On 1/25/2014 12:06 PM, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 25 Jan 2014 09:15:09 -0600, Janet Wilder >
> wrote:
>
>> On 1/24/2014 7:59 PM, David Harmon wrote:
>>>
>>> Then where do I find regular powdered eggs?
>>>
>>
>> In the baking aisle of the supermarket
>
> I think I'll pick up a package of whole dehydrated eggs when I buy the
> whites only. I've never made scrambled eggs from dehydrated eggs, but
> I know for sure I would like them because a chef in the employee
> cafeteria of a high end hotel I worked at before I was married told me
> the scrambled eggs I liked so much were made from dehydrated and has
> *lots* of butter in them. I've pretty much duplicated it with real
> eggs and of course, butter, but it would be interesting to see if I
> can do it with dehydrated too.
>
Shades of WWII in Britain. Real eggs were not always available but
dehydrated eggs (we called them "dried eggs") were. They made quite
reasonable scrambled eggs and omelets but we missed soft-boiled and
sunny side up eggs.

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Jim Silverton (Potomac, MD)

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