Pickled Eggs

Re:Pickled Eggs (fishtaco)

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 11:30:13 GMT

mayor al

FishTaco,
With a name like your's the Eggs and Beer Combo should merge into a veritable digestive nightmare for others riding in your commuter car each morning 'after' !

You did trigger some rather green memories of fishing out of Ensenada,BC after a night of many beers in town, then a pre-boarding the boat breakfast at the Mexican Denny's right beside the sportfishing dock. Breakfast was Sausage (hot chorizo) and runny eggs, then we would buy half-dozen fish taco's to eat on the boat. If it got a little rough on the water, things could and did get a bit ugly over the rail !

Yes it was a Denny's like those in the USA...but with a regional specialty menu !!!

Ahhh, Ensenada, first time I ever ate a fish taco, 30 years ago.

Re:Pickled Eggs (claracamille)

Sat, 30 Apr 2011 09:06:17 GMT

6star

mar52

Thank you for the recipe.

What size jar do you use?
See the "bowl method" below.

Do you eat the beets? Do you also add the beet juice?
>>> Yes, you can eat the beets, and yes, you do add the beet juice. Or if you want to save yourself the work of making the pickled beets from scratch, you can pickle the eggs using commercially canned (jarred) pickle beets, pouring it all (beets & juice) from the can into a glass or glazed (non-porous) bowl, adding some more vinegar to the pickled beet/peeled egg mixture (so as to be sure you cover the eggs with liquid), covering with Saran, and refrigerating. If you want a little more flavor, you can a few onion flakes to the soaking mixture.

Do you think you could use the same solution for a dozen eggs?
Sure. You just may have to add more vinegar so that the eggs will all be covered. The more you dilute the beet juice with vinegar, the longer the eggs will have to soak in the mixture to get a darker color, but you can check that by taking a tablespoon and lifting one of the eggs out to determine if the color is to the shade you desire. (Of course, you can always add another jar of beets to the soaking bowl to help the situation.) Also, the longer the eggs are soaked in the beet juice, the further the color will penetrate inside toward the yolk. Once colored. the white of the egg won't fade if rinsed.

Sorry for all of the questions. I love pickled eggs and the more I can get a recipe to make, the better!

As to the jar I use, I found a plastic gallon size jar at Walmart that has a wide opening at the top , with a tight white plastic screw-on lid with a flip top. Perfect for pickled eggs. After one particular refrigerator disaster, I never use any kind of plastic storage container, my loving husband has never met a plastic container lid that he is can correctly & tightly close- this made for a massive pickled egg spill one time.
The Walmart jug is perfect. Also, one of those fondue forks that you have stashed in your utensil drawer is perfect for spearing eggs & beets.

Re:Pickled Eggs (mayor al)

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:54:00 GMT

FishTaco,
With a name like your's the Eggs and Beer Combo should merge into a veritable digestive nightmare for others riding in your commuter car each morning 'after' !

You did trigger some rather green memories of fishing out of Ensenada,BC after a night of many beers in town, then a pre-boarding the boat breakfast at the Mexican Denny's right beside the sportfishing dock. Breakfast was Sausage (hot chorizo) and runny eggs, then we would buy half-dozen fish taco's to eat on the boat. If it got a little rough on the water, things could and did get a bit ugly over the rail !

Yes it was a Denny's like those in the USA...but with a regional specialty menu !!!

Re:Pickled Eggs (fishtaco)

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:25:57 GMT

Pickled eggs and draft beer, mmmmmm.

Re:Pickled Eggs (fishtaco)

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:25:49 GMT

Pickled eggs and draft beer, mmmmmm.

Re:Pickled Eggs (mayor al)

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 06:03:27 GMT

Never tried to make them myself, but I used to enjoy the 'Bar-Jar' eggs ! They sure tended to create a barrier around me an hour or so after eating a few. Few people would occupy the neighboring bar-stools for long once the egg-fog began ! Think of the visual image of 'Obi-Wan' and 'Yoda' at the end of the StarWars trilogy. There was a visible 'light-force' generated by those eggs !

Re:Pickled Eggs (Foodbme)

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 04:32:06 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Now cut that out! (Think Jack Benny)

Jack Benny liked Pickled Eggs?????

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:42:43 GMT

I am that.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:40:57 GMT

Michael Hoffman

I liked it a lot.

That's because your a good egg!

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:34:57 GMT

Now cut that out! (Think Jack Benny)

Re:Pickled Eggs (mar52)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 15:12:23 GMT

Omelet you two fight it out.

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 14:54:48 GMT

I liked it a lot.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 13:52:20 GMT

mar52

Thank you, 6star for the answers.

Is it true that if you eat too many pickled eggs, you will suffer from pickled cell anemia?

Bad yoke!

Re:Pickled Eggs (agnesrob)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 09:42:58 GMT

I'm going to try these. We have alot of hard boiled eggs right now. Only so many deviled eggs and egg salad I can eat.

Re:Pickled Eggs (Foodbme)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:57:10 GMT

Penn German Chef

Having been born East of Williamsport, PA this German Beet style pickled egg has been a family tradition for over one hundred years. They're great plain or added as garnish to a Beet and Green salad. Reading the comments I can't believe how unknown something this good is about the country.

I'm from PA also and never knew any other way to make them other than with beets. I add a little pickling spice to mine as well.
And yes, every bar in my home town had a jar of Penrose pickled eggs & pickled sausage. Pigs feet were optional; some had them, some didn't. There's another thread on here that discusses that topic.

Re:Pickled Eggs (Penn German Chef)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 03:31:37 GMT

Having been born East of Williamsport, PA this German Beet style pickled egg has been a family tradition for over one hundred years. They're great plain or added as garnish to a Beet and Green salad. Reading the comments I can't believe how unknown something this good is about the country.

Re:Pickled Eggs (mar52)

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 00:12:50 GMT

Oddly enough, I received this link from Simply Recipes today.

http://simplyrecipes.com/recipes/pickled_eggs/

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:51:13 GMT

Re:Pickled Eggs (mar52)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 23:34:22 GMT

Thank you, 6star for the answers.

Is it true that if you eat too many pickled eggs, you will suffer from pickled cell anemia?

Re:Pickled Eggs (DawnT)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:37:42 GMT

Didn't we have this conversation a few months ago even delving into regional varieties and differences? I think it caused me to go out and buy 4 one liter sized spring top canning jars and try some cold pickling.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 22:02:05 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Heck, I don't know how to describe it any other way. I did buy some jarred pickled eggs not long ago (Fischer) that I ended up tossing. They were so vinegary they were inedible. All you could taste was the vinegar.

In tha case try the recipe here, I'm going to! ...I will add bacon, it's tasty, as you know!!

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:29:26 GMT

Heck, I don't know how to describe it any other way. I did buy some jarred pickled eggs not long ago (Fischer) that I ended up tossing. They were so vinegary they were inedible. All you could taste was the vinegar.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 20:19:45 GMT

Michael Hoffman

Pickled eggs taste a lot like eggs that have been pickled.

Michael, glad to see you got your snark on tonight, large with only cheese! Said with pickled pigfoot in mouth!!

Re:Pickled Eggs (6star)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:54:32 GMT

Since the white of a hard-boiled egg has a very mild flavor, it picks up the vinegary pickling flavor of the pickled beets. Since the pickling doesn't usually get absorbed all the way to the yolk (as I mentioned in my answer above to mar52's post, the yolk retains its stronger "cooked egg" flavor. It makes for a good combination of flavors, and you could get somewhat of an idea of the combined taste (remember, I said "somewhat") if you ate a pickle (or a pickled beet) at the same time that you ate a hard-boiled egg. This would also be somewhat the same flavor you would get from egg salad if you removed the mayo taste.

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:27:20 GMT

Pickled eggs taste a lot like eggs that have been pickled.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:24:59 GMT

Do they taste like beets or eggs or a beaten egg?
Really what's the taste?

Re:Pickled Eggs (6star)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 16:05:09 GMT

mar52

Thank you for the recipe.

What size jar do you use?
See the "bowl method" below.

Do you eat the beets? Do you also add the beet juice?
>>> Yes, you can eat the beets, and yes, you do add the beet juice. Or if you want to save yourself the work of making the pickled beets from scratch, you can pickle the eggs using commercially canned (jarred) pickle beets, pouring it all (beets & juice) from the can into a glass or glazed (non-porous) bowl, adding some more vinegar to the pickled beet/peeled egg mixture (so as to be sure you cover the eggs with liquid), covering with Saran, and refrigerating. If you want a little more flavor, you can a few onion flakes to the soaking mixture.

Do you think you could use the same solution for a dozen eggs?
Sure. You just may have to add more vinegar so that the eggs will all be covered. The more you dilute the beet juice with vinegar, the longer the eggs will have to soak in the mixture to get a darker color, but you can check that by taking a tablespoon and lifting one of the eggs out to determine if the color is to the shade you desire. (Of course, you can always add another jar of beets to the soaking bowl to help the situation.) Also, the longer the eggs are soaked in the beet juice, the further the color will penetrate inside toward the yolk. Once colored. the white of the egg won't fade if rinsed.

Sorry for all of the questions. I love pickled eggs and the more I can get a recipe to make, the better!

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:12:53 GMT

I always loved the eggs and sausage. I tried the feet once. Even shots and beers couldn't get me over the pickled pigs feet hump.

Re:Pickled Eggs (chewingthefat)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:10:27 GMT

Michael Hoffman

I wonder whether taverns still have jars of pickled eggs, pickled sausage and pickled pigs feet on the bar.

Around here, absolutely...and by the end of the night most of the patrons are too!

Re:Pickled Eggs (Michael Hoffman)

Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:32:47 GMT

I wonder whether taverns still have jars of pickled eggs, pickled sausage and pickled pigs feet on the bar.