Because I'm cheap!

[Dave Grubb]

My wife likes pickled eggs and she buys them in bags of six at the grocery. Recently I have been buying them and they are almost $10/doz

So----now I am in the pickled egg business

I hope she approves of the final product. Attached below is a PA Dutch recipe for pickled eggs----I eat the beets

8 large eggs

2 (15 ounce) cans whole pickled beets, juice reserved

1 small onion, chopped

1 cup white sugar

¾ cup cider vinegar

12 whole cloves

2 bay leaves

½ teaspoon salt

1 pinch ground black pepper

Step 1
Place eggs in a saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil, remove from heat, and let eggs stand in hot water for 15 minutes. Remove eggs from hot water, cool under cold running water, and peel.

Step 2
Place eggs, beets, and onion in a non-reactive glass or plastic container. Set aside.

Step 3
Combine sugar, 1 cup reserved beet juice, vinegar, cloves, bay leaves, salt, and pepper in a medium-size, non-reactive saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 5 minutes.

Step 4
Pour hot liquid over eggs, beets, and onion. Cover and refrigerate 48 hours before using.

Now---for a good soaking

[Honda]

I also am a fan of pickled eggs. I buy mine in a big jug at Sam's club. They're made by a company called Hannah. While probably not as good as the homemade ones they are fairly cheap as cheap goes these days.

[Dave Grubb]

This looks close to what my Mother made---I'll see. My Mother was an excellent cook, including dishes way outside of the PA Dutch wheelhouse However, she was also an intuitive cook, seldom looked at a recipe and never wrote anything down. As a result, I have spent many hours of frustration in trying to reconstruct many of her dishes, often with limited success.

But---moving on---this brings to mind a story

When my wife was still making the annual pilgrimage to Indiana with the kids every summer, often I could not break free to go along. At the time we had neighbor who was a great old guy and was a surrogate Grand Pop to our kids----not in-lieu of my Dad---but in addition too

Anyway, he had a big garden and he knew I loved red beets. So, one night when I got home he came over with a big bowl of red beets for me----I was so grateful---and so tired (in those days I "worked" for a living) that I ate the entire bowl--and went off to bed.

Sometime in the middle of the night I awoke with a serious pain in my gut---and a pressing need The need was soon answered and as I stood up and turned to send the deed forth I noticed the the bowl was bright red----my God, I'm bleeding internally

I went back to bed and looked into the darkness----there was no sense in calling my wife---what could she do all the way in Indiana. I thought of calling my Mother (my Dad had passed)---but what could she do. I decided to wish I'd wake-up in the morning and eventually fell off to sleep.

The next morning, realizing I was still sucking air and didn't feel bad----only then did I connect the blood and those damn beets

And yes----I have OD'd on beats a few times since----but now I know the signs

[Honda]

I did that one time too after imbibing far too many cranberry and vodkas at the blackjack table in Vegas. The next morning everything was red. I pondered calling EMT but then it dawned on me what the problem was. Last time that ever happened.

[Dave Grubb]

I did that one time too after imbibing far too many cranberry and vodkas at the blackjack table in Vegas. The next morning everything was red. I pondered calling EMT but then it dawned on me what the problem was. Last time that ever happened.

Damn----it's a good thing you watered down that cranberry juice with the vodka----who knows what could have happened.

[Flaco]

ahhhh....beet juice....i do enjoy occasionally feeding it to my chickens especially when my friends and family come to visit........it makes the yolks blood red and freaks them out

[Dave Grubb]

Now that is funny, I don't care who you are

[UTAH]

...it makes the yolks blood red...

I always learn something new in these food threads.

Hunter

[Dave Grubb]

My wife was extremely complimentary about her home made pickled beets and eggs----so today I made a double batch I guess I am now in the pickled beets and eggs business

Also, since my recent "take" at my Amish green grocer, I have cleaned and put on the stove 5 qts of string beans with one large ham shank. Also, I made a big batch of cucumber salad (with loads of fresh dill) which we will have at dinner tonight with a roasted chicken and sliced tomatoes with fresh basil.

I love veggies

Added in edit: I didn't get to everything today so tomorrow is coleslaw. I got a huge head of green cabbage as part of my haul and that needs to be converted into coleslaw. I will make more stops in future trips---it is sauerkraut time