Talk:Powdered eggs

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Brands and availability?

Would help if some companies making powdered eggs could be identified. This seems to be the sort of thing that Smart & Final might carry, but they said they don't carry the stuff. knoodelhed 04:21, 5 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A few places that carry powdered eggs.

http://dehydrated-food.net/eggs.html http://www.eggstore.com/powwholeg1.html http://www.weinbergfoods.com/eggs.html https://www.usaemergencysupply.com/food_storage/dehydrated_milk_dairy.htm#Dehydrated%20Milk/Dairy%20-%20Cheddar%20Cheese —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.222.201.44 (talk) 13:06, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Any UK suppliers? It would be interesting to buy some, just to try them - maybe try some wartime recipes, see if they're really that bad!

WikiReaderer (talk) 01:26, 10 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dried Eggs

Is it possible to have dried eggs redirect here? I have no idea how to do it. 71.129.51.88 (talk) 20:15, 14 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Done. See Wikipedia:Redirect to find out how to make a redirect; it requires a Wikipedia account. Graham87 03:07, 16 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks! 71.129.51.88 (talk) 19:05, 17 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This can't be right

Powdered eggs couldn't have first been invented in 1930, because Percy Keese Fitzhugh mentions them in someof his Boy Scout novels that were published prior to 1920. jdege (talk) 16:08, 22 May 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I may be incorrect but I believe it was more so referring to the method of spray drying of eggs rather than scrambling eggs and then dehydrating those. The end result is very different, and I can't say I enjoy the latter of the two options. But I agree, if my assessment is correct then this should be made more clear, the way it is written leaves room for interpretation. --Psilokan (talk) 15:14, 26 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Invention

I was told that Francis Whitacre Wood a graduate of Purdue invented powdered eggs around the beginning of the American Great Depression, by his daughter, who also happens to be a chemist. I no longer have the name of the company where they were invented. But, they were not a project he was doing for the company. However, he did use company resources, according to his daughter. It was about 1928-1929 in Kansas City. She said the company name may have contained the word "Brothers". I no longer have the record of the company name that she had told me. I will refrain from writing the rest of the circumstances momentarily. A Wiki page on an American company, Ovson Egg Company, that used to produce them, was reorganized in 1929. I did not recognize them as who I thought Wood worked for.— Preceding unsigned comment added by Rip Van Winkle and Humpty Dumpty (talk • contribs) 03:50, 7 February 2016 (UTC) I think it would be great to find out what the new developments are. For instance, one manufacturer claims their eggs (12 dozen) have a shelf life of 25 years in a bucket, rather than the 10 years mentioned here, so are they processed differently? Perhaps additives extend the shelf life or palatability? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.34.99.203 (talk) 22:28, 14 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Downsides

Shouldn't some mention be made of the fact that generally speaking, powdered eggs are considered somewhat to extremely inferior to fresh eggs by many people? I can't tell of the number of disparaging comments I've seen about powdered eggs from Allied soldiers during WWII (although I'm sure most of the rest of the world would have been more than happy to have them, as they were basically starving slowly). If there was no drawback, then ALL eggs would be sold in powdered form, due to the listed benefits. As it is, they are typically used for purposes where the benefits outweigh the inferior taste and texture compared to fresh eggs. I noticed a similar lack on the Powdered milk page. AnnaGoFast (talk) 05:33, 16 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I don't think this is a deliberate oversight; it's just because it's harder to write about such experiences in Wikipedia's voice. Graham87 08:46, 17 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]