Response to How long can eggs be kept?

I used to store eggs in salt, in the cellar for at least a year at a time. Like this: Take a clean 5 gallon bucket, with a lid, and buy some "feed grade salt" at the grain elevator. When you collect fresh eggs, take the clean ones (do not wash) and dip each one in melted lard, and immediately place on a layer of salt in the bucket. Do not let them touch. Cover the layer of eggs with more salt and continue, as time goes on until your bucket is full. Put them in the cellar or a cool place. I doubt these would rot any time soon. I have kept them for a year. I would always store some this way for the winter when the hens were not laying. I only used them for baking. They do not maintain a fresh "quality" but a quite safe.

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