Merchandise and Food Shortages in a National Crisis

[Bally002]

Sharing video of glassed eggs test after twelve months.

I am a bit afraid of glassed eggs in Florida, it is hot more frequently than not. I live in the woods, and power outages are not rare in the woods, so keeping them cool for a year may be a challenged, and I can't stand the thought of destroying a bucket full of eggs.

A hundred and fifty years ago, they used to use sodium silicate to "glass" eggs for preservation. You can still get the solution under the name "water glass", but it would be cost prohibitive to buy the solution ready made in quantity. It's also used as a glue, and is what they used to glue paper cartridges for black powder revolvers together with.

I'm sure you could make the sodium silicate solution yourself, but have not researched cost and availability of the components. I had never heard of using lime until YouTube happened.

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In reading this I'm surprised, as I've never had a glass jar of picked food spoil even after months  I do boil the jars and lids, add the right vinegar and drop some chili types therein, seal the lid on while warm and store in a cool dark place (larder)

I've never needed to use the refrigerator unless I needed some cold pickled food with a salad, in saying this, I must add which I didn't previously write is that I 'blanche' food before it enters the jar

@Ninurta, crawdads are called yabbies here and thre are several species which can be caught in streams, lakes and dams,

Kind regards,

Bally:)