Illuminous spots on pickled onions!

Helsbells · Post: # 83871Post **Helsbells** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 6:56 pm

Help!!

Pickled some onions a few weeks ago and now there are illuminious yellow spots on some of them! Can anyone tell me if this means they have had it?
Thanks

Milims · Post: # 83887Post **Milims** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 8:43 pm

I've seen that before too - and I've eaten them without ill effect - really - there isn't anything wrong with me I promise............

Shirley · Post: # 83891Post **Shirley** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:03 pm

They'll be fine.. it's apparently some harmless chemical reaction. I've eaten them before.

red · Post: # 83893Post **red** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:04 pm

part of their charm

Helsbells · Sat Feb 09, 2008 10:25 pm

thanks very much everyone, I thought I had lost the lot!

Thurston Garden · Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:03 pm

Mine are like that too but it never stops me hoovering them up

No (real) ill effects!

MsWildFlower · Mon Feb 11, 2008 2:02 am

I was just going to post this question too!

mrsflibble · Mon Feb 11, 2008 12:00 pm

everytime me or my mum has made them we get this problem. it really is harmless. I had cheese and home pickled onion sarnies for the best part of a year as a kid and no ill effects- after the first jar of having to slice them for the sarnies though my mum took to pickling onion slices lol!

mmmmmm pickled onions.

Helsbells · Post: # 84098Post **Helsbells** » Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:36 pm

hmmm pickled onion slices, thats a good idea, might do that with the rest of the bag, thanks Mrs F