Pickled Egg Question

I made 3 batches of pickled eggs over a year ago.

All 3 batches are in a vinegar-based brine.

They should still be safe to eat, right?


And if you're curious, the 3 kinds I made were:

Sweet & Sour (made with beet juice for coloring & flavor)
Hot (made with hot sauce, white pepper and a dash of pure cap)
Garlic and Roasted Red Pepper

I'd think those would be good for a lot longer than a year.

eat a few and let us know

Originally posted by: =>PX<=Major
I'd think those would be good for a lot longer than a year.

Yeah. There's no solid information on the net, so I don't know if I should just do it, or if I should chuck 'em and start over.

Pickled eggs? I might puke now:/

No offense but it sounds gross!

pickled eggs are good but the after effects will clear the room
Post edited by Killet at 2/8/2011 12:00:19 PM

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
Pickled eggs? I might puke now:/

No offense but it sounds gross!

If you've never had one, perhaps you should try one.

Originally posted by: Killet
pickled eggs are good but the after effects will clear the room

Very true!

We've been making our own salted duck eggs (haam daan)

They're yummy! I have about a 1/2 dozen of them left from last summer... they go good with ground pork.

edit:
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/ground-pork-cake-with-salty-egg-haam-daan-ju-yoke-beng/Detail.aspx

Post edited by Bibimbap at 2/8/2011 1:17:12 PM

Originally posted by: Bibimbap
We've been making our own salted duck eggs (haam daan)

They're yummy! I have about a 1/2 dozen of them left from last summer... they go good with ground pork.

edit:
http://allrecipes.com//Recipe/ground-pork-cake-with-salty-egg-haam-daan-ju-yoke-beng/Detail.aspx

Last summer? Nasty. How longs the half life of those?

For Snake:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Century_egg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut_(egg)

People eat those.

Those 'century eggs' reach a pH of 12!? I don't even think thats safe to eat.

I love the 1000 year old eggs. They're quite delicious in rice porridge (congee).
edit:
They once had an episode of Fear Factor, where the contestants had to eat a whole 1,000y/o egg.... and I was like. "Look! They're eating pey daan! What the fucks wrong with them?"

The salted duck eggs last a very long time. Years, probably... The salt content in the brine is so high, it's difficult for anything to grow in it. Just like the high sugar content in jam preventing any growth/decay in the jam.

My family actually chops up a little ginger and water chestnut in that pork/egg dish... The eggs go from the farmers market (or Whole Foods) into the brine.. which is just a saturated solution of water and kosher salt.



On topic, I've purchased pickled eggs (red vinegar) and have had them go bad on me. They're icky when they go bad (they're hard boiled, so they lose their hard boiled consistancy)
Post edited by Bibimbap at 2/8/2011 1:37:33 PM

We used to do pickled eggs by buying a big jar of pemrose pickled sausages, when they are gone fill the jar with boiled eggs. In a week or two you have pickled eggs

pickled pigs feet would probably work too but I aint touching them things
Post edited by Killet at 2/8/2011 1:42:43 PM

Originally posted by: Killet
We used to do pickled eggs by buying a big jar of pemrose pickled sausages, when they are gone fill the jar with boiled eggs. In a week or two you have pickled eggs

pickled pigs feet would probably work too but I aint touching them things

Yeah, a lot of people make them with using other pickled products' juice.

I prefer making my own.

I guess the only way to find out is to maybe take one and eat a bit of it.

I don't eat the yolks, only the whites.