Eggs, eggs and more eggs :)

With the weather changing we are back to getting 12 to 18 eggs a day and if it stays like this we should be up to 24 to 28 eggs soon, I give a lot away to family but still have lots and that's with taking 5 dozen a week to the auction. So now its time to try out dehydrating some of our eggs, I saw a post over at Modern Day Redneck a while back but did not have the extra eggs to give it a try. Our ice box at the moment looks like it only only has eggs in it, we ran out of cartons a few days ago so they are now  going in bowls and bowls...sigh...with chickens it seems like it is full run or none at all! (not complaining, to much) So that is one of my jobs this week, try modern day rednecks dehydrating technique. Wish me luck!  :)

Jim's Jerky Recipe

I finally got hubby to stop long enough to write down his marinade recipe, this is for 4 pounds of thin sliced beef

 1 cup of soy sauce
3/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
1 1/2 teaspoons onion powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup brown sugar

We sliced the meat (beef) very thin and added the mixture above into a pot and heat on low until the brown sugar is combined, this takes just a few minutes, cool and add the beef to this mixture and let set over night in the fridge or at least for 12 hours.

The next morning it looks like this, all soaked and added to the dehydrator and ready to go. Turn the temperature to 155 degrees F, for 10 hours for thin sliced, 12 to 14 hours if  thicker (play it by ear, you can tell when its done). I let it dehydrate overnight, then the next morning it looks like this

First batch done just in time for hubby to take with him this morning for the week to snack on. I had forgotten how much cheaper it is to make it yourself. Yay! :)

The 4 pounds of thin sliced makes 5 batches in this dehydrator