Michigan

[RaZ]

I do my pickled eggs like Mom did.
Boiled eggs are put in the crock, then a quart of pickled beets, top off with enough apple cider vingear to cover it all. Let sit in the fridge for a day and then eat the whole batch in one sitting.

Better check my beet supply, I might have to can some.

 

[uchytil]

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You boil the egg till hard boiled. Peel and put them in a jar. Meanwhile 2 cups of Apple Cider vinegar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 teaspoon salt one sweet onion sliced and the juice from 2 caps of beets. I heated this to a boil and poured it over the hard boiled eggs. I use a 5 pound peanut butter jar or the ones you get Koegels Pickled Bologna in. Room for 16 eggs so thats what I did and all the juice fit.

Recipe came from Stacykins in Escanaba, thanks Stacy, these are gonna be great. Can anyone tell me WHY so much of my white peels off with the shell. I didn't get one smooth egg out of 16 I boiled!!

they're gonna look ugly, but taste great.

Your eggs were probably too fresh. The older the eggs, the easier they are to peel.

That's exactly what my wife told me years ago when I had problems making deviled eggs. Not sure how long they need to sit in the fridge. It is frustrating when the white comes off with the peel.

 

[uchytil]

I've never made pickled eggs. The only time I ate one was in a bar somewhere in Hawaii. I was with a bunch of Australian Navy boys and they said it was the rihgt thing to do, course at the time I was 18 and believed most everything the older guys told me. I guess it's time to learn to make these things. what's a good standard, foolproof recipe?

 

[Stacykins]

I need to make more picked eggs, actually! My Dad loved the last ones I made, inhaled a whole jar and took another home with him. Left me with barely any for myself!

To keep the whites from sticking even with fresh eggs, what I do is once the eggs are done being boiled, I fish all the eggs out of the hot water (but keep the water boiling!) and immerse them in an ice water bath. Lots of ice. Then, as I shell them one by one, I use a slotted spoon and fish the egg out of the ice water, then dip it in the boiling water for 10 seconds, and then begin to peel. I think it helps expand the shell off the cold whites just enough to make peeling a breeze even for fresh eggs (I got the technique from a friend who keeps chickens). Ever since I started doing shelling of hard boiled eggs that way, I stopped losing egg white to stuck on shells.

 

[NovaAman]

Thanks alot for that tid bit! I hate hate HATE when the whites come off with the shell. How do you make a nice looking deviled egg when they look like you've eaten half of it already!

 

[ChicwannaB]

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No beet juice?? Then the eggs still look just plain white?
Yowza HOT would be good!!

Well, I'm off to my weight-loss class tonight, another session is starting after 6 weeks off for summer break...I have feathers in my hair!!!

 

[Stacykins]

Ok, I just finished up making pickled eggs and the WEIRDEST thing happened.

Last time I made them I just put fresh cut onions in the jars with the eggs and then poured the hot vinegar/beet juice solution over it all. This time, I decided to try something different and cooked the onions in the beet juice n vinegar as I was heating it up.

Well, some reaction must have occurred with the cooking onions, since the deep purple solution turned bright ORANGE! Too weird! But I bet it'll taste all the same so I poured the orange solution over the eggs, spooned the cooked onions into the jars on top, and sealed up as usual. It is really pretty looking, but totally unexpected.

 

[Opa]

Apple cider vinegar with habenero peppers turns sort of orange as well.

 

[Stacykins]

Ok, I just stumbled across another pickled egg recipe that I am going to HAVE to try, like soon!

Curried pickled eggs

* 1 cup cider vinegar
* 3/4 cup water
* 1/4 onion, sliced
* 3/4 cup white granulated sugar
* 3 cardamom pods
* 1 teaspoon mustard seeds (yellow or brown)
* 1 Tbsp yellow curry powder
* 6 hard cooked eggs**, peeled

I LOVE curry. When I lived in Japan I was in heaven since SO many amazing dishes are made with curry. So...much...awesome...CURRY! My favorite spice

I will likely tweak the recipe. Less sugar, since curry and sweet just aren't complimenting flavors. I think instead of cardamom pods I'll add turmeric instead.

 

[babigyrl22]

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Ohhh so desu ne! I lived in Japan too Stacykns-san! Curry always brings back memories of when I lived there.