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Egg Storage Experiment – Week 6 Results (and what should be my next experiment?)

Not much has changed from last week. Here’s the mineral oil egg (it didn’t float, smelled fine, tasted fine):

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…and here’s it cooking on the stove:

egg1b-wk6

This is the control egg (it floated, didn’t really smell funny at all either before or after being cracked):

egg2b-wk6

What should be my next experiment?

I feel like Saturday’s would be a good day for experiments like this one. I’m not looking to do anything really labor-intensive or costly but if you have any interesting ideas, I would be grateful to hear them.

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Damian Brindle

My latest book, The Survival Blueprint: How to Prepare Your Family for Disaster, can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CJ49Y5X4

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5 responses to “Egg Storage Experiment – Week 6 Results (and what should be my next experiment?)”

  1. Pam

    Ahh, we now see the deterioration of the layer around the yolk which prevents it from holding shape. It’s one thing to break a yolk when you crack the egg and it’s something else when it’s already broken before you crack it. Occasionally you will come across one of these even when you think it’s fresh … feed it to the dog.

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  2. CM

    A thought re: eggs

    We have been pickling eggs. Our chickens produce way more than we can eat, and sometimes more than we can give away.

    Pickled eggs seem to store very well, and also alleviates the need to keep working through an ever increasing supply during the summer months.

    The ‘country living wisdom’ book has several good recipes for pickling eggs. Though, some seem to be a bit strong on the vinegar.

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    1. millenniumfly

      I’ll have to try that some day. Thanks!

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  3. AJ

    You were looking for ideas for future experiments…how about how to make gun powder from scratch: what materials can be used, substituted, effectiveness, where components can be purchased or found naturally.

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    1. millenniumfly

      Interesting thought but I’m not quite sure I’m into making my own gun powder. 😉 Anyway, I was looking more along the lines of a “week over week” experiment like the eggs but maybe that could be done with gun powder… I honestly don’t know. Thanks again for the suggestion.

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