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Preserving Eggs for Winter Use
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put in 1 pint of fresh slacked lime, and common salt, 1-2 pt; mix well, and let the barrel
be about half full of this fluid, then with a dish let down your fresh eggs into it,
tipping the dish after it fells with water so they roll out without cracking the shell,
for if the shell is cracked the egg will spoil. If fresh eggs are put in, fresh eggs will come out, as I have seen men who have kept them two, and even four, years, at sea. A piece of board may be laid across the top of the eggs, and a little lime and salt kept upon it, which keeps the fluid as strong at the top as at the bottom. This will not fail you. They must always be kept covered with the brine. Families in towns and cities by this plan can have eggs for winter use at summer prices.
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