Pickled Eggs???

(A guest post by Mr. Incredible.)

A recent comment on this blog asked about pickled eggs... How do they taste?
What is the texture? Who would pickle an egg anyway???

First, let me tell you that I am no food safety expert and Shari thinks I'm crazy for most of the things I eat. That being said, here we go. I started pickling eggs by simply hard boiling eggs, peeling them, and sticking them in a jar with a bunch of pickled jalapeno slices and enough of the juice to cover the eggs. Make sure to boil the eggs an extra minute so there is no chance of an undercooked egg sitting around in a cupboard for a few months. That's right. A few months. Two months seems to be about right from my experimentation. Food poisoning you say? That's what all the vinegar in the jalapenos does for you. I sometimes use jalapenos as pictured below.

I know the bottle says 'hot', but you can't trust everything you read, can you?

If pickled jalapenos don't float your boat, you can branch out and try making up your own recipe. The batch pictured above has one jalapeno sliced length-ways, a tablespoon of red pepper flakes, one clove of garlic sliced thinly, and topped off with white vinegar. The eggs pick up the flavor of whatever is in with them, only more muted. For example, if you just use the commercial jalapenos pictured at the top, the eggs will have a spiciness to them, but will not be 'hot'. The texture of a pickled egg will not change much if you follow some simple rules. If your peeling goes a little haywire and you expose the yolk, eat that one instead if pickling it. The yolk will get mushy otherwise. Don't let the eggs sit for more than a couple of months at the risk of them getting a little rubbery. Not a lot, mind you, but a little rubbery. You may refrigerate your concoction if you are paranoid about leaving eggs unrefrigerated in a cupboard. There will be less texture change in the whites in a 'fridge also.

If you are feeling crazy, boil and pickle 10 dozen eggs in one sitting. Not many people have such an unlimited supply of fresh eggs. We are cursed with them.

Pickled eggs are best enjoyed with friends, and plenty of salt.

This post not inspected by the FDA, pickle at your own risk. It never hurt me. See?


Happy Pickling.