, and pour it on a tray - UPDATED - see post #24


For the test run, I did 3 trays, one dozen


After 12 hrs, they looked like this -


So I crumbled them up, and let them finish drying - another 2 hours UPDATED - see post #24


Here's the whole dozen - 14 hours at 115 degrees.


Now - the last step is to put the flakes/crumbles in a blender to make the powder.
I didn't have a blender - so I thought I'd see how they did just left as flakes.
The dried one dozen filled a pint jar.


That was all two days ago. This morning it was time to see how they rehydrated/tasted/etc.
My next post will show how that went.

[Slippy]

We have never thought about dehydrating our own eggs! We do have some Egg Powder in the long term storage but dehydrating our own sounds like a good plan.

Interested in hearing how they taste?

I recently bought a Corosi 6-tray dehydrator.



So far I've done two big batches of Jerky, sliced store-bought mushrooms, sweet peppers, and a bag of chopped up mixed bell peppers-onions-mushrooms that had been in the freezer too long. Everything has turned out good... but now it's time to get serious.

Eggs. In my researchings (read YouTubes, lol) I learned that eggs can be dehydrated - so when I ordered the Corosi I also bought silicone trays that hold sufficient fluid to do this. Below are pics of my test run.

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Each tray holds 4 eggs. Scamble them up with a fork, and pour it on a tray -


For the test run, I did 3 trays, one dozen


After 12 hrs, they looked like this -


So I crumbled them up, and let them finish drying - another 2 hours


Here's the whole dozen - 14 hours at 115 degrees.


Now - the last step is to put the flakes/crumbles in a blender to make the powder.
I dont have a blender - so I thought I'd see how they did just left as flakes.
The dried one dozen filled a pint jar.


That was all two days ago. This morning it was time to see how they rehydrated/tasted/etc.
My next post will show how that went.

[Dwight55]

We have never thought about dehydrating our own eggs! We do have some Egg Powder in the long term storage but dehydrating our own sounds like a good plan.

Interested in hearing how they taste?

Join the Army . . . go to basic . . . you'll find out

May God bless,
Dwight

[MountainGirl]

Okay - the good and the bad.
My understanding is egg "powder" will rehydrate in about 10-15 minutes.
Flakes and chunks are a different story.

I scooped a good half cup into a bowl, added the same amount of water (plus a little more as time passed) and after an hour - a lot of it had rehydrated, but the larger flakes and chunks took a LOT of mashing etc to break them up, some of which never fully did,
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so finally I just said.. well, you know what I said... and poured it all in a hot pan (with some of the butter I made!) and cooked it up.


It cooked like a 1/4" slab, flipped fine, smelled great!


Tasted like eggs. Was really good tasting actually.
The texture sucked. I'm buying a blender. Tomorrow.


I've now got 9 dozen to process - but I'll tell that story in my next post.

[MountainGirl]

We have never thought about dehydrating our own eggs! We do have some Egg Powder in the long term storage but dehydrating our own sounds like a good plan.

Interested in hearing how they taste?

Slip - they tasted really good. I intentionally did not season them or anything. Even the small 'unhydrated' pieces were fine; they were mostly yolk so kind of tasted like the yoke of a hard-boiled egg.

PO agreed they tasted good, no hesitation whatsoever - and they'll be a real treat if/when things are down to 'beans' lol.

I'll be doing it the same way plus turning it to powder.

[MountainGirl]

Join the Army . . . go to basic . . . you'll find out

May God bless,
Dwight

I've been in the Army. I've been to basic. Those powdered eggs tasted nothing like mine.
I'd bet the Egg Powder you can buy online now doesn't taste as good as mine either.
Those ^^ are likely freeze-dried first. More taste retained in dehydrating, imo.
And - mine have no additives.

[MountainGirl]

For some reason, since always, I thrive on eggs. They just work for my body. Can't explain it; don't need to.
So - you can imagine the discussions we had about raising chickens. Neither of us really wanted to - BUT - MG needs eggs. Up to now we've been able to get farm fresh eggs from that great Vegi Stand a half mile away. BUT if/when things go sideways - that source would end. So... I needed to find a way to keep eggs, long term, and get a lot of them stocked up now.

After the success of this morning ^^, I went to that veg stand to buy every egg they had. They had none. (WTF?) I talked to the elderly owner and learned that they personally didn't sell their family's eggs (just a few layers) - but that they had a couple women who bring eggs to them to sell, which they do as a service for their vegi customers. He said those women haven't brought any eggs for a while now; that they were selling everything they had to their friends/family, etc.

We visited for a few minutes, then he remembered someone who might have some for sale - she has 140 hens - and he called her, she said she'd bring some within the hour; he promised to call me when they arrived and I went and got them all. Nine dozen for $3.00/dozen. That was her price; he doesn't mark up. Good man, good neighbor. Grateful to get them. I asked if I could let him know when I want more in quantity, he said yes, and nice to meet you and welcome to Texas.

I was happy to pay $3.00/dz especially for fresh eggs.
Saturday, Walmart had some old ones for $4.80/dz and they'll be more expensive tomorrow
Walmart sux but now I need a blender, so... We do what needs doing. Gettin 'er done.

[Slippy]

Join the Army . . . go to basic . . . you'll find out

May God bless,
Dwight

Too old and broke down to join the Army!

In my youth, heck, even in my mid-40's adulthood, would have killed basic!

Already know what "institutional" powdered eggs taste like.

Need to find out what Home Dehydrated Eggs taste like!

[SOCOM42]

Join the Army . . . go to basic . . . you'll find out

May God bless,
Dwight

Ahhh, Yes, Army basic, I remember it well.

Did mine at Fort Dix NJ, 1960.

I think it was a battalion sized mess hall, at least the milk and orange juice were good along with the shingle without the shit on it.

It was quite different in AIT, we had company sized mess halls.

The food in them was good and cooked right in front of you, if you got in early, you could get food cooked to your request.

I do have a complete US army company level field kitchen.

I use to use it for cookouts during the summers many decades ago.

Got it at the Ft. Devens DRMO for around 50 bucks when they were closing.

[Jester-ND]

this is another alternative long-term egg storage method...

http://prepared-housewives.com/prese...h-mineral-oil/