How I Preserve Eggs for a Year | Freeze Dried Eggs vs. Frozen Eggs w/ blind taste test
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- Learn how to preserve farm-fresh eggs during the summer months to enjoy all year long with my new favorite egg preservation method, freeze dried eggs. They'll last on the shelf for over 20 years and still taste as fresh as the day they were laid and I'll teach you how to easily reconstitute freeze dried eggs as well.
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A couple suggestions: take out food to test for dryness before shutting off machine. Extend time rather than let sit after done. Food can get moisture back in when you wait. Take food out before hitting defrost.
Thanks for the tips!
I would love to buy a freeze dryer but wow so exspensive! I use the technique that you do with freezing eggs & I follow it now after watching your video and works great for all my baking needs. Loving The Family Garden Plan book I got as well & thank you for all the videos you put out for everybody to learn. I truly have learned alot from you! God bless 🙏
Look into water glassing your eggs. 12 to 18 month storage with 2 cheap ingredients: water and hydrated lime. I just emptied my jar of eggs from last year because my herbs are starting to lay again faster. Time to start a new batch of eggs for next winter.
Thanks for sharing a new way to preserve! I’m sure many people appreciate it and are glad to see how to do this!
Congratulations on receiving the new preserver! How exciting to get something like that. Energy use aside, I think you'll find it super useful. 💚🌞
I just stumbled on your channel and I'm very impressed with the way you grow and preserve your own food. You are what I call a virtuous woman. Thanks for teaching me so much about food preservation.
I'm so happy for you! How wonderful for Harvest Right to send you a freeze-drier!
Thank you!! I really want a freeze dryer, it's amazing all you can do with it. I always learn so much from you! :)
Another information pack video. great job . I watched your video on egg freezing a while back and started freezing some eggs per your method. I looked at a freeze dryer also and could see the benifits . Long shelf life , no need to refrigerate . Definitely a long term investment.
I'm so excited that you now have a freeze dryer!!! You will love it! I will never dry herbs the old way ever again!
You want to heat your trays before you pull them out so you don't get condensation back into your trays. Also probably not hit defrost until you are sure your food is dry and doesn't need more drying time. Freeze dried raw eggs are the best!
Love this, never seen this done before
I also have the medium FD with prem pump. My family’s favorites to FD for every day use (snacks) cinnamon apples, bananas, turmeric, ginger, and vegetables ground into powder for smoothies (beets, kale, spinach). Love my FD!!
I absolutely love my Freeze dryer! Especially for milk and eggs.
Oh my gosh I am so happy that I found you again! I watched you a few years ago without ever having a CZcams account, then so many whirlwinds happened that affected my memory.
Wow...those freeze dried eggs look wonderful! I definitely would be looking forward to doing this in the future if I can ever get a freeze dryer. Thanks for sharing 👍
Great lesson! I never knew the ways to preservation. TFS
I like that you did the comparison
I am so excited for you that Harvest Right is sponsoring/providing you with a Freeze Dryer congratulations. You will have a lot of fun with it. I just got mine two weeks ago, I did the bread run and then I did raspberries, grated zucchini, cherries (you would love those) and grapes in the first real run. In the second run I did cantaloupe peaches strawberries bananas blueberries and the very best which I was surprised it was watermelon 😍
After your cycle is complete there is a warm tray feature, so you don’t burn your hands with the cold.
And on CZcams #retiredat40 has a lot of great ideas too
So excited to see all your future creations on your Harvest Right 😍 blessings to you friend!
I’m looking forward to putting up duck and goose eggs for my kiddos in my Freeze Dryer
You never want any of the food to be cold once a freeze drying cycle is completely. If any of the food is cold, you should add two to four hours to the drying time. I learned this the hard way. The cold temps will keep moisture in the food so when you package it up it will spoil or go bad rather quickly.
You are correct, but when the time ends on the cycle the heaters turn off which makes it all cold even when it’s bone dry. I think that’s what happened here.
Great tip!!
I'm confused... isn't freeze dry cold???
@@Shanngella no you freeze it first at extremely low temp and then the drying takes the moisture out so that the product can be crushed into powder or rehydrated. The only thing I have against freeze dry is thst the natural water of the product is removed so you reconstitute with water and result is not quite like fresh
have you ever had the oil in the freeze dryer turn black during a cycle?
Meat works amazingly well and we love doing all kinds of fruit to have as snacks or turn into powder and mix into kefir.
Yay!!!!! Thank You for doing this!! I’m sold!!🤗
glad you got the freeze dryer
I got a freeze dryer last year and I love it! So far just freeze drying single items , but I want to try soup!
Oh you lucky girl! A freeze drier in on my wish list for sure.
Your daughter is a good sport! Tell her thank you!
This is a really interesting video. Would love to see more things that you are freeze drying.
Love the content. thanks!!
Just a quick note for your future FD adventures, if you don't think you'll be able to get to the machine as soon as it's finished, make sure you add on extra dry time. You don't want the machine to cool the food before you take it out. You need to take them out warm so you can check for cold spots. Cold spots means it's not done and you need to put it back in for a few hours.
living traditions homestead cook complete meals and freeze dry them and they also make cucumber and zucchini I chips with seasoning on them, cog hill farm freeze dry figs and snack on them.
Don’t forget Kevin’s favorite...okra!
I've been thinking of buying a freeze dryer but it's so expensive over $2,000. I like how your daughter went back into her bedroom that's typical of a teenager LOL. Thank you for the video your channels are one of my favorites on CZcams.
Enjoyed your video and your knowledge. Thanks for sharing. Lisa@moneypit homestead
Definitely put them in the deep freezer first - I can't stress this enough! I used 12 eggs per tray too and have a medium size machine. The instructions that came with Harvest Right states you don't have to freeze first, but my freeze dryer didn't properly sense if the eggs were frozen after going through that cycle and I had an egg explosion (within the dryer and sucked eggs into the drain and pump tubes)! Harvest Right worked with us and after diagnostic tests nothing was wrong with the machine, but unfortunately this can happen with eggs and I wasn't a one-off case. The machine is simple and electronics pretty self contained so everything was able to cleaned back to normal. I will never put liquids in the freeze dryer without freezing them first. I'm still very happy about my purchase.
What is your model and where did you get it from?
@@NaturalLiving2 Harvest Right, Medium size freeze dryer (purchased directly from HR). I purchased it a few months back so it is their most current model and I have the Premier Pump (same as Melissa demonstrated in her video).
That seems to defeat the purpose of freeze drying which is supposed to reduce nutrient loss and freezer burn vs regular freezing
The above was meant to reply to jennifer
@@theresa4960 You freeze them first to shorten the time in the FD.
It isn't advisable to leave the trays in the freezer for months to freezer burn.
Freeze dryer is definitely on my wish list!
make sure you dont get the basic pump. its noisy and alot more hassle.
I’m going to try egg glassing this year.
I now freeze dry all those extra eggs during spring and early summer to get us through the fall molting months and the decreased winter production. I typically freeze dry 4 trays of whisked eggs (approx 60 eggs) and store in pint mylar bags the equivalent of 15 eggs. That way the smaller storage keeps things fresh longer but also eliminates opening a larger amount and not using it within the week. I used to think freeze dryers were too expensive, but after owning one for just over a year, I've been able to process up to a 1 year supply vegetables, fruits, eggs, yogurt, variety of cheese, Italian meatballs, cubed chicken in addition to commercial freeze dried meats), onions, bell peppers, and much more. I also freeze dry baby kelp/baby spinach. 5# fills 4 trays. This nutrition packed mix provides 3 servings of veg in just one tblspn in my morning smoothie. Freeze drying and canning are now my food preserving methods. I try to keep both balanced to maximize various storage space. Like you we can't tell the difference between freeze dried eggs and fresh. I never really liked frozen eggs. The texture is rubber! And I don't think they don't work up in baking that well either. I question however if you were to pay for your freeze dryer would you buy one and why hadn't you done so? I understand your freeze drier was complimentary from Harvest Right to review freeze dried eggs.
Thank you for the video! I would love to see something with tomatoes when you get a chance.
something to make the test mean a little more. Have the freeze dried stuff going against something that has been stored the same amount of time. U might have found that if the eggs had not been frozen 6 months to that of frozen over night like the time frame of freeze drying the eggs that the frozen eggs may have been a lot better. Freezing does change things over time. The frozen eggs look like if they had been run in one of those bullet type juicers with a teaspoon of water that they would have been fine. extra step I know but it would be interesting to find out.
I was thinking the same thing. In my opinion it wasn’t a very accurate test when the freeze dried eggs were not as old as the freezer eggs.
Thanks for the video. What's your opinion on water glassing eggs? Have you ever tried it?
Chili...you should totally freeze dry chili! 🥰
The frozen eggs really are chunky when you thaw them. My frozen eggs aren't like that and I only have 2 thoughts on why. First, I did not have farm fresh eggs sadly. Mine were store bought. Maybe fresh eggs don't freeze as well? Secondly, after whipping the eggs I vacuum sealed them with a Food Saver. I do this to save space because each sealed bag stores flat for stacking. Before I built my homestead I had hardly any freezer space. When my eggs are frozen this way they thaw like I just cracked them open. Not sure if it's a combo of the two or just one of those reasons. If anyone else knows please share. So I'm setting up my brand new Harvest Right today and my friends are coming over for a freeze drying party because its a fun excuse for a get together lol. I've wanted a Harvest Right for over 10 years and I finally have one!!! Huge investment though. I had to have a dedicated circuit breaker (this only applies to the large) and pay people to move it into the laundry room. No white glove service from Harvest Right and if you live alone be aware they are heavy. I hope to use the Harvest Right for preserving everything I produce on the land. The ROI will probably take a few years if I run it regularly. Thanks for the tips Melissa :)
I am considering a freeze dryer, but due to the cost I want to be sure it’s something we will be able to enjoy the food from before spending that much money. So I would love to see different videos showing the comparison of freeze dried food vs dehydrated, frozen, canned food. Thanks for this video.
There are thousands of vids on freeze dryers on CZcams! Use the CZcams search feature.
We've talked about getting that same freeze dryer...
Nice! Wish we could afford one.
I just water glass my eggs. We usually use up what we water glassed within 6 months. When we take them out of the liquid, we rinse well and use as a fresh egg. No difference in taste or cooking. This doesn't require any electric at all.
I love to buy a small freeze dryer too, rather expensive. Saving up. Great way to preserve food.
Yes! 👏🏼
FDed eggs are far superior to all other preservation methods. I look forward to your follow-up after you have had time to gain experience with your FDer.
The trays should be warm when removed from the freeze dryer. All of that frost on those trays equals moisture transfer to your food.
Also, try to get to your FD'r as soon as it finishes its cycle. If you leave the trays in hours after it finishes they will freeze (like your eggs in this video) then condensate which is pulling moisture from the air back into your food. That defeats the purpose of freeze drying. If you can't get there when its finished, use the "warm trays" feature to warm things back up before taking them out.
Desperraly want a freeze dryer but just can not afford one. As a senior even dehydrating all sorts of stuff. Slow going but love dwindling down my can goods. Make various meal kits. Vacuum seal them and store them in totes. Lived in hurricane country way to long and lost food. Well now I do not have to worry so much
Melissa nice video. Your daughter looks like you. You can tell she obviously doesn't want to be in the video. Tfs jen in south dakota.
She has a very lucky family. What a catch.
@MADELYNN NORRIS for sure a high value heartbreaker 🇺🇸#1 🤠
I have yet to compare the energy rating on the freeze dryer compared to say a regular freezer. Did yours come with any line of information> I have check out a few websites but alas .... Thanks
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Have you ever freeze dried prepared meals? I freeze dried beef stew not long ago for my son and he loved it! I want to try more, but I'm unsure of the ratio of water that should be added to prepared meals. Do you know if there is a standard measurement?
I see in one of your video you mention a hunkleberry immune sirop for the winter cant you make a video about It? I plant some plant for this reason this saison 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Do you have a video of how to make dried egg white protein?
Just curious, have you ever tried water glassing your excess eggs for long term storage? I don't see a video on it.
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Have you tried regular dehydrated eggs on your own? How did that go?
Melissa - I would love to know the storage of your eggs are now. How long did you store the eggs that did not have an oxygen absorber in them? I have some FD eggs that we put in a jar with an OA about 6 weeks ago and one of the lids I'm finding was not sealed. Worried about the safety of those. The other jars of eggs, with OA's are still sealed but when I examine the jar the top half of the jar is definitely powdered but the bottom half is compacted and I'm wondering if moisture got in. Any thoughts?
I want a freeze dryer so bad! I was thinking I could sell freeze dried treats to help pay for it. 🤷🏻♀️we shall see if it is in our future.
Curious, why you do not use the freeze part on the freeze dryer?
I have a medium dryer. Do 18 eggs in each tray. :) Cheers!
I also have a medium and do 18 eggs per tray
Hello Melissa Norris! My name is Jerry Rhoades and I'm a relatively new gardener and I like your videos. I was wondering if you could tell me where (what part) of Washington you're in. I live down in Spanaway (South side of Tscoma) and I'd like to see your farm. My wife too. If not, I understand the times.
Can you store your freeze-dried egg in homemade cake and brownie mixes? I have several jars ready to use but they are missing eggs, vanilla and water. I would like to add powder eggs to my dry mix. Any Suggestions?
Yes it would work fine
I would like to see if the frozen eggs, blended with a bit of water, would have made the texture and taste more like a fresh egg. Freezing food in a normal freezer will draw out some of the moisture.
I was thinking a hand blender to get rid of the chunks?
I bet the flavor of the freeze dried egg is better but the texture of the freezer eggs preferable. What happens if you don't powder the freeze dried egg? Probably takes too long to reconstitute.
Two quarts of freeze dried from three dozen eggs....that's great.
She's so amazing!!?😍😍😍
Wow ... A freeze dryer is on my get list if money rains from the sky. Freeze drying is the best way to preserve goods for the longest time possible so anyone who can spring the bucks for one, don't think twice but research all offered before buying.
Did you scramble the frozen egg before freezing? Or just crack and freeze, then scramble after it thawed?
Scramble before freezing
Have you tried a comparison with dehydrated eggs & the freeze dryer yet? Would love to know if you can tell the difference.
You can't dehydrate raw eggs safely so no
I don’t freeze whole eggs. I scramble them and freeze them in ice cube trays. One cube is one egg. I have eaten them as scrambled eggs, but they are best used as an ingredient in things.
this might be a stupid question, but can you dehydrate eggs? 🤔christy love learning from you
Yes. Look up salt curing eggs
@@mccoolfarmandgarden thanks🤗
You can't dehydrate raw eggs in a regular dehydrator
I tried freezing whole eggs and also mixed eggs. The whole eggs remained stiff and weird after thawing and didn't have a good texture. The mixed eggs seemed a bit thick but after cooked tasted normal
Yes that is why I only use them in baked goods.
What all can be freeze dried?
Was the frozen egg put in whole or was it blended in a batch the same way as the FD egg was? I'm curious if blended it comes out better.
It was blended at time of freezing and I've tried blending after thawing with baking and didn't find it to help
@@MelissaKNorris Thanks M. Wish I had the money for a FD.
What models does everyone have and where purchased?
Harvest Right is the most affordable and best to get. We have had one for a few years.
Have you tried “water glassed” eggs?
wahts the AMP draw in that machine
Can hard boiled be canned without pickling?
No, too dense for safety
If your food is cold coming out of freeze dryer, it won’t last long. It still has moisture
Freeze dryer exactly what does it do and how does it benefit people just eggs don’t tell me much and the freeze dried eggs, not sure exactly what it does I know they’re pottery but can you do meat and stuff... told you before I’m 75 live in Wellington Nevada, let alone hard to buy food just for one person.. looking at if something like this would benefit me I freeze a lot but I use the shrink wrap machine.. The ones that take all the air out of the bags.. last a long time in the freezer.. oops thank you very much enjoy your videos a lot..
When food is freeze dried it can last up to 25 years is stored correctly. It’s just another way to preserve the texture and provide delicious healthy food for our families
CZcams has a lot of great videos on freeze drying that might show you more variety in foods 🤗
Tip: a coffee measure is 2 tablespoons.
Doesn't it take a LOT of electricity to have that running for a good 24 hrs for 1 batch? Is it not too costly for the yield?
No, it's only about $2 to run.
@@MelissaKNorris Oh that's reasonable.
Freeze dryer too $$$$$ but do love idea.... But the noise awful no wonder y
Seen other s using out in garage ...
Can't afford a freeze dryer. I am water glassing.
Me too, for the last couple years now that has worked great, I just float them to make sure they’re good.
@@nightowl2481 this is my first year, do you have many failures.
I’ve seen on some groups people posting that adding oxygen absorbers to freeze dried eggs can create botulism. I have dozens of eggs done this way and have switched to not oxygen but I don’t know what the truth is. Any insight?
If the food isn't dry (10% moisture content or higher) it could but as long as it's fully dried then it won't.
Oh, and what about something medicinal, like elderberry? That might be kind of neat.
Is this the same as dehydrating?
No it isn’t , search harvest right freeze dryer and they will explain the major difference
@@willjennison673 thanks so much
Why not water glass your eggs? Also, if you put your frozen eggs in a blender before cooking would that help with texture?
I've tried beating the frozen eggs in the past, didn't help. I don't have floor or shelf space to keep eggs for water glassing.
I appreciate the usefulness of this but there is no way I would pay that kind of money . Thanks for the honest review but I will carry on buying locally my eggs when needed :-)
I always get comments and emails from viewers wanting to learn new ways of safe preservations so I’m on a mission to do just that.
@@MelissaKNorris I for one really appreciate you exploring all the different ways to preserve the food Melissa!!! Thank you!
If you like to be prepared the cost of the unit becomes less important. Inflation and the possibility that locally sold eggs are not even available is another concern. I elect to not stand in a food line!
Why do you choose not to buy eggs from the store?
I think you got the eggs mixed up, which was which. (Did you?)
Will not everyone can afford a $2,000 to $3,500 freeze dryer. I find just dehydrating does just fine and it's much better than freezing eggs in icecube trays
I prefer freezing. All you can do with freeze dried eggs is scramble or baking
I thought your daughter was going to spit out the frozen egg scramble when she took off.
I don't understand how anyone can have excess eggs. If a family of 4 uses 8 eggs daily, and chickens lay roughly one egg per day sometimes none at all you're going to need @ least 8 reliable chickens. And then a hen produces eggs 1-2 years max and can live from 3-10 years.
A hen produces eggs much longer than 2 years and my family doesn't eat 8 eggs a day
LOL, The freeze dried eggs kinda need to be the best, don't they? isn't that why they sent you the free machine?
No, it's my honest opinion and my daughter's on a blind taste test, she doesn't have any knowledge of what's sponsored and what's not.
"Retired at 40" is a CZcamsr That has done a lot on the freeze dryer. @78 not sure I can justify the cost with just the two of us?
Hi John I got the harvest right and it’s just me and my husband and have just a small freezer..the freeze dryer is absolutely worth it because you can buy in bulk or get out of your garden and nothing goes to waste and it lasts longer than canning. It didn’t use as much electricity as you would think either.. you may use it heavy one year and then not so much the next year as you will be using what you freeze dried. Also, think in terms of no electricity!
@@anitaostrander4301 What size FD?
When my freeze dryer load is done, the trays are hot, not cold - cold creates moisture....I certainly don't want to criticize, but I think you're running the load too quickly?
It goes back to freeze if you don't pull it out immediately to hold it
@@MelissaKNorris yes, but then you press warm trays to get them warmed up again before unloading so you remove moisture.