I’ve never heard of anyone in the military who had to eat powdered eggs and had anything positive to say about them. Perhaps the military gets a lower grade of product…or perhaps military food preparation is abysmal.. or all of the above. My experience with powdered eggs has been okay. Theyre not “Ohmigod these are awesome!” but they aren’t “What the hell is this crap?” either. On a few occasions I have fed them to people without telling them what they were and no one said anything. I find them to be acceptable, and certainly a better alternative to no eggs. Anyway….
All powdered eggs seem to be extremely distasteful before cooking. You get this orange-colored thing that looks like pancake batter and smells like burnt cheese from a toaster oven. It isnt until you start cooking them that some sort of transformative process begins and they become more appealing. 
These eggs, branded as “WildRoots” and picked up at CostCo, were exactly like every other powdered egg product I’ve tried. Not bad, not great, but definitely a worthy addition to the food storage. 
As mentioned a couple posts back, my local CostCo had them on closeout, marked down from $6.97 to $2.97 which is a stupidly good deal.
For those of us who, at the moment, don’t have a backyard full of chickens but want to maintain a semblance of ‘normalcy’ when it comes to breakfast, and have some protein on hand, these would be an excellent choice. Canned bacon, dehydrated eggs, hash browns, biscuit/muffin mix, powdered milk, Tang, canned fruit, pancake mix, honey, and you’ve got a pretty decent breakfast with a shelf life of several years. After a long night of manning the barricades, chasing looters, and guarding the house, a breakfast like that would be rather welcome, I should imagine. In a slightly more realistic vein, these are an excellent choice for hunting cabins and other non-grid locations where store-bought eggs aren’t an option and you’re not around often enough to keep chickens.
They are packaged in a foil-ish paper pouch but I would vacuum seal this stuff up to be extra sure it is protected for long term. If you can’t find these at your local CostCo, here’s the nutritional and company info:
Don’t get annoyed if you can’t find them at your local CostCo. It seems that powdered eggs are powdered eggs are powdered eggs… there doesn’t seem to be much difference between ones I’ve tried. Augason Farms sells #10 cans of powdered eggs and I’d bet they are identical to this stuff. Only major difference is packaging and CostCo’s remarkable discount.
At $2.97, it’s worth buying a box just for the experimental value.
What’s the longest you all have actually stored and then eaten powdered eggs? My only experiences were with Mtn House Freeze Dried and CZ’s above write-up could have been about them imo.
Nice dinner plates. Condolences on your grandma.
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I ate powdered eggs for years in the military and they’ve always been just fine. In fact, I think all of the scrambled eggs on chowlines nowadays are powdered to save time and for consistency. I think the bad rep they got was from the WWII era variety.
Apparently those were less than appetizing. My Dad, who could eat for 2 or 3 men despite being know as “the Three Quarter Sized Marine”, told me once that when they went ashore against the Japanese in the Pacific (he did it twice – Peleliu and Okinawa ) the Navy would serve them steak and powdered eggs for breakfast on their assault transports. Sort of a last meal I guess.
He said he was the only one who could eat and everyone would give him their breakfast. He’d eat the steak and toss the eggs which he said were kind of a sickly yellow green. Reminds me of that C Rat delicacy – Eggs and Ham – which actually WERE a kind of neon green. Tasted OK to me though…
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If I recall correctly, the official name on the can was “Ham and Eggs, Chopped”. I thought they were pretty good despite the packing date of 12 years earlier. Depending on when you got them, they might have been lunch or dinner as oppsed to breakfast.
Good deal Cdr. I suppose that you’ll be going back to clean them out.
That’s it! I used to heat em (or any CRat) up by cutting a hole in the box they came in, put the can in it and put the box on the running Jeep’s tailpipe. Once when radio traffic got real heavy real quick I forgot it and…… BOOM!!!! 😀
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I used to open the top of the can about 90% of the way around and folded the two edges over to make a handle (remember the p-38 – aka the ‘John Wayne’?). I’d then completely open the top of the can with the crackers and cocoa powder. Cut slots along the bottom sides of the can and pushed the sides in to let air in, and bend the top into a sort of triangle shape. Put a Trioxane tab in that can and used it as a stove for the meal. Good times!
Spent my military career on submarines. The real eggs went quick. Like you said, powdered eggs are passable.
On a side note, I worked at a food manufacturing plant for a couple of decades. On a monthly basis, we would dump quite a few ingredients due to being out of date. Flours, sugars, dried fruits, powdered eggs, and powdered milk to name a few. These products weren’t bad, just dated. A few of us made sure that everything didn’t make it to the compactor. Turns out, a lot of that stuff had an appointment with a vacuum sealer.
I just came out of being a Battalion Executive Officer and had over sight on the cooks. The trick with powdered eggs is 1 tablespoon of bacon grease strained and 1 fresh egg per 3 servings of powdered. The fresh egg helps bind them better for making omelets when your adding your veggies to it. The other major complaint is that the powdered eggs leave a bit of water that is a distraction. If you have it a tablespoon of powdered cheese takes up that extra water gives flavor if you don’t have the bacon grease.
For cheap and easy long term storage protein, don’t forget the tried and true SPAM and new Kodiak pancake/waffle mix (not necessarily together).
I will be going to my local COSTCO soon, I’ll look for those eggs and stock up if available.
The last time I ate powdered eggs in the military, I truly didn’t know what the hell I was eating…They had the consistency of very poorly prepared potatoes au gratin, no particular taste, and an orange color….
So, yes: preparation is abysmal.
My Dad flew “The Hump”, India to China and back, during WW2. He said there were always scrambled eggs and caned peaches on the chow line. Always caned peaches. They were at the end of US supply lines. He said you could always tell if you were at the end of the chow line by the caned peaches. Our family ate a good many cans of Spam as I was growing up. Spam and au gratin potatoes. Ate it every week or two. Not exactly my favorite, but it was good. A good way to stretch a food budget in the 1950’s. With two hungry, growing boys. There was no such a thing as a food bank in every city and at many schools. My parents would not have taken it anyway. That was for Poor people. If we were poor, I surely did not know. I never remember being hungry. Not the ready for dinner hungry but have not eaten in days hungry. I will not tell you of the starving children in Africa. But there are people in this country, the land of plenty, who would sit and eat a plate of Spam and eggs and lick the plate.
My youngest son used to laugh and say he would never eat Spam. I took several cans of Spam and sliced them about 3/4 inch thick. Sliced them at 45 degree angle 1/2 way through, each side. Marinated in yellow BBQ sauce. Cooked them on the grill with yellow BBQ sauce. Put in oven with more sauce.The cuts will help to soak up the sauce flavor. We ate it for supper with mashed potatoes. He ate it and enjoyed it. Went back for seconds. I asked if he knew what he was eating. He said No. He never said, he would never eat Spam, again. My Boys serve it to their families to this day. In rememberance of my Mom and Dad.
If you are not hungry enough to eat Spam and eggs, You are not hungry enough.
Eggs are eggs when you are exhausted, cold and wet. The goal is to be creative when using your stored goods. My wife is a school teacher and not exactly ready to go lone wolf. Over the past few years though as she has awoken to her surroundings or better yet, her SA has improved greatly we have tried to incorporate something from our storage food into regular cooking. Added with a single fresh veggie and it is amazing what you can put together. We are lucky our young son is not picky and will eat anything, not sure though when he gets older. The way he eats now, we are doomed when he is a teenager as he is growing quickly. We just hit the BJ’s yesterday to do a resupply of staples and add some “fat kid” treats. I am not going to eat rice and beans all damn day! Got to have some of the fun stuff to make life a little less miserable.
JDud, I read the comment about your Dad and his landings on Peleliu and Okinawa. He was a Man among Men. He served in the same places as E.B. Sledge. Who wrote the book, With The Old Breed. Possibly the greatest narrative about a serviceman in WW2. I hope you have read this book. Mr Sledge wrote it for his family. After reading it, I feel that in some small way I am part of his family as well. As it is nearing November, 11, we should all think of the Men and Women, living and Dead, who gave so much. That we could live is such a beautiful country as this. They all saved the world from Tyranny. Eating powered eggs and Spam. God Bless Them. Thanks Commander.
Went to my local COSTCO today and found them……eventually. The store had them, but they were on an upper rack. (wtf!?) Had to get a store help to get up there and bring down six boxes. Cost less then $20. Will try them later.
Hi CZ, The powdered eggs we got on army bases(they always served the Marines on base last) we not too bad. The secret was the sausage gravy and hot sauce to cover. The bad part were the “tray rations” or “squad meals” were were issued and delivered soaking in hot water. It was like mre’s for 12 in a sealed lasagne pan(now you know why cans of skol/copenhagen, vienna sausages,and Pringles were about the most prized commodities on a deployment.
Not as much of a raging deal but Augason Farms has a 18 pd, 6 gal bucket of egg powder on sale for $159 – normally $200. Just bought one to add to stores. Couldn’t resist with all this talk about hearty breakfasts in the Zombie Apocalypse… I like my eggs…
https://www.augasonfarms.com/dried-whole-eggs-18-lb-pail
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We like our flan.
Living on a small teaching farm near Eugene Oregon, we usually have plenty of eggs from pastured ducks, geese, and chickens.
A couple years ago, we acquired several #10 cans of powdered eggs from Wal*Mart, and they were fine.
We make our flan with eighteen fresh eggs, and the powdered eggs worked pretty good.
For breakfast, powered eggs benefit from ham, and bacon, and steak, and toast.