Pickled eggs?

I grew up eating pickled everything... eggs, okra, sausage, beets, cabbage, peppers, cherries, onions, carrots, green tomatoes... pig's feet...pretty much anything that can be pickled :D
I have my grandmother's recipe for pickled pigs feet. I am currently waiting for my pickled cauliflower to be ready to try. I made my own recipes for pickled green tomatoes, one hot and sweet and one hot dill. I now use those recipes for cucumbers instead.
 
Whatever recipe you find. The recipe May tell you to use white vinegar. If it doesn't specify, use white vinegar. For most things I prefer apple cider vinegar. Used it to pickle my eggs. 3 days later the eggs were submerged in a Milky cloud of.... Whatever. Found out that apple cider vinegar caused this. And of course I did this with the one gallon jar. About 18 eggs. When I do a quart jar, it's not a problem. Those eggs are gone in less than 3 days.
I'm about to try a new recipe. Supposedly using red cabbage, by adding baking soda, will give the vinegar, and thus the eggs, a blue color. Since they started life as EEs, I thought that would be appropriate.
 
Funny that this topic came up because just this past weekend I was at Sam's looking at the pickled eggs and wondered what the process was. An elderly woman gave me a tip. She said buy pickled beets, once you've eaten the beets, add your boiled eggs and a little more vinegar :goodpost:

Glad I found this post on a search. I was thinking of doing this very thing, except maybe just adding the hardboiled eggs in the same container as the pickled beets before I eat the beets. That way, I could serve up a little pickled beets along with pickled eggs at the same time.

I don't even know if I like pickled eggs, but I have extra eggs and am looking for other ways to use them. Any idea of how long these pickled beets/eggs would stay good in a glass jar? Can the pickle juice be used more than once or should a person buy a new can of pickled beets for every batch? I'm a total beginner on this issue. Thanks.
 
Glad I found this post on a search. I was thinking of doing this very thing, except maybe just adding the hardboiled eggs in the same container as the pickled beets before I eat the beets. That way, I could serve up a little pickled beets along with pickled eggs at the same time.

I don't even know if I like pickled eggs, but I have extra eggs and am looking for other ways to use them. Any idea of how long these pickled beets/eggs would stay good in a glass jar? Can the pickle juice be used more than once or should a person buy a new can of pickled beets for every batch? I'm a total beginner on this issue. Thanks.
The longer the eggs are left in the brine, the tougher they will get. That is fine with me but everyone has different tastes.

I grow my beets and pickle them for storage in quart jars. When I want pickled eggs, I put 6 hard boiled eggs in two quart jars, split the beets and pickling juice from one quart into the two jars with the eggs, make enough more brine (1part water, 1 part vinegar and 1 part sugar) to top off both quarts, seal and place them in the refrigerator. I try to wait a couple of days before eating the beets and the pickled eggs. On a rare occasion the eggs may last up to 2 weeks before I have finished them off.

It is best to only use the brine once in my opinion.
 
The longer the eggs are left in the brine, the tougher they will get. That is fine with me but everyone has different tastes.

I grow my beets and pickle them for storage in quart jars. When I want pickled eggs, I put 6 hard boiled eggs in two quart jars, split the beets and pickling juice from one quart into the two jars with the eggs, make enough more brine (1part water, 1 part vinegar and 1 part sugar) to top off both quarts, seal and place them in the refrigerator. I try to wait a couple of days before eating the beets and the pickled eggs. On a rare occasion the eggs may last up to 2 weeks before I have finished them off.

It is best to only use the brine once in my opinion.

Thanks for the info. I made my first test batch tonight. I just used one can of pickled beets and 3 hardboiled eggs and put everything into a small glass jar. Added just enough white vinegar to cover everything to the top. Will give it a few days for the eggs to get pickled and then try it out. I like pickled beets, but have never tried pickled eggs. If it turns out good, I'll probably try a few other recipes as well.
 

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