okay this is the ongoing saga of my attempts to preserve eggs i have just
taken the tray with seven eggs that were dehydrated raw off the
um dehydrator and it looks like they're dry pretty solidly
now i've got this sheet of wax paper that i'm dropping this all off on this is still warm
looks dried pretty solid to me still does have a bit of that greasy feel
but let's see how well it powders
now this is seven eggs whereas the first batch i made was eighteen
got it all in my little magic bullet got my little magic bullet here
so
definitely has grounded into a powder
and i do have some more bread on the go here okay all right so i'm just going to pour this into
a strainer
perhaps my strainer is just too fine but it is going through somewhat
and it definitely feels much drier than the batch that i made cooked actually i think that's fine
if i want it any finer than that i will put it through my little coffee blender and it
will grind it up even finer but what i think i will do at this point yeah there's no real lumps
it's good i'm actually pleased with that okay
so what i'm going to do at this point is rehydrate some of this
okay and my understanding is it's a two to one ratio so one teaspoon of the dried egg powder
and two teaspoons of water
should equal one egg
and we're going to stir this all up
and let it sit for a few minutes
okay meanwhile my um other stuff that's been drying in my toaster oven still well it's a little
drier and i may continue to dry it but definitely the raw stuff seems to be a little more granular
but let me just try putting some of this through my magic bullet right now
okay see if i can bring it to the same consistency as the raw eggs
so
okay definitely better i think it's still moist though
definitely still moist and clumping
okay this is going to continue to stay in the oven actually i could put this back on the dehydrator
tray instead and i think i'll do that once i wash it and clean it okay okay and from my
experimentation i would say definitely the raw method is definitely preferable it is a whole
lot less work and the end result turns out to be far superior now i'm going to continue to dry this
for another little while and see if it improves
its texture at all i suspect it's quite fine to use but um just gonna let it dry for one more day
meanwhile my other egg is slowly rehydrating
and considering what's going on in the world i still think that i want to preserve eggs
i'm not
maybe too thick a layer but i only have one tray so we'll leave it on for as long as it's necessary
okay ready to go back on the dehydrator okay i took my raw eggs that i had dehydrated and i
put them through my little um coffee grinder to get a finer consistency
and i'm quite happy with that and as you can see there was absolutely no gunking up of this unit
so these are definitely much drier and uh yeah quite pleased with the consistency so i will be
dehydrating eggs using the raw method and um in small quantities and i have no
issues dehydrating them in small quantities using a coffee grinder it seems to do a much better job
so um that's good now all i have to do is wait until uh that has reconstituted and then we will
meanwhile it's time to fold my egg uh my
bread dough again
now this is a double portion of my easy sourdough recipe and what i'm going to do is i want some
right away and i want to add flavor to the other half so what i'm going to do is cut it in half
and proof some of it on the counter and the other i will proof in the fridge so
the one on the counter will be ready in a few hours the one in the fridge
will be ready for tomorrow okay well i like to scramble my eggs with milk so considering i
only have one egg i'm only going to have a small amount of milk and i'm going to pour the egg in
temperature is way too high there
i'd say my eggs are cooked
okay well it's 6 a.m and then i'm still in my pajamas but uh just finished cooking my egg that
i made from egg powder homemade egg powder and i've just put a little bit of salt and pepper i
cook them with milk because that's the way i like to cook them and now for the taste test
they're not bad actually
breakfast
yep that'll work okay i will be dehydrating more eggs leaving them overnight
put them on early in the morning leave them overnight dehydrate for well over 12 hours
and finally grind them
okay definitely satisfied with the results
this is tony from her homestead skills i hope you enjoyed my
little test here and we'll catch you on the next one bye for now
you