A New or Improved Method of Treating Eggs.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Method of Treating Eggs.
I, CHRISTIAN AXEL KRONMANN, of Nykjöbing, on the Island of Falster, Den-
mark, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The so-called pickled eggs, that is to say, eggs which have, for purposes of pre-
servation, been steeped for some considerable time in lime water, have the defect
of being unsuitable for cooking in their shells, owing to the lime water having
stopped up all the pores of the shell, so that the latter is apt to be cracked or
burst soon after having been brought in contact with hot water.
The use of these so-called pickled eggs therefore, has been limited to those
operations of cooking wherein the eggs are opened whilst in the raw condition.
The object of this invention is to obviate this defect by subjecting the eggs to
a supplementary treatment prior to use.
This supplementary treatment is substantially as follows:
The eggs, the shells of which have been rendered air tight by the action of the
lime water, in which they have been steeped are, prior to their cooking, placed
in a bath consisting of water and sugar, or of water and molasses. By using the
proportion of one part of water to four parts of sugar, by weight, the lime is
extracted from the pores of the shell Other proportions may, of course, be
employed, if the process of extracting the lime is to be either accelerated or
retarded. The proportional composition, indicated, is however the most suitable,
its effect being to extract the whole of the lime added to the shell by the pickling
operation, within five days.
After the lapse of this period, the eggs are rinsed with clean water and in order
to more efficiently preserve them from putrefaction they are soaked in brine.
After having again been rinsed they are dried and are then ready for use or trans-
port exactly as are new-laid eggs.
A New or Improved Method of Treating Eggs.
I, CHRISTIAN AXEL KRONMANN, of Nykjöbing, on the Island of Falster, Den-
ark, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement:―
The so-called pickled eggs, that is to say, eggs which have, for purposes of pre-
servation, been steeped for some considerable time in lime water, have the defect
of being unsuitable for cooking in their shells, owing to the lime water having
stopped up all the pores of the shell, so that the latter is apt to be cracked or
burst soon after having been brought in contact with hot water.
The use of these so-called pickled eggs therefore, has been limited to those
operations of cooking wherein the eggs are opened whilst in the raw condition.
The object of this invention is to obviate this defect by subjecting the eggs to
a supplementary treatment prior to use.
This supplementary treatment is substantially as follows:
The eggs, the shells of which have been rendered air tight by the action of the
lime water, in which they have been steeped, are, prior to their cooking, placed
in a bath consisting of water and sugar, or of water and molasses. By using the
proportion of one part of water to four parts of sugar, by weight, the lime is
extracted from the pores of the shell. Other proportions may of course, be
employed, if the process of extracting the lime is to be either accelerated or
retarded. The proportional composition indicated is however the most suitable,
its effect being to extract the whole of the lime added to the shell by the pickling
operation, within five days.
After the lapse of this period, the eggs are rinsed with clean water and in order
to more efficiently preserve them from putrefaction they are soaked in brine.
After having again being rinsed they are dried and are then ready for use or trans-
port exactly as are new-laid eggs.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
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1. The new or improved method of treating eggs, substantially as described.
2. The employment of a sugar solution, substantially as and for the purpose
described.
3. The employment of brine substantially as and for the purpose described.