Wondering how you're going to store oil and eggs on the shelf for all those cornbread, cake mix/pancakes mix? Store Mayo!
Posted by meccadeadly@reddit | preppers | View on Reddit | 65 comments
You can substitute eggs in most baking recipes for Mayo!
that-girl-there@reddit
Freshly hatched eggs store for over a month on the counter if they haven’t been washed. Outside of that, applesauce can replace eggs in many recipes, or get chickens :)
DogsAreOurFriends@reddit
Dehydrated eggs.
Oil keeps for a long time, you can make it with a press.
Mayo is easy to make of you have chickens (also one hen can store hundreds of eggs).
traveledhermit@reddit
If properly prepared and stored, ghee has a pretty much indefinite shelf life.
DogsAreOurFriends@reddit
Good to know!
Temporary-Donut-3258@reddit
What’s the best way to store it? How can you tell if it’s still good? We use a lot of ghee here already, so it’s used long before it has a chance to go bad.
No_Character_5315@reddit
Some coconut oil can stay good for 3 plus years and let's face it if you haven't figured out another source of oil/fat by then your screwed anyways.
ThisIsAbuse@reddit
10 year shelf life eggs, butter, milk, shortening.
All good here.
Cute-Consequence-184@reddit
Oil is fairly easy as long as you store those with a low rancidity rate. If you put them in your deep pantry rotation, you shouldn't have any issue.
You can also reclaim oil and reuse it several times without issues. Most preppers need to learn to reclaim oil anyways.
If you hunt every animal you kill will have some degree of fat. If you are a farmer, you can buy a piteba press and extract your own seeds and nut oils.
Egg substitutes, here are a few I have gathered. 2 different lists but basically the same info.
Applesauce 1/4 cup unsweetened plain applesauce = 1 egg
Mashed banana 1/4 cup mashed banana = 1 egg
Ground flaxseed or "flegg" (soak then strain, only use liquid) 1 tablespoon finely ground flax seeds + 3 tablespoons warm water + 10 minutes = 1 egg
Ground chia seed (soak first optional- strain, only use liquid) 1 tablespoon chia seed + 1/3 cup water + 15 minutes = 1 egg makes a more dense binder
Commercial egg replacer
Silken tofu - 4 tbsp= 1 egg
Oats - 2 tbsp oats + 3 tbsp boiling water = 1 egg
Vinegar and baking soda - 1 tablespoon distilled white vinegar or apple cider vinegar + 1 teaspoon baking soda = 1 egg
Yogurt or buttermilk as binder and moisture 1/4 cup yogurt = 1 egg
Arrowroot powder - as a secondary levener- 3 tablespoons water + 2 tablespoons arrowroot powder = 1 egg
Aquafaba (the liquid from canned chickpeas) 3 tablespoons aquafaba = 1 egg
Nut butter
Carbonated water
Agar-agar or gelatin
1 tsp whole psyllium husks or 1/2 tsp ground psyllium husk if using whole psyllium husks, grind them in a spice grinder before starting. Mix the ground psyllium husk with the water in a small bowl and leave for a few minutes to gel. Combine the gel with any liquid from your recipe (e.g. milk, juice, water) and blitz until smooth with a hand blender or standing blender
Soy lecithin
Soy president powder - 1 tablespoon soy protein powder + 3 tablespoons water = 1 egg, for binder and moisture
1 1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil + 1 teaspoon baking powder + 1 1/2 tablespoons water = 1 egg used for revenge
If the eggs act as a leavening agent, try a combination of vinegar and baking powder.
Experiment with various egg alternatives to get the texture and flavor you desire in your recipes
https://www.thepioneerwoman.com/food-cooking/cooking-tips-tutorials/g33584750/egg-substitute/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=mgu_ga_pw_md_pmx_hybd_mix_us_18891731492&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4fi7BhC5ARIsAEV1YiYVNeDhWSty-z-J5EaEbocWcYwZnIvPn5bCwIRtlehjdiL_iafJoz4aAgD5EALw_wcB
reference!
Baking soda + vinegar Ground flaxseed Chia seeds Mashed banana, applesauce, pumpkin puree Greek yoghurt Chickpea flour Aquafaba Oats Silken tofu Cornstarch Bonus: Psyllium Husk Bonus: Egg wash substitutes
Egg Substitutes – for vegan baking & cooking A summary of different egg substitutes you can use in different situations for baking & cooking. Useful for making eggless or vegan recipes! The amounts below will replace one egg. For detail on each substitute, please see the blog post above for the full info. 5 from 2 votes Print Pin Course: ‘How to’sKeywords: egg free, vegan Prep Time: 5minutes minutesTotal Time: 5minutes minutes Servings: 0 Ingredients 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) 1 tbsp ground flaxseed 1 tbsp chia seeds 4 tbsp mashed banana or applesauce or pumpkin puree 4 tbsp Greek yoghurt (or soy yoghurt) 1 tbsp chickpea flour 4 tbsp aquafaba 2 tbsp oats 4 tbsp silken tofu 1 tbsp cornstarch (or potato starch/tapioca starch) 1 tsp whole psyllium husks or 1/2 tsp ground psyllium husk
EGG WASH SUBSTITUTES 1 tbsp maple syrup + 1 tbsp soy milk This egg wash does provide a slight sheen & darkening but not super effectively (although will do in a pinch)
1 tbsp maple syrup + 1 tbsp non-dairy milk + pinch of bicarbonate of soda + pinch of xanthan gum Whisk together until combined. Thanks to the xanthan gum, this is thicker than just maple syrup + soy milk alone so it adheres to the dough a lot better. The bicarbonate of soda aids in browning.
1 tbsp maple syrup + 3 tbsp non-dairy milk + 1 tbsp cornflour The cornflour here helps to thicken up the glaze so it adheres but can make the glaze appear more matte.
Ingredients 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) 1 tbsp ground flaxseed 1 tbsp chia seeds 4 tbsp mashed banana or applesauce or pumpkin puree 4 tbsp Greek yoghurt (or soy yoghurt) 1 tbsp chickpea flour 4 tbsp aquafaba 2 tbsp oats 4 tbsp silken tofu 1 tbsp cornstarch (or potato starch/tapioca starch) 1 tsp whole psyllium husks or 1/2 tsp ground psyllium husk Instructions Bicarbonate of soda: Combine bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) with 1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice.
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda (baking soda)
Flaxseed or chia seed: Combine the ground flaxseed or chia seeds with 3 tbsp warm water and set aside for 5 minutes until thickened.
1 tbsp ground flaxseed, 1 tbsp chia seeds
Mashed banana or applesauce:
Use directly as a replacement for one egg.
4 tbsp mashed banana or applesauce or pumpkin puree
Greek yoghurt or soy yoghurt: Use directly as a replacement for one egg.
4 tbsp Greek yoghurt (or soy yoghurt)
Chickpea flour: Combine the chickpea flour with 3 tbsp water.
1 tbsp chickpea flour
Aquafaba: Use directly as a replacement for one egg OR whip with electric beaters until fluffy to use as a replacement for whisked egg whites.
4 tbsp aquafaba
Oats: Combine the oats (fine/instant/quick-cook oats work best here) with 3 tbsp boiling water. Set aside for 5 minutes to thicken.
2 tbsp oats
Silken tofu: Use directly as a replacement for one egg
4 tbsp silken tofu
Cornstarch (or potato starch or tapioca starch) Combine the starch with 3 tbsp water.
1 tbsp cornstarch (or potato starch/tapioca starch)
Psyllium Husk: For whole pysllium husks, grind them in a spice grinder before starting. Mix the ground psyllium husk with the water in a small bowl and leave for a few minutes to gel. Combine the gel with any liquid from your recipe (e.g. milk, juice, water) and blitz until smooth with a hand blender or standing blender.
1 tsp whole psyllium husks or 1/2 tsp ground psyllium husk
Vegetable-Topic-140@reddit
Yogurt, like egg, doesn't just provide moisture but leavening.
We can make yogurt; in fact, we can make yogurt out of oat milk or pea milk. I suspect that most of us are storing oats or pea flour. The milk is easy to make.
There's no reason to buy mayonnaise to store. Homemade mayo is good short trm term, but won't last very long.
miminstlouis@reddit
Going to turn this in for my semester project....
Kidding. I'm old.
tokenpenguin@reddit
After this comment, I never wanna see another post about goddamn eggs… which goes to the point of people really need to learn how to use the search function of Reddit instead of asking the same question that’s probably been asked three times every year for the past eight years. That was a conservative guesstimate. I’ve made my own silly posts, but generally, I can find the information I need with the search function.
That goes to another point. We wouldn’t need all these data centers being built if people were responsible about their Internet usage. You shouldn’t just pay your WiFi bill and think it’s all fine, you’re filling servers very unnecessarily. Every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Even in the world of ones and zeros. There is so much used yet wasted space yet everyone thinks it just a 3x6 screen in your pocket.
Cute-Consequence-184@reddit
This issue has gotten so common for me I keep comments as notes in Google. So when I see the same things being posted all the time, I already have the comment typed out. All I need to do is copy and paste. I probably have over a 100 already and some I have copied and posted 3 times in ONE DAY!
tokenpenguin@reddit
I just constantly recommend the “dirty civilian” YouTube channel. They post extremely comprehensive videos concerning many topics you commonly see talked about in these prepping subs and other communities.
I commonly respond to many posts in these prepping subs by searching the channel and link the respective videos with a short summery.
I find well done videos help people the most no matter their learning style. You can listen, watch, or physically follow along.
girllock@reddit
I appreciate the variety in your response! Too many people just suggest applesauce and leave it at that. Applesauce doesn't work for an egg wash.
Femveratu@reddit
Outstanding suggestions!
ComplaintOk807@reddit
Going to print this out and add to my emergency binder. Great info.
joka2696@reddit
What's the shelf life of mayo?
Feisty-Anteater661@reddit
Yeah I’d like to know this. Is it longer than oil, somehow?
Cute-Consequence-184@reddit
It isn't really.
All oils have a rancidity rate. Meaning some lasts months, some years.
Peanut oil isn't put into products because it has an incredibly short shelf life. Most don't buy it to put on a shelf, they but it to fry a turkey.
Lard lasts a long time and many of the other animal fats. Processing and over processing changes things. Also exposure to heat and sun can cause rancidity to set in faster.
check here for more info
Vegetable-Topic-140@reddit
Lard can be tossed in the a freezer too.
Opcn@reddit
If oil is stored in the dark in an airtight glass jar with a metal lid the rate at which it will go rancid is so slow that you don't need to worry about it.
I don't buy mayo because I don't like it, but I seem to remember seeing Dukes in glass jars when I lived in the south, and I've seen Best Foods mayo in glass too. I suspect aging in the jar will be deleterious for the texture but stored in the dark it shouldn't go rancid.
Cute-Consequence-184@reddit
Some oils will go rancid anyways. Soap makers have to deal with this issue all the time.
I haven't seen mayo in glass jars in decades either. And I've bought Duke's... In plastic jars.
snertwith2ls@reddit
It's not that long. I've had expired mayo, I forget how long, but it didn't taste good at all. I'd say it was a few months to a year out. Not that much so I thought I'd at least try it. Nope. Oil and eggs do go over.
lcrker@reddit
From experience, not even a year stored in the dark at 68- 74F.
bellj1210@reddit
I tend to keep no more than a 4 month supply of mayo- they just do not tlast past that point.
joka2696@reddit
Thanks
hunterstevebearman@reddit
I had a former co-worker, with an egg allergy inform me that "an ounce of blood will substitute for an egg in most recipes, animal, human, or other."
Like, what the shit man...
Ok-Buffalo-7398@reddit
Animals and humans basically cover the spectrum... What the heck is "other"?
hunterstevebearman@reddit
I don't know! I've spent many hours pondering it. Also, who cooks with human blood?!?
Michaelalayla@reddit
Cannibals
trusti360@reddit
Maybe tomato caterpillars. I found enough of them this summer to make several jiffy muffins.
This-Rutabaga6382@reddit
Xenomorph blood obviously … really brings up the acidity of a dish
WittyFeature6179@reddit
Try pairing a fucking wine with it though.
ErinRedWolf@reddit
Maybe you CAN get blood from a stone… 🤔
tokenpenguin@reddit
I was gonna say maybe he figured out how to get blood from a turnip…if you don’t know it just a play on one of those quirky old sayings. Heard my great grandfather say that a lot.
govcov@reddit
I guess you’ve never heard of a blood orange 🍊/s
Ok-Buffalo-7398@reddit
Ahh yes. The "other" orange
WittyFeature6179@reddit
Water cooler talk has always been awkward.
BaldyCarrotTop@reddit
It's not going to substitute for scrambled eggs.
FWIW: I'll substitute a quarter cup of oatmeal for one egg in baked items.
OtherwiseAlbatross14@reddit
That's a matter of opinion..
ragun2@reddit
Damn, and I'm just walking around with like 16x times that? I need to start utilizing this gold mine.
DonkStonks@reddit
He’s not wrong I imagine. Protein in the blood and eggs is fairly similar.
Frosti11icus@reddit
You wouldn't even notice it in a chocolate recipe. Literally barely distinguishable flavors if you add sugar to it.
thatdudefromoregon@reddit
It will work for fine for baking, I know that for fact, not sure about a custard, definitely not an omelet...
FletchWazzle@reddit
Grossest thing I've heard in a long time
summonsays@reddit
Fyi, those mixes usually have enough stuff in them that really all you need is water. They aren't as good, but they do work.
3rdgenerX@reddit
Powdered eggs
Lou_Nap_865@reddit
Add a press to your pantry arsenal. Make your own oil.
Freeze dry eggs. Freezer eggs. Water glass eggs. All 3 last longer than mayo.
Been doing this for years now with no issues.
Oh and Augason farms has pancake mix and biscuit mix and some others, ready to go in #10 cans. No need to add anything but water. Although adding stuff always helps flavor. :-)
PrisonerV@reddit
Pancake mix - complete. Just add water.
Hot_Librarian_8748@reddit
Yeah I kinda wondered about this , you can get freeze dried bread dough and pancake mix and I kinda feel all of the requirements should come with the freeze dried pouches/ buckets. If shit hits the fan ovens and cooking oil might be something you don’t have if you just bought a big package of freeze dried goods
zombiemom16920@reddit
We substitute applesauce for an equal amount of oil in baked goods. We've used powdered eggs in quick mixes as well.
TheToastmaster72@reddit
Easy solution?... Raise chickens and have eggs all the time. I have eight right now, a mix of lavender orpingtons and cochins. They are fairly hardy birds and low maintenance; a coop clean once a week, water change once a day, and our feeder holds about a week worth of food for them. We do feed them scraps too- they love left over bananas and watermelon especially. We have a 20 foot long, 10 foot wide, seven foot tall run for them, which we covered with clear plastic sheeting when it started going colder, so they are basically in a nice warm greenhouse for the winter.
We get 4-8 eggs per day (about four dozen a week) and they haven't started slowing yet, but will probably slow a little in the next few weeks. Cochins are supposed to be good layers throughout the whole year. We mostly give the eggs away to co-workers, but use a fair number and freeze dry a bunch as well. Gonna try freezing some as well.
Ryan_e3p@reddit
You can freeze eggs! Eggs are mostly water. You can also use applesauce as a binder.
eflask@reddit
wait. you can freeze whole eggs? do you have a preferred method?
Ryan_e3p@reddit
I just popped the eggs, 1 into each section of the mold, and froze them up! No scrambling, separating, or anything else.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C94YTLXH
This mold is, to be fair, a bit oversized, but that is also because I intend on freezing duck eggs.
grandmaratwings@reddit
You can also freeze whites and yolks separately. Yolks need either salt or sugar added before freezing. Just mark whether it’s sweet or savory in the freezer.
ErinRedWolf@reddit
The advice I have seen is to crack the eggs into a bowl, scramble, pour into a Ziploc bag, and freeze flat.
BaldyCarrotTop@reddit
Let me tell you about a substance called Lecithin. It's a natural, shelf stable substance that acts as both a binder and a texturizer. It replaces both the egg (binder) and oil (texturizer) in many commercial baked goods. It's an ingredient in pancake mix. Pancake mix also has leavening agents. You can make just about anything from pancake mix.
Dry_Barracuda2850@reddit
As someone not a fan of mayo I rather freezer eggs, Keep them in the fridge for 6 months+, have fowl, or use one of the many many many egg replacements (depending on use case) then have pancakes that taste like mayo
SaveSummer6041@reddit
That’s a tough one for me… I only store what I eat, and I don’t eat mayo.
Get chickens!
raiznhel1@reddit
Yep, best way to store meat and eggs is to keep it walking around. Not everyone can do that obviously, but once you’ve had home grown eggs, lamb and beef it’s hard to go back
zergling3161@reddit
You can dehydrate them then mix with water when needed. Super shelf stable
Chickaduck@reddit
What?! I’m going to have to try this
GhostofGrimalkin@reddit
Ghee has a crazy long shelf life so that's a preferred one here.
Helanore@reddit
Yep. I've had to use mayo in casseroles multiple times. Works great