Finally - pickled Eggs again

[berryman]

I've made pickled Eggs a couple times every year for a lot of years and before that my Mom made them. Last year I didn't make any. I made a batch last night. Believe it or not there are 3 doz in that jar. They are supposed to be mediums but they look a little small size to me. The wife got the eggs on sale, I really got to get my own chickens again and have some real eggs.



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[bpgreen]

I've never had (or made) pickled eggs, but they sound interesting. How do you make them? Is it a fermenting process?

If you get your own chickens, I've heard they love to eat spent grains.

[Inkleg]

If you get your own chickens, I've heard they love to eat spent grains.

I'll derail this thread real quick and then it can go back to the eggs.
I have a friend two streets over who has chickens. They have learned to recognize the spent grain bucket. When I walk into the backyard with the bucket, one or more will see me squawk which will cause the others to look up. Then there is a flurry of cackling squawking chickens that follow me through the yard until I dump it.

[alb]

I LOVE pickled eggs! I've made them with vinegar and by fermenting with the whey left over from making cheese. Both are delicious but they taste different. Love the beets, too.

[FedoraDave]

If you get your own chickens, I've heard they love to eat spent grains.

I'll derail this thread real quick and then it can go back to the eggs.
I have a friend two streets over who has chickens. They have learned to recognize the spent grain bucket. When I walk into the backyard with the bucket, one or more will see me squawk which will cause the others to look up. Then there is a flurry of cackling squawking chickens that follow me through the yard until I dump it.

So what you're saying is chicks dig a guy who home-brews?

[berryman]

This Pic is from two years ago because for some reason I didn't make any last year. They were a lot nicer eggs then I used this time.

The ones I made this year are tasting good and only a few days in, a couple more days in the brine and will be just right. Brian I don't have an exact recipe and change it some from time to time but always use the same ingredients just different amounts, this last batch I used more sugar and a little less cayenne. Not quite as vinegary and a little less bitey. I will see if I can put together about what I use and post it.
Edit: if FIT sees this thread he will post because he has chickens and likes making pickled eggs and has a written recipe.

[FrozenInTime]

I depleted my flock of chickens so not getting a lot of eggs the past year. I hope to have more producing in next 6 months and I can start doing this again (working on hatching out 50 or 60 the next round). Homebrew and pickled eggs go great!! I don't get fancy with the basic recipe. 1/2 water, 1/2 white vinegar, depending on how many I'm doing, I mix in a jar of my home made beets (love the red color it provides). I will use 1/4 sugar (my wife likes a tiny bit of sweetness in her eggs), couple tablespoons of store bought pickling spice and I always drop in a teaspoon of pickling salt(helps to prevent any nasty bugs from starting). Every so often I will include a cup of white wine vinegar, wife likes it but I can take it or leave it. That's my basic. Sometimes I will drop in several cloves of garlic, love garlic on every thing. Occasionally I will forgo the pickling spices and garlic and throw in a jar of crushed red peppers when I have them, if not, I use a jar of my own pickled jalapenos. I love making fire-eggs but I don't let the wife eat them, she gets unhappy fast when flames shoot out the egg when bitten.... LOL

Nice looking eggs Don! Now I need to do some. This week the Northern Pike are biting like crazy. I just finished cleaning, ended up with 15 pounds of meat. Will be going out tomorrow and more than likely catch our limit again. I smoke some of it but most gets split up between fry'n fillets and pickling. Ever had pickled snot rocket? Pretty darn good. I will have quite a bit to do the rest of the week.

Heres a local fishing site that has a post about pickled eggs (and others) with some different recipes.