EGGS 20 YEARS OLD
After being kept 20 years without preservatives sonic eggs belonging to Dr. 0. E. Shelly of Hertford (Fug.), are ?till perfectly sound. Hearing of the ancient legend thai lien's eggs laid on Good Friday remain fresh for a whole year, Dr. fjbeUy detennined to test Wie (ruth of what li.o'i i'Ogjbrded: is in mero supanjliUosw belief.. 'ife l<o)<l a "o'*<ly 'J'd.'iii" rftooi'ter'---"it i:i supposed lijat.il.
,v/is J.? a rov.'fid for I'm orov.'tng'o! lb-.! rock that iou«'d Si. Peter's ecwiscieiuv that eggs laid on Good Friday would keep for 12 months. 1 found, however, thai, not only Good Friday eggs, but those laid on any other day would keep, and not only for one year but for 20. 1 still have some which I have kept for this long period, and, although they are. now so dried up that they resemble lumps iif burn! sulphur, they are quite fit for food." Dr. Shelly added that in 'the legend it was .stipulated that the eggs lo he kept must he absolutely clean. "Thisi is the soundest advice that could he given," be said, ''for if put. away dirty the eggs would very soon lie contaminated by bacteria. The only secret of keeping eggs without preservatives for years is to make sure that- they are. perfectly clean. L kept mine in :i cardboard box in a room that in the summer is flooded with sunlight."
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 June 1927, Page 7
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236EGGS 20 YEARS OLD Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 9 June 1927, Page 7
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