On Wed, 9 Aug 2017 07:25:30 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 8/8/2017 7:15 PM, cshenk wrote:
>> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>
>>> On 8/8/2017 11:44 AM, wrote:
>>>> About half my neighbors on this road raise chickens for eggs, some
>>>> for meat. (snippage)
>>>>
>(more snippage)
>>>> The large producers can sell eggs for cheap because they produce so
>>>> many and by far most eggs are sold to the major wholesalers who
>>>> supply the huge food producing companys... many more eggs are
>>>> turned into powdered eggs and frozen eggs than are consumed fresh.
>>>>
>>> I wasn't talking about mass producers. A local farmer who raises
>>> chickens and sells eggs.
>>>
>>> When was the last time you had powdered eggs? On a Navy ship? The
>>> one where you claim they had such wonderful food and prime steaks?!
>>> I don't know anyone who buys powdered eggs. Some of those fear for
>>> your life survialist sites sell that sort of thing. Me, I'll stick
>>> with real eggs.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> Hi Jill, Navy ships can be odd and while I never had a working party
>> that saw actual powdered eggs, we did have some cartons that were like
>> 'egg scramblers' and frozen then used in baking. They stored well and
>> if we were out longer than expected between supply ships, you might
>> find the only option was scrambled from them. Frankly, they were fine
>> for all but those who yearned for a sunny side up and you'd have to be
>> 2 months out to hit us out. Just like in your own fridge, eggs last a
>> good bit. The cartons made great omlettes and were freezable so laster
>> months and months at need.
>>
>> Sheldon waxes lyrical as well all know.
>
>(rhapsodic!)
>
>> Reality, I never saw powdered
>> eggs. Ships however do have limited storage and have to conserve space
>> (more than power!) so a stackable carton that was used for baking, was
>> a good item. In *his day* they may have had powdered ones. Not by
>> mine unless it was some deep storage spot for wartime use with 6 years
>> replacement/expiration stuff we never saw.
>>
>> Estimation based on best memory. FT McHenry (crew 300) would onload
>> 500 36each fresh egg flats plus the carton stuff that tasted just fine
>> scrambled.
>>
>Egg Beaters (which are egg whites with yellow color, sold in cartons and
>frozen or refrigerated) are okay in a pinch if you want scrambled eggs
>sans yolks. I was merely taking exception to his comments about most
>eggs being turned into powdered eggs. I can't imagine who would buy
>them. The Navy thing was my best guess when he replied about powdered eggs.
>
>Jill

Walk down the baked goods aisle of any supermarket, all those baked
products that contain eggs used powdered. Most bakeries actually use
box cake mix only it's in much larger containers, and they don't add
fresh eggs, powdered is already in it. Hospitals, prisons, in fact
all commissary cooking uses powdered eggs. Mos people use fresh eggs
at home but most every food item bought elswhere uses spowdered o0r
frozen eggs... especially all the millions of fast food joints... you
can bet all that chicken breading is done with powdered or frozen.

Actually the US Navy mostly uses fresh eggs, they are prepared for sea
by being coated with olive oil, that way they have a 6 month shelf
life so can be kept on the supply ships, replenishment at sea occurs
often. For omelets/scrambled whole frozen eggs are used, no one can
tell them from fresh cracked... frozen eggs are in 5 gallon cans.
Powdered are mostly used for baking, and sometimes omelets when fresh
and frozen runs out, very rare. Frozen and powdered are also used for
puddings/ice cream... ships have an ice cream machine in the galley,
but it's rather large, makes 5 gallons at a time... powdered milk is
used too, when flavored no one can tell. Mashed spuds are often
stretched by using half fresh and half powdered. Hash browns and home
fries are made with dehys, no one can tell. Dehy/frozen is not used
just to save storage space, also saves a lot of prep time... no one
wants to crack a thousand eggs for omelets/scrambled.