A couple of days ago, Tool Lady heard about Pickled Red Beet Eggs from a volunteer at work. He stated that they were one of his favorites, and since he’s been such an awesome volunteer, we decided we should try to make some for him.
After several Google searches we found a recipe that looked like something we could try. We tweaked it a bit based on our preferences and the fact that Tool Lady has done a lot of baking recently and we didn’t have any white sugar in the house (and neither of us wanted to make a trip to the store), so we used brown sugar instead. We also used fresh beets (not from our garden…not yet at least), apple cider vinegar instead of regular vinegar and we put everything into two quart sized jars instead of in a “bowl or pitcher”…one for giving away and one for trying ourselves, of course!
We’re now waiting patiently to try them. Honestly, though, I’m really not sure how long we’ll last in this little waiting game! And, if we like them, we’ll definitely try this recipe next time! You can’t really lose with cinnamon AND cloves, can you??? 😉
Now that you’ve tried canning, pickling and baking and such, why not try making vinegar? It’s amazing. I ordered ‘mother’ online and tried several types. It’s kind of fascinating, in an I can’t believe I can make this way. Mother grows on top of the liquid, breaking down the alcohol that first broke down the sugars. Flavored vinegars are cool, too. I made a blueberry one that’s great by itself on a salad or fish. I want to make a champagne vinegar with raspberries, but we keep eating all the raspberries!
Very cool! I would have never thought of that! Thank you, traceyo!!!
Thanks for all your comments! The verdict, so far, is that we shouldn’t have added the onions (even though we only added about 1/3 of what the recipe called for). I like onions, but not in this. Next time we’ll definitely try the alternative recipe I linked to and forego the onions. Aside from that, they’re delicious 🙂
I’m amazed at how big your beets are! Here in the south everything is fried or pickled! xx
Should I admit that I’m scared of pickled eggs? I really want to know how these turn out.
Ohhh they look really good 🙂
Oh my…deliciousness in a jar!! Please let us know how they come out, I would love to try this…