luxury food on the trail - eggs

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andrew7978

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So I am planning a camping trip with a few people who have not ever spent extensive time in the woods so I figure I would make their trip more enjoyable by making decent food as opposed to that freeze dry stuff. So my question is has anyone used egg trays?? They claim they prevent eggs from breaking. I have always been interested by these but dont want to end up with egg yoke all over my pack or open up the tray to find I have no good source of food.

Here's an example of what I'm talking about:

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I have one eggsactly like that one! Use small eggs. If I use the bigger ones my chickens lay it cracks them when you close the cover.

Usually when I am backpacking I take stuff like eggs, or frozen steaks or stuff like that and cook them the first night or the next morning:thumbup:

Last summer I went with granola and coffee for breakfast mostly. It was so d*mn hot I wanted to get on the trail early before it got so hot.

Oh and to answer your question yes it protects the in your pack but don't drop the container. Also a lot of times I'll just take a tubular plastic bottle and use paper towels for shock absorbtion if it's just a couple of eggs.
 
Take frozen eggbeaters that are in the small cartons, I believe they are equal to four eggs. The will keep and thaw out so you can use them the next day.
 
Ive had great success, with breaking up the eggs at home and packing them in a double freezer bag with your favorite ingredients mixed in, the next morning just boil them in the bag and you've got an instant trail omelot
 
We used to carry those in Scouts when we also packed dutch ovens and cast iron cookwear. Breakfast was delicious, but man it was a heavy load!
They did seem to work though, I don't remember any egg cracking in anyones pack.
 
When we hiked North Fork Mountain we had to carry all of our water so we brought eggs and would boil them in the morning and then use the water for coffee. (Important tip: don't crack the eggs or your coffee will taste like sh*t):D
 
I feel safer with hard boiled eggs ! They will keep longer also. In the old days people preserved eggs by painting them with water glass [sodium silicate ? ]
 
I have used one many times. If you are talking about a weekend camping trip you should have no problems. Especially in the spring and fall when the temps are cool at night. You could also do things like put it next to a frozen steak buried in clothing to help keep them cool during the day. I have carried eggs on many weekend camping trips and never had a problem. Eggs last a lot longer than most people think. By the way, I cut the stupid handle off of it. :D

I also heard that the Navy use to preserve their eggs by waxing the shell. That supposedly makes the shell and membrane no longer porous and that allowed the eggs to stay for a very long time. I have never tried this though. Sounds a lot like the "water glass" thing though.

KR
 
I've used one many times - I usually use a little bit of tissue to pad them and I put the container in a ziploc just in case. Never had any breakage.
 
akennedy73 said:
I put the container in a ziploc just in case. Never had any breakage.
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Forgot that part. I also use a ziplock just in case though I have never had one break either. Of course I use ziplocks for just about everything. :thumbup::D

And the handle thing is more for the amount of dead space it takes up rather then the weight though as old as I am I could tell when the weight from the handle was missing. :p


KR
 
I know of long distance sailing couples who just rotate eggs daily to keep the inside of the shell moist. That keeps them for 3+ weeks.
Packing them in veggie or olive oil would probably dampen a lot of shock as well, provided you're going to use up the eggs before the oil !
 
DeadeyeLefty said:
I know of long distance sailing couples who just rotate eggs daily to keep the inside of the shell moist. That keeps them for 3+ weeks.
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No sxxt! Now that is interesting. I never thought about the membrane drying out and letting air in making them go bad. Don't know for sure if that is true but it makes a lot of sense.

KR
 
As was mentioned before you can use wax to cover the eggs to make them last twice as long. Sometimes up to 10 days..

Sasha
 
Believe it or not I carry quail eggs often when I go to the bush. Quail eggs have an inner membrane that's like vulcanized rubber. They are sold all over down here in plastic trays of 30. They're so tough you don't need to do much to protect them. They taste just like little chicken eggs. I just hard boil a dozen and tuck in. Mac

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Funny- maybe there is a difference between Canadian eggs and American. On the farm we would keep dozens of eggs in the basement for a looong time and they did not go bad. At least long enough for a 2 week backpack trip or the likes. But I don't worry as I rarely eat eggs.
 
cmgray said:
Ive had great success, with breaking up the eggs at home and packing them in a double freezer bag with your favorite ingredients mixed in, the next morning just boil them in the bag and you've got an instant trail omelot
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This is the only way to go but I'm not a big fan of the taste of b-i-b so I just scramble them the old fashioned way.
 
If you're going to cook eggs, Andrew, you might like to try this little egg-cooking technique. This is what my daughter and I do whenever we go out hiking:

Either start a small, palm-sized fire or pull some nice hot coals off your main fire to form a palm-sized fire. Hold your egg small-side up and, with the very tip poit of your knife gently tap, tap, tap in the center of the egg intil you get a small hole, Keep tapping gently to open the hole up to about 1/8" to 3/16" diameter and use your knife point to pick out the small shell fragments. Now set the egg down right close to the coals. We twist them a little to make a little cradle in the dirt. Every few minutes, turn the egg a little. Let it cook for about 15 to twenty five minutes, depending on your heat. You can pull a few more coals in as the time goes by.

When ready, they're like poached eggs. I mean, if you're going to cook eggs, with a fire, you ought to try this.
 
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