Pickled Eggs

homecook

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We have always made "pickled" eggs with beet juice. We always called them red beet eggs though. Here is the recipe we used:

2 cans of beet juice (approx 1/2 qt)
1/4-1/2 c vinegar (depends on how tart you want it)
salt and pepper to taste
1/4 c sugar

Mix together and boil in saucepan until sugar is dissolved. Cool and pour over peeled hard boiled eggs. Keep in fridge in a container with a tight lid several days and occasionally shake container to rotate the eggs and make them evenly red.

We always made these around Easter and also mixed grated horseradish with the drained beets that had been ground up. This was served with ham on Easter day.

Barb
 
sattie

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Man Barb.... you are bringing back some very old memories!!! I never liked this stuff, but my mom adored it. Mom always had a batch 'brewing'. I can't even tell you why I don't like them, because I really don't remember trying them. But my mom could 'throw down' on these things!!!

Thanks for the fond memories Barb!
 
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About how many eggs will this cover? Great though I love pickled eggs.
 
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Hi Barb - Thank You - My mom used to make these just after easter. We used the easter egge, as she always made som many that we couldn't't eat them. It brings back some wonderful memories.

Now If I could only find my Aunt virginia's German Potato salid recipe that thw took with heer when she passed.
 
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sattie said:
Man Barb.... you are bringing back some very old memories!!! I never liked this stuff, but my mom adored it. Mom always had a batch 'brewing'. I can't even tell you why I don't like them, because I really don't remember trying them. But my mom could 'throw down' on these things!!!

Thanks for the fond memories Barb!
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I'm glad they're good memories!! My paternal grandmother used to make these all the time. It reminds me of my dad! He used to love, love them.

Barb
 
chowhound

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Can you reuse the pickling juice?
What kind of vinegar do you use?

My hens are back to laying pretty good again and I love pickled eggs. This couldn't have come at a better time.
 
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chowhound said:
Can you reuse the pickling juice?
What kind of vinegar do you use?

My hens are back to laying pretty good again and I love pickled eggs. This couldn't have come at a better time.
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I've reused the pickling juice with the leftover Easter eggs. You may have to add a little more vinegar. I just use regular white vinegar.

Barb
 
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8-10 sounds about right. I know that if I hard cook a dozen eggs, 8-10 is all I'll have left to pickle after they cool some :lol:

White vinegar. Gotcha. Thanks
 
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I made this today using your recipe almost exactly. I had room in the bottle for a full dozen eggs as well as the beets which where sliced. I also use even amounts of Apple Cider vinegar and white vinegar as I like it tart but used a 1/4 cup of each. Next Saturday I'll let you know how they taste. I actually got a dozen perfectly pealed hard boiled eggs and after boiling let them sit in an ice bath to stop the sulfur from forming around the yokes.
 
buckytom

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oh man, homey, i love beet juice pickled eggs, and grated horseradish-n-beets.

it wouldn't be easter without them. you really are of polish descent, aren't you. :thumb:
 
chowhound

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I've got the cans of beets waiting on the counter, just waiting on my next trip into wally world to pick up a decent, dedicated container for the eggs.
 
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chowhound said:
I've got the cans of beets waiting on the counter, just waiting on my next trip into wally world to pick up a decent, dedicated container for the eggs.
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My Mama used to use a old glass 1 gallon pickle jar. It's actually cheaper to buy a gallon of pickles and reuse the jar then it is to buy a jar. I can't imagine pickled eggs in anything else.
 
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I'm actually using a 1 gallon pickle jar myself. I have a couple that we have gotten with pickles over the years and I always have one filled with Kim Chee until it gets low then I make another before that last batch is completely gone. I now am using my extra one for this.
 
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I have about 25 that I have saved over the years. I use them to store my dried beans, flour, and meal in.
 
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It takes me a few years to eat a small jar of pickles (lol).

I was thinking about containers and the only problem I would have with a gallon container is where to put it, unless it's on its side. My fridge's shelving arragement (among other things) sucks. I'm going to try to find a short and squat container.
 
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Mama said:
I have about 25 that I have saved over the years. I use them to store my dried beans, flour, and meal in.
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I have lock top containers for flour, beans, pasta and rice but would love to have a couple more of the gallon pickle jars. I also a case of Bell Jars for pickling in both pints and quarts. I use the quart ones for my tomato sauce and the smaller ones for other things I might make that I can save for a while.

If it wasn't for my grand kids I wouldn't have a single large jar but my wife buys pickles by the gallon due to them. :D
 
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When your grand kids get sick of the pickles, do what I did. I set them up in business with a neighborhood pickle stand. I bought the huge jars of moby dills and they sold them to the neighbor kids for 75 cents each. They got some spending money and a lesson in business and I got some extra jars! :lol:
 
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Mama are you kidding my grand kids are locust when it comes to food. I often wonder where they put it all. I couldn't afford for them to come by more than once every couple of weeks. ;)
 
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Better you than me that is for sure. Shhh I don't like pickles much and hate my wife to eat them, pickle breath god it is worse than garlic. :whistling:
 
homecook

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joec said:
I made this today using your recipe almost exactly. I had room in the bottle for a full dozen eggs as well as the beets which where sliced. I also use even amounts of Apple Cider vinegar and white vinegar as I like it tart but used a 1/4 cup of each. Next Saturday I'll let you know how they taste. I actually got a dozen perfectly pealed hard boiled eggs and after boiling let them sit in an ice bath to stop the sulfur from forming around the yokes.
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Good to hear! I hope you enjoy them as much as we do.

Barb
 
buckytom

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Mama said:
When your grand kids get sick of the pickles, do what I did. I set them up in business with a neighborhood pickle stand. I bought the huge jars of moby dills and they sold them to the neighbor kids for 75 cents each. They got some spending money and a lesson in business and I got some extra jars! :lol:
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from the ap newswire, this just in:

seeing how successful the pickle business was, mama continued her efforts into child labor and expanded into macaroni art galleries, and a somewhat shadier concern in the popsicle stick construction industry. it's estimated that mama now runs at least 3 sweatshops across the southern united states.

now back to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.
 
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buckytom said:
from the ap newswire, this just in:

seeing how successful the pickle business was, mama continued her efforts into child labor and expanded into macaroni art galleries, and a somewhat shadier concern in the popsicle stick construction industry. it's estimated that mama now runs at least 3 sweatshops across the southern united states.

now back to your regularly scheduled program, already in progress.
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:yum: Am I going to be interviewed by Katie Couric?
 
Constance

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Mama said:
Did I mention that I have over 25 gallon pickle jars? :lol:
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Never throw them away! Those jars are great for so many things.

My 11 yr. old loves the baby dills, and since he has type I diabetes, that's one of the few things that he can snack on all he wants. I'll have to try him out on the bigger ones.
 
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