Monday, December 12, 2011

Finally, Perfection At Last

At last it is done. I am not ashamed I had to take the advise of my Mom but in the end, I now have my own Powdered Eggs.

To start off I will tell you what I was doing wrong,

  1. My first batch never dried and came out just oily clumps of nasty eggs because I used butter in the pan and added all the seasonings.
  2. The second batch turned into little rubber balls because I used the oven to dry them and set it on too low of a temp for way too long.
  3. The third batch never dried even after two days because I was using the wrong kind of Dehydrator. It did not have a fan in it.
  4. The forth batch I went back to using the old 1970's model dehydrator but they never dried all the way because my pieces were too big.
  5. This is the batch Momma told me how to do it and they came out just fine. Here is what I did.   



Without using anything in the nonstick pan, I cooked the scrambled eggs until all visible moisture was gone and then a little more. During the cooking process I chopped the eggs up as small as I could so the heat would cook the moisture out.  



Then I put all the eggs into a food processor and chopped them as small as they would go. This is one of the steps I did not do before.







Right out of the food processor and right on the dehydrator tray they went.






I spread the cooked and finely chopped eggs evenly all over the tray. Eighteen eggs should fill up two trays.





The dehydrator was set on 145 degrees overnight. The end result was crispy burnt orange egg crumbles.





A Christmas gift from years ago finally came to use. It worked fantastic on grinding the eggs into a powder. My mom uses her grain mill and says it works even better.



It looks just like corn mill when it's all said and done. All eighteen eggs did not even fill up a pint sized mason jar.
I will vacuum the jar lids to the jar and label the top with the date. All I can Say is that it is about time I got it. Thanks Mom.
Next is dehydrated hamburger meat.

14 comments:

  1. woohoo buddy! thank Mom for showing us the way! and do let us know how the hamburger works out!

    your friend,
    kymber

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  2. That is so cool. I'm going to give you a shout out on this from my blog. I'm going to give this one a try my self.

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  3. That is awesome MDR. There is never any shame getting help from Mom or Dad. Heck, we want our children to turn to us so we have to set the example.

    Now you got me wanting to dehydrate eggs and our girls are not laying. I guess something to look forward to.

    -Genevieve

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  4. clap, clap, clap. Nice job. Pat yourself on the back buddy.

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  5. Kymber - Will do

    Flier - Thank you and seeing it was really easy this time, everyone should.

    G - That is true.
    I started off with some store bought ones because I did not want to mess up any of the real eggs.

    Rob - Thanks buddy

    Duke - It is a staple after all.

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  6. Timely advice! Our hens usually slow down this time a year, but now they have really sped up. We started buying our feed off this Amish gentlemen who, start to finish, makes his own feed. That has to be it. LOL.

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  7. Mandy - Is it any cheaper to buy the feed that way?

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  8. I'll try these, thanks for the advice and recipe..I'm your new follower..

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  9. Thank you Susie for stopping by, leaving a comment and becoming a new reader. If you need anything just let me know.
    I hope you read the mistakes I made doing these. My hardheadedness made it take a lot more time and a lot of wasted eggs before I finally listened to my mother and did them the right way.

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  10. I am going to give the eggs a try this week. I would enjoy hearing how you use them after they are dried. Do you make scrambled eggs for breakfast or just in baking etc.. I have made hamburger rocks in the oven and they are now our favorite way to preserve ground beef. When re-hydrated they are indistinguishable from fresh ground and browned hamburger cooked fresh in a skillet.

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    1. Good luck Papa T, I hope I showed you what not to do.
      I use the eggs in anything I can. I do not think they make great scrambled eggs because they are a little gritty. Omelets are not bad. I use them anywhere a dish calls for whole eggs. I have not done just egg whites or yolks yet.
      Have fun.

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  11. Thank you so very much for the info. A quick question though, how much of the powdered egg will equal a real egg? Diana

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    1. Diana, I am using 1 1/2 tablespoons for one egg. I have seen people use 2 to 3 tablespoons but for me the 1 1/2 seams to be the best.
      Thanks for the comment.

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