Does anyone know if I can freeze eggs ? If so, is there anything to be aware of and how long might they remain good ?
Stephen
Eggs
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Carrot Cruncher
Re: Eggs
From here http://www.helpwithcooking.com/food-sto ... -well.html
.Can you freeze eggs?
Believe it or not, eggs can be stored in the freezer perfectly well under certain conditions for up to 9 months. Never freeze eggs in their shells, as they will burst but store them cracked open in airtight containers for the best results.
Raw egg whites and yolks freeze well, as do cooked egg yolks; however, you might want to think again before freezing cooked egg whites
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Red Doe
Re: Eggs
I`ve frozen eggs for up to a year and they are still fine to use. You can`t fry or (obviously!) boil them but they are fine for cooking, baking and making scrambled eggs and omelette with. 
They may separate when thawed if you freeze both yolks and whites together, if so just mix with a fork to use. I usually freeze half a dozen in double freezer bags at a time (I have a large flock of hens )
Otherwise freeze batches of whites and yolks separately, double bags is fine I find and saves space in the freezer.
They may separate when thawed if you freeze both yolks and whites together, if so just mix with a fork to use. I usually freeze half a dozen in double freezer bags at a time (I have a large flock of hens
)Otherwise freeze batches of whites and yolks separately, double bags is fine I find and saves space in the freezer.
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Bladerunner
Re: Eggs
WHOAH THERE SPARKY!!!!!!
YOU CAN'T FRY THEM??????
How am I supposed to have them with a fry up if you can't fry them? I can understand boiling although I would imagine Poaching is OK? or am I wrong with that also?
For what reason can you not fry them? I would imagine they defrost back to normal eggs or am I missing womething.
Be Lucky (and flumoxed)
YOU CAN'T FRY THEM??????
How am I supposed to have them with a fry up if you can't fry them? I can understand boiling although I would imagine Poaching is OK? or am I wrong with that also?
For what reason can you not fry them? I would imagine they defrost back to normal eggs or am I missing womething.
Be Lucky (and flumoxed)
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Red Doe
Re: Eggs
Sorry Bladerunner, ye cannae fry them! 
Not sure what the chemical, techy reason is, but the whites at least, seem to lose cohesion with freezing and just won`t set properly. Somebody who knows the techywhy behind it all will probably post and explain, but you can`t fry them afterwards, it just doesn`t work out right. So scrambled or omelette it is.
Not sure about poaching. To have eggs thawed for that you`d first have to freeze them individually I guess. Normally whites and yolks are frozen seperately or slightly beaten together in batches of half a dozen.
Not sure what the chemical, techy reason is, but the whites at least, seem to lose cohesion with freezing and just won`t set properly. Somebody who knows the techywhy behind it all will probably post and explain, but you can`t fry them afterwards, it just doesn`t work out right. So scrambled or omelette it is.
Not sure about poaching. To have eggs thawed for that you`d first have to freeze them individually I guess. Normally whites and yolks are frozen seperately or slightly beaten together in batches of half a dozen.
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Bladerunner
Re: Eggs
I'm gutted. A fry up aint no fry up without a few dippy eggs.
Still, interesting to know your can freeze them. How often to hens lay? I read somewhere that they average two eggs every 3 days but I have no idea if that is correct. Would be interesting to know how many to keep to get a certain amount of eggs over a period of time, say a dozen a week.
Does anyone know a cheap place to get powdered egg? Not just whites or yolks but the whole egg. ASDA don't do it.
Be lucky (and salmonella free)
Still, interesting to know your can freeze them. How often to hens lay? I read somewhere that they average two eggs every 3 days but I have no idea if that is correct. Would be interesting to know how many to keep to get a certain amount of eggs over a period of time, say a dozen a week.
Does anyone know a cheap place to get powdered egg? Not just whites or yolks but the whole egg. ASDA don't do it.
Be lucky (and salmonella free)
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preppingsu
Re: Eggs
We have 6 hens (ex-batt) and get either 4 or 5 eggs each day!. Sell some to the neighbours as its just too many for us to get through.Bladerunner wrote: How often to hens lay? I read somewhere that they average two eggs every 3 days but I have no idea if that is correct. Would be interesting to know how many to keep to get a certain amount of eggs over a period of time, say a dozen a week.
But over the winter they will lay less so then we'll sell less.
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Red Doe
Re: Eggs
I have a dozen hens (with more on the way) and in summer and autumn they each lay one egg a day, which means I get a dozen a day with pretty good regularity. Three or four hens would easily give you a dozen eggs a week.
They tail off the laying when the colder weather comes in and in the depths of winter I`m lucky if I get one or two a week. Summer is the glut time though, so I sell them locally to folks who like free range eggs and also put an honesty table out by the gate so walkers and tourists can buy some.
They tail off the laying when the colder weather comes in and in the depths of winter I`m lucky if I get one or two a week. Summer is the glut time though, so I sell them locally to folks who like free range eggs and also put an honesty table out by the gate so walkers and tourists can buy some.