SC - Preserving eggs.

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Greetings.

I have come across an recipe from my family's cook book for preserving eggs 
(the recipes will be up some time before Christmas.  The Scottish Royal 
Society for Preservation of Historical Artifacts, has requested that we let 
them copy the book, before any of it is released to the public.)
  I  have had this recipe in my files for years, it's the  modern 
translation so I can use it. Does anyone know of any other recipes of this 
type?
  It goes some thing like this

   Take the eggs of good (trust worthy) hens, and boiul them until they are 
firm.  Remove them of their shells and allow them to cool.
   Prepare a crock, add sliced red roots, (beets)and garlic. Place the 
shelless eggs in it until it be almost full.
   Boiul good hearty vinegar and such herbs as dill and rosemary. Pour the 
hot slurry(?)over the roots and eggs until covered.
Take a circle of wood that does fit the the crock's mouth and fit it in.  
Seal the whole top with bee's wax, or fat if that is what is available.

  Preserved Eggs

  I dozen medium eggs hard boiled
  3 or 4 beets cooked,peeled and sliced
  5 or 6 cloves of garlic peeled and scored.
  hand full of fresh dill(or 1 Tbls. of dill seeds) and several sprigs of 
rosemary.
  1/2 gallon good vinegar, I use white wine vinegar.

Place the cooked and peeled eggs in layers with the beets, garlic and herbs, 
in a large jar with a non-metallic lid. Heat the Vinegar to boiling and pour 
over the eggs etc. Cap and let set for at least one month.
  I prefer to not boil the herbs in the vinegar.  They seem to impart a 
stronger flavor if layered in with the eggs.
  I would recommend storing these in the refrigerator, to insure food 
safety.
  This is some what like a Polish recipe that I posted several months back.  
Which led me to wonder if there were more such around.

Lady Katherine McGuire




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