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>> > > How long is it safe to store eggs before baking? The eggs are stored
>> > > refrigerated, and seem to be fine after several months, but are they?
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>just remembered this whilst i was reading your reply. I remember mum
>saying that during and just after the war when items like eggs were
>still very scarce, people used to store eggs in a VERY large container
>and layer them with ising glass. Not sure exactly what it is or where
>it can be obtained from but someone reading may know.seem to recall
>ising glass and homebrew having a link( i think)

IIRC - ising<it might be isen> glass is a name for the mineral Mica
it was used for 'see thru' oven doors before high temp glass was practical

http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/lin.../min_mica.html
provides more than enough info for even the obsessively curious

HTH
Dale