The Poultry Keeper

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

Does anyone have a recipe for pickled egg?

I have found one on the net but i would really like to try one that comes recommended....

Thanks...

Knobby · Posted: Mon Feb 06, 2006 8:48 am Post subject:

Bolied eggs, Vinegar, Jar.

Very Happy

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

CP · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:39 am Post subject:

Sorry no one seems keen on pickled eggs, Madslg. Confused

I know the thought of them makes me go yuk! puke

Obviously you must like them to consider doing the pickling. Did you manage to find a recipe?

Knobby · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:45 am Post subject:

I DO have a recipe for them....but its at home, and I completly forgot to look it up last night ! Embarassed

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

I will look forward to it when you remember knobby! No hurry though as i understand that the eggs need to be at least a week old before they peel easily.

CP - i know they are one of those things you either love or loathe aren't they! Do you like marmite though? :-&

CP · Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 7:10 pm Post subject:

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

Well that just proves my point as i can't abide it!! Razz

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2064 Location: North Cornwall

I've often thought it would be a good way to use up a lot of eggs, for when you haven't got many but what to you eat pickled eggs with. I've seen them in pubs and fish and chip shops or you used to see them, is that what they go best with, beer and chips with perhaps a dash of tomato sauce on the side Laughing

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2064 Location: North Cornwall

Just found this.
Pickled Eggs
Pickled eggs have been traditional pub fare ever since some early 19th century genius discovered that, like bread and cheese and cockles and mussels, they add a new dimension to a pint of ale. They are also excellent with salad and cold meat.
Perhaps they are not as common now, but it is still worth pickling a dozen or so for their delicate, creamy flavour. Country people still pickle small bantam eggs. The longer you leave them in the jar the better.

12 fresh eggs
Spiced malt or white vinegar
2 blades of mace
Hard boil the eggs for 10 minutes, giving them a stir during the first few minutes to centralise the yolks. Plunge in plenty of cold water.
When eggs are cool, shell carefully and pack loosely into clean glass os stone jars.
Cover with vinegar, add the mace.
Seal at once and keep for at least 3 weeks

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

Brilliant Jan, thanks!

I find that on their own as snack in passing is the best way to eat them! Or as your article points out with a pint in one hand!

Just about everyone i know turns their nose up at the thought of pickled eggs - i think i have weird taste buds.....

Sarah

CP · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:22 pm Post subject:

Not as weird as my OH - he'd probably love them, but then he also eats them raw! Shocked

madslg · Joined: 16 Nov 2005 Posts: 298 Location: Farnham

Now, i am sorry but that is just gross!!

CP · Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject:

I know!!

Spana · Joined: 30 Apr 2005 Posts: 2064 Location: North Cornwall

Yuk, makes pickles eggs sound almost tempting. Think I might have ago with a few bantam eggs and put them in small jars. At worst I can give them to the church fund raising events. Laughing

Only joking, I quite fancy them now, I think useing little bants eggs might make all the difference.