Eggs

[Ruvio]

I've read a few posts on the best ways to transport eggs without them smashing, and as anyone knows, it's always going to be a sod...but i've had an absolute epiphany today.

Now, this is going to sound ridiculous, but in the morning, tap a hole in the top of them, and cook them over the remainder of your campfire. I did this today, about 5 hours ago, on the embers of a dying bbq, and theyre still very hot to the touch.

So there you go for the winter, since they won't smash, perfect handwarmers, and a tasty snack at the end of the day.

 

[MartinK9]

I've read a few posts on the best ways to transport eggs without them smashing, and as anyone knows, it's always going to be a sod...but i've had an absolute epiphany today.

Now, this is going to sound ridiculous, but in the morning, tap a hole in the top of them, and cook them over the remainder of your campfire. I did this today, about 5 hours ago, on the embers of a dying bbq, and theyre still very hot to the touch.

So there you go for the winter, since they won't smash, perfect handwarmers, and a tasty snack at the end of the day.

Watch for them exploding whilst cooking though

 

[jimford]

Take an uncooked egg into a grassy area, say a playing field, and throw it as high and as far as you can. It will hit the ground - and bounce without breaking. However it _will_ break it it chances to hit a stone or hard bare earth. The grass is enough to prevent it from breaking. I've seen a good cricketer throw vertically an egg to a great height, and it just bounced without breaking!

Jim

 

[Pict]

I carry quail eggs all the time. Quail eggs are small but they are hard and have a very tough skin inside. Even when they do crack they don't leak. Mac

 

[Ruvio]

haha i quite enjoy watching em erupt like little volcanoes, nearly worth the loss of an egg

 

[Goatboy]

Not sure on this, and I'm sure someone can correct me if I'm wrong. Can't you boil them for 1 minute so that the albumen's very outer layer cooks so strengthening then against breakage?
On the egg strength front a good game to play with kids and muscle men alike is asking them to crush an egg by trying to crush it between two hands by pressing down from the tip to the base, they can't do it.
GB.

 

[Ex Member - Sidney Bounty]

I will give that a try next month at our Bushcraft Canada meetup now how long did it take for them to cook through?

 

[Ruvio]

about 15 minutes, any more and they start to turn rubbery

 

[nolightweight]

How did you get the eggs to the camp fire without breaking them first though?
Thought this was about transporting RAW eggs.....
Carrying cooked eggs is a doddle.

 

[Ruvio]

ah no, i mean from home, just for a day trip

if i have to take any for any longer, i put em in a flask of icy water, no more than 4 to a 3 pint flask and they don't break in the water

 

[nolightweight]

Oh. Ok. Fair enough then. Horses for courses.

 

[Mikey P]

i put em in a flask of icy water, no more than 4 to a 3 pint flask and they don't break in the water

A-ha! Now that really is a top tip!

 

[Sniper]

I just use powdered egg, no problems with transporting and taste great, can't boil but terrific scrambled or added to other ingredients like diced bacon for a filling meal.

 

[Ruvio]

i've never actually tried em out of sheer revulsion, but since you say theyre good, i might as well give em a go

 

[jimford]

Powdered egg was the mainstay of many a housewife during the War. I understand that it's superb for cake making.

Jim

 

[TrashCanMan]

I'm really struggling to find powdered egg in the UK. I've been looking for ages

 

[hiho]

tesco had some in when i last looked

 

[Bushwhacker]

I can't really see them smashing if they're kept inside the egg carton and then put into a tupperware box and then maybe just wadded out with newspaper to give a tight fit.

 

[Tadpole]

I've never had a problem with carrying raw eggs, Half fill a tupperware box with pre-made bannock place three or four eggs in the middle but not touching. fill the rest of the space with bannock mix. Tape lid shut Never had an egg break, despite normal/rough handling, and long walks in a daysack.

 

[rik_uk3]

You could just use one of these

EGG CARRIER