Pickled eggs

[gigglybug]

Sorry this is a really basic question ( ) but, i've just put my pickled eggs into jars, and I was wondering if I should be boiling them? My recipe doesn't say to.
I'm concerned that the Safety button in the lid is still easily clickable (if you know what I mean).

Thanks

Amanda

[ina]

I take it the eggs are hard boiled? I just stuck them in the jar and poured hot vinegar and spices over them... No second boiling.

[gigglybug]

Thanks Ina

I just read my post again oops!

Amanda

[ina]

I made some with cider vinegar, that being the only vinegar I had in the house - a very interesting, slight apple flavour!

[mrsflibble]

oh-my-god I love pickled eggs.

[red]

I take it the eggs are hard boiled? I just stuck them in the jar and poured hot vinegar and spices over them... No second boiling.

thats exactlly what I do. If you are using 100% vinegar, then things are pretty safe. the danger is bottling things that have high water content.. such as tomatoes.

[the.fee.fairy]

I used to work for a landlord who made his own pickled eggs. He used to buy in bulk boiled eggs, then stick them in jars, add seasoning and add vinegar, and then leave them for at lease 6 weeks before using them.

I used to love his Chilli ones, and Garlic and Ginger. He used to make min ones that i never really liked the taste of, but they were very attractive - they came out turquoise! They were really very pretty!

He tried pickling those catering boiled eggs once - you know the ones that come in a tube. It was quite successful, but he shoved the whole thing in and pickled it. It would probably be more successful if he'd done chunks insead...

Oooh, and if you decide to make chilli ones, then make them using chilli powder, rather than the fresh article. The fresh chilli ones that he made almost burnt the skin off the roof of your mouth! We had to run a competition once to get rid of them - if you could eat a whole egg in one sitting, you'd win a jar of eggs (we had lots of small fresh chilli jars to get rid of). We had jars to give away as prizes. I think onlty one jar got given away in the end. So beware the fresh chilli!!

[ina]

He tried pickling those catering boiled eggs once - you know the ones that come in a tube.

???

I've seen frozen omeletts for catering - I thought that was the worst - but boiled eggs in a tube?

[Millymollymandy]

The mind boggles!!!

[marshlander]

He tried pickling those catering boiled eggs once - you know the ones that come in a tube.

???

I've seen frozen omeletts for catering - I thought that was the worst - but boiled eggs in a tube?

Is this kinda precooked hardboiled? Never crossed my mind for a moment that peoply would sell/buy such a thing!

I used wine vinegar and peppercorns but there were pale patches where the eggs touched each other. Still tasted ok though.

[hmk]

The omelets are precooked and frozen so they can be nuked.

The eggs are boiled, have the ends sliced off and are then squidged together somehow, so you have a length of hardboiled egg and every slice has a perfect circle of yolk in the middle. Obviously you must never have a slice of white-only in your egg salad sandwich

Mmmm. Appetising....

[red]

The omelets are precooked and frozen so they can be nuked.

The eggs are boiled, have the ends sliced off and are then squidged together somehow, so you have a length of hardboiled egg and every slice has a perfect circle of yolk in the middle. Obviously you must never have a slice of white-only in your egg salad sandwich

Mmmm. Appetising....

i think.. they separate the whites and yolks, cook them, then 'reconstute' then into a roll of white with yellow inside.. perfect for puttng in egg and ham pies.. or slicing for sandwiches etc
this is one of the things they do with 'not perfect' eggs. - you know .. double yolkers... shells with a odd shape.. etc.
all this 'perfection' is giving people the wrong idea of what food is really like!
the mind boggles.

[possum]

This has just reminded me, our egg supply is mounting and I really should do something with them. I often make pickled eggs, but I am interested in the alternative flavours that have been mentioned, has anyone got anyother seasonings that might work?

[the.fee.fairy]

I'd imagine that anything with a strong flavour (to get through the egg) would work.

Chilli and ginger is a particularly nice one, but do avoid fresh chilli...i can't stress that enough!!

[Pilsbury]

The omelets are precooked and frozen so they can be nuked.

The eggs are boiled, have the ends sliced off and are then squidged together somehow, so you have a length of hardboiled egg and every slice has a perfect circle of yolk in the middle. Obviously you must never have a slice of white-only in your egg salad sandwich

Mmmm. Appetising....

i think.. they separate the whites and yolks, cook them, then 'reconstute' then into a roll of white with yellow inside.. perfect for puttng in egg and ham pies.. or slicing for sandwiches etc
this is one of the things they do with 'not perfect' eggs. - you know .. double yolkers... shells with a odd shape.. etc.
all this 'perfection' is giving people the wrong idea of what food is really like!
the mind boggles.

they are called long eggs and are made for the catering trade so every egg sandwich nad slice of gala pie has a nice bit of yolk in it, and they are 'remade'from whites and yolks.