sca-cooks keeping eggs fresh

[Mark Harris]

Clarissa said:

>PS. Just something interesting I learned the other day about eggs:
>Why do we refrigerate eggs when folks in the 1800s and earlier did not?  
>According to the folks at the pioneer farm here in Austin, fresh from the 
>chicken eggs are coated in a substance that seals the eggs air tight and 
>can therefore be left sitting in a bowl. Egg farmers today wash that 
>substance off so we must refrigerate the eggs today to keep them fresh. 

>From my campfood-msg file (SCA Rialto Files):

From: Aoife <liontamr at postoffice.ptd.net>
Newsgroups: rec.org.sca
Subject: Re: Keeping meat (was: one "pot" meal)
Date: 4 Sep 1996 20:22:54 GMT
Organization: ProLog - PenTeleData, Inc.

Gracious gentles,

ddfr at best.com (David Friedman) wrote (in response to several questions):
>> 1) Does it matter if the eggs or cheese were previously refrigerated?
>
>We've always purchased ours from an ordinary supermarket, which keeps them
>refrigerated before we buy them.

Aoife: Eggs can be dipped in wax for longer life, and kept in a cool, 
cradled place. In England into this century it was possible to purchase a 
commercial egg-dip product which helped preserve the eggs without 
refrigeration. 
...
Aoife
liontamr at ptd.net

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Hope some find this useful/interesting.

Stefan li Rous
markh at risc.sps.mot.com