I just think that the pickling liquid absorbs into the egg a bit more if it’s warm when the eggs go in. Same deal, I boil the liquid when I’m adding raw spices and tossing in raw garlic and peppers, then I let it cool to “warm” before I toss the eggs in. Guess it may be a personal preference though. You can let them sit for a bit and see what you think.Oh no! Nobody said I had to heat up the pickle juice. I just put the hard boiled eggs in the cold pickle juice in the pickle jar. Do I have to take out the eggs and heat or boil the pickle juice before I reuse it?
When I made my Spicy Pickled Beans, I boiled the pickle juice because I had to cook and blend all the fresh ingredients. It never occurred to me that I would have to reheat or reboil used pickle juice.
I don't have jalapeno peppers, but I do have banana peppers I could slice up and put in the jar. That sounds good.