Powdered Eggs

[Jim_C]

I figure with all of the hunting, fishing, and camping experience on this forum, and plenty of folks who have had meals which included scrambled eggs made from powdered eggs, I can ask some questions and gain some knowledge from the expertise here at SMF.

But before that a bit of history......We were at our second place and ran out of eggs. We were leaving the next day and didn't want to run out and get a dozen eggs. I thought...never again, got on Amazon and ordered powdered eggs. That was a couple of months ago. This morning we wanted eggs and only had one left. I thought....great time to try those powdered eggs. God awful. Dry, pasty, tasted somewhat like eggs. I threw most of it away.

I had bought 'ReadyWise Simple Kitchen - Powdered Eggs'. I looked at the ingredients and it says "Less than 2% Sodium Silicoaluminate, Whole Eggs". So there eggs.

My questions are:

• Is there a brand you have used specifically and like?
• What sets that brand apart for you?
• Does dry and pasty mean not enough water?
• The color was kind of brown-yellow. Is that standard for reconstituted powdered eggs when they are cooked?
• Do you doctor them up, and if so, with what?

Thanks in advance...................

 

[SmokinEdge]

I have zero experience here, but I would think that freeze dried eggs would be a much better option. I’ll be curious what others experience says.

 

[zwiller]

I went down this rabbit hole but did not grab any. Cliff notes, they work well for cooking/baking but NOT for straight up as cooked eggs. LOTS of much better options. Go to GFS they sell all sorts of egg stuff like this: https://gfsstore.com/en-us/products/762861/

 

[thirdeye]

Even in my backpacking days I never used powdered eggs.

For regular camping where I live..., garbage is a big deal, especially in bear country, so when we took fresh eggs I would crack them into a wide mouth plastic bottle. Otherwise Egg Beaters are an okay option because 99% of the time, breakfast burritos worked the best. I precook sausage, bacon or take sliced ham (which is also good for lunch sandwiches).

 

[SmokinEdge]

Here is a read with some information.


https://unlimited-recipes.com/powdered-eggs-vs-freeze-dried-eggs/

 

[normanaj]

MRE is always an option.

 

[Steve H]

Had my share while in the Army in the 80's. Best solution? Hot sauce. Lots and lots of hot sauce.

 

[ajbert]

I was in the Navy for a number of years and made 11 deployments. When the ship ran out of real eggs the cooks would break out the powder eggs. That is when I turned to yogurt and toast for breakfast. Once we got stores delivered is when I went back to the regular breakfast that was real eggs.

Never tried the liquid egg stuff in the stores, though.

 

[cpaysonc]

We freeze dry raw, scrambled eggs from our girls, they reconstitute very well as scrambled eggs. Our main reason for doing it is to make use of our excess eggs.