Eggs! My bucket runneth over- and how I used 32 eggs at once

[gracielagata]

Mar 14, 2016 13:14:55 GMT mzgarden said:

gracielagata , you said, Excess of eggs... no such thing in our house. We just save them for winter and eat them all the different ways then.

What are your preferred ways to save eggs for winter?

I had friends give me tons of their used single dozen cartons.
Then I just collect them from the chickens and bring them to the barn where the spare fridge is, and stack the cartons out there.
New eggs go in the right most and upper carton. Eggs to be grabbed for eating are in taken from the left most bottom carton, as those are the oldest.
I used to actually label the cartons 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. and make sure they got reused in order, but it was a bear, especially so if I gave any away, my numbering got messed up. And also if I send hubby or my daughter to get a dozen, sometimes they grab from the wrong spot, and it messed up the numbers. 

I only have 13 or so hens, and I don't light or heat them in winter at all, so I get no eggs really in winter, only in normal other months. 

I have upwards of 20 cartons in there at a time, and we just let them sit over winter, unwashed in the cartons until one is needed. I used to also carefully flip the cartons for the balance of the air cell, too lazy now. I usually date one or 2 eggs in a carton just because I want to, to keep track of how quickly they get eaten. 

This past winter we had *no* eggs for us.... I was too nice and gave many of them away to friends- evidently too many! 

Anyhoo... not sure if that helped since it isn't anything special.

[barefootfarmer]

I save them for winter use, too- most of the time. But I don't start saving until September. I have an unheated room on the North side and if I leave the window cracked it's downright frigid in there. I won't wash eggs that I'm storing- and I only keep the cleanest ones that I gather. Then about once a month I flip the egg cartons over- only because it keeps my yolks centered and I boil a lot of them. Last year timing got away from me and my hens stopped laying earlier than usual so I ran out of eggs early. I'll probably start holding back cartons in mid-August this year.

[mzgarden]

gracielagata, barefootfarmer, Excellent. I'm doing this for this winter. We have 35 layers but in the winter egg production is just dang pitiful and I don't light them up or anything. I figure chickens need to be chickens. Anyway, we sold all our eggs and went months without getting an egg to eat or cook with. This year, Mama's having eggs.

[Otter]

Lemon meringue pie - filling takes the yolks, topping takes the whites
Homemade puddings will take a couple
Sweet potato pie, my recipe uses 2 large or 3 bantam eggs
I always put at least 3 and sometimes 5 in when I make fried rice. Three and the family doesn't seem to even notice them, at 5 I get nice chunks of scrambled egg in there. I'd put in more but DH doesn't like it.
For some reason, eggs and toast for breakfast gets old, but a fried egg sandwich with cheese for lunch never does

[terrilynn]

Mar 15, 2016 5:31:17 GMT Otter said:

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For some reason, eggs and toast for breakfast gets old, but a fried egg sandwich with cheese for lunch never does

Fried egg sandwiches are the favorite standby here if there is nothing in the house to eat or we need to make something quick and get going! Your right they never get old!

[gracielagata]

Mar 14, 2016 14:07:05 GMT barefootfarmer said:

I save them for winter use, too- most of the time. But I don't start saving until September. I have an unheated room on the North side and if I leave the window cracked it's downright frigid in there. I won't wash eggs that I'm storing- and I only keep the cleanest ones that I gather. Then about once a month I flip the egg cartons over- only because it keeps my yolks centered and I boil a lot of them. Last year timing got away from me and my hens stopped laying earlier than usual so I ran out of eggs early. I'll probably start holding back cartons in mid-August this year.

Yeah, we save the same way I guess... I just put them in the fridge in my order I mentioned, but don't really know when they get held back. 
I wish I had a room to store them in.
I definitely over gave away and over sold eggs this past year. Not repeating that in the future as eggs are our go-to dinner on sports practices or busy nights.

[gracielagata]

Mar 14, 2016 14:23:04 GMT mzgarden said:

gracielagata , barefootfarmer , Excellent. I'm doing this for this winter. We have 35 layers but in the winter egg production is just dang pitiful and I don't light them up or anything. I figure chickens need to be chickens. Anyway, we sold all our eggs and went months without getting an egg to eat or cook with. This year, Mama's having eggs.

35 layers are a lot!! I have a friend who I know thinks it bad that I give my hens no source of heat- heck I leave their windows wide open for ventilation as well! But they are happy and healthy and have no issues walking around out in the frigid winters... once I shovel for them that is! One thing I can't get them to be 100% okay with is the accumulating snow. They are good with a couple of inches, the rest I scoop and pile away so they don't get cabin fever.

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Lemon curd from the yolks and meringue cookies from the whites
Custard, coconut custard, rice pudding, bread pudding and flan
And my hubby's favorites, pickled eggs, Scottish eggs and breakfast burritos

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Lemon curd from the yolks and meringue cookies from the whites
Custard, coconut custard, rice pudding, bread pudding and flan
And my hubby's favorites, pickled eggs, Scottish eggs and breakfast burritos
And you can always dehydrate them

[manygoatsnmore]

They freeze raw really well, too. I put two eggs in a plastic yogurt cup, whip them into a scramble with a fork and freeze, then pop them out and store them in a ziplock freezer bag. I've also poured them out of the cup into a ziplock sandwich bag, pressed out all the air and just froze them in the baggie. I actually like the 2nd way better, as there is less chance of any freezer burn on the raw eggs.