My favorite method to cure eggs is one that could possibly be easier than the freezer cure is to simply pour 20 Mule Team Borax into a one-gallon Zip-lock bag, until it’s about half full. Take the skeins of eggs and drop them into the borax, fasten the bag closed, and shake until all of the eggs are covered. Attempt to work the borax into the crevices to make sure the inner eggs are covered. Let them sit in the bag for approximately 24 hours, then take the eggs out and rinse them with cold water, and they’re ready to go. The eggs can now be made into sacs or chunks and stored in the refrigerator for a long period of time. For storage over four months, it’s necessary to freeze them.
Why borax?
See for yourself. Take the borax cured eggs and dunk them into the river. The eggs will start to milk, right before your eyes. Even after several casts, the eggs will still have a milking effect in the water. Steelhead love this! All they can see is a smoking cluster of eggs drifting down river, so hold on tight!
To obtain maximum milkage, bring the borax filled zip lock bag down to the river with you. Take out a cluster of eggs and shake off the excess borax. Then, create an egg sac or just cast out the cluster itself.
Different cures can be created by experimented with your own recipe. Blue Goo eggs and carmel eggs are made of oils, brown sugar, salt and whatever concoction you can come up with, providing you use some type of preservative.
Sodium Sulfite also makes nice milky eggs and is used in the same way as borax. However, the Sodium Sulfite cure can be mixed with some sugar and salt to create sweeter, juicier eggs. After curing, store the eggs in the freezer.
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