Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

So Im in REI yesterday and it was brought to my attention that there was a powdered egg mix in the foods section. Hmmmm. The usual preparedness breakfast meals keep quite well but, frankly, after a while oatmeal, grits and cornmeal much are gonna get pretty darn tiring. Eggs…mmmmm….that would be a nice change. Also, if youre gonna store all that wheat it might be nice to have some eggs to use for making bread, caked, etc.

Anyway……

The product was a 6 oz. foil package of “Wakefield Brand All Purpose Egg Mix” by Michael Foods Company. (This company is subject to a website urging them to be boycotted because of their factory farming process. I. Dont. Care. When the dust clears and the choice is between starvation and survival I really dont give a rats ass that the eggs Im eating came from a chicken that was ‘oppressed’.)

$2.50 for the 6 oz. package. According to the package, it is the equivalent of 10 eggs when you mix contents of package with 2 cups water. Or 2 tablespoons of product plus 1/4 cup water = one egg.

I opened the foil package and thought immediately that this stuff reminded me of the cheese powder you get with macaroni-n-cheese meals. It was kinda peach/orangey colored. I mixed it up in a bowl using a hand whisk and it looked highly unappetizing and smelled nothing like eggs. Poured the mess into a buttered frying pan and was still feeling skeptial. It cooked slower than ‘real’ eggs and the color was still bothering me. After about four minutes of high heat and stirring with a spatula, all that changed. Suddenly it started smelling like real eggs, started cooking like real eggs, and started looking like real eggs. Now I was intrigued. I continued cooking. (I like my scrambled eggs ‘dry’) and when done these things were absolutely indistinguishable from ‘real’ eggs. Tasted exactly the same. I mean ‘exactly’. I melted some cheese over them and they tasted no different than regular crack-em-open eggs. And all for $2.50!

So, I called Michael Foods (1-800-328-5474) and am trying to get ahold of their regional sales rep to see if I can get more of these at a discount and if its available in #10 cans. Theyre website doesnt mention the ‘Wakefield Brand’ at all but its a new product as far as I can tell. The info person at the 800 number sent me to someones voice mail about regional sales so I’ll try them and report back.

This is good stuff, I highly recommend it if you can find it.