How to get that "new-laid" flavour FACTS FOOD 242 with dried eggs! Although the hens lay better at this time of year, who wouldn't be glad of an extra egg dish or two in the week's menus? Remember that dried eggs are pure fresh eggs with nothing added, only the shell and water removed. You can get equally successful results in cooking, if you "reconstitute" the eggs properly—this just means putting the water back—and always let the eggs cook slowly. Putting back the water It's very important to get the dried egg mixed evenly with the water so that not the tiniest undissolved particle remains.