Josie Gritten

Good thought - I'll check out the bag and see what it says.

Good thinking! I use an actual measure rather than a cup itself, but I guess it could still be off.

Using rain water here, so I don't think it's that.
Maybe jostling could be a thing. I'll try a more gentle batch!
My ratio is 1/3 cup lime to 1 litre water.

Thanks Phil, it's good to hear I'm not the only one, and that you've had success with it in the past. Nga mihi

Hi all,

I'm in New Zealand and have been trailing preserving our egg bounty in hydrated lime/builder's lime. After a week or so I noticed a few of the eggs had cracked and the water was smelling pretty bad. This has happened in 3 out of the 4 jars I did. There's about 20 eggs per jar and it's not limited to the bottom eggs so I don't think it's from pressure. The eggs are fresh and not chipped or cracked when I put them in (unless maybe there are tiny cracks that I don't notice).

I also noticed that the bottom eggs that are sitting in the settled lime are not as robust somehow - as though the lime has begun to erode the shells.

I've taken the eggs out and represerved the good ones with fresh lime water.

I'm wondering if it might be from it being warmer here? I've popped them into a cooler room to see if that might help.

Any other ideas of what I might be doing wrong?

Thanks