Where can I buy sodium metasilicate for preserving eggs?

Penelope_Penguin

Ches wrote: »

Milliemonster try looking for Isinglass. I think thats the name it used to be sold under.

Isinglass, whilst being ised to preserve eggs, is completely different from water glass

Penny. x

charliee_3

isnglass is from the swim bladders of fish, heston blumenthal used in in one of his recipes on tv i seem to recall.. i think its like gelatine... probably works by putting a film over the egg...

this article look really interesting, someone has done experiments on best ways of preserving eggs

flyingrannyd

I too wondered about this, as yet I have not researched it BUT I have been on the BBC WW11 web site and they give you instructions on how to make this up and also alternatives for preserving, salt etc, hope this helps

tandraig

just wondering - can you freeze cooked egg? am sure I have seen frozen omelettes?
as for pickling eggs - its one of the easiest ways to preserve them - but pickled eggs arent to everyones liking! just hard boil them, cool, shell and put into sterile jars and top with strong (pickling) vinegar. white is best as it keeps the eggs a lovely white colour but you could use malt if you dont mind the colour. they only take a few weeks before you can use them too.
hun, cant you sell them? maybe a local shop would be happy to take them? especially if you have bad weather which could affect their usual supplies. or a local care home?

flyingrannyd

Have done a little research and have found that Mistral Pure Chemicals sell the sodium metasilicate, about £17 but it does go along way....good luck

Happygreen

I'm in the same situation and will give it a go this year. I will use waterglass instead of isingglass although the properties would be similar. reading up on it I found that duck eggs do have a more porous shell so they are not suitable and of course no eggs with tiny cracks as the whole lot will go off if one does! Unfertile eggs are preferrable, too.
If it works I would prefer this method to freezing (there is too much in my freezer anyway and you have to remember to take them out to thaw) and pickling (nobody here likes them).