Really? Well I guess I am from 'Cheshire' rather than 'Manchestoh'. Do I get Northern points for being a fan of black pudding?? Can you get that in Switz? We're heading over in 3 months so I'm doing the essential research.
I can eat loads of weird pickled stuff, pickled pig knees in jelly, soup made of pickled blood sausage, etc but if these pickled eggs are the same ones my lovely ukrainian skating girlfriend made me eat....blech. Totally and utterly disgusting. Even the vodka didn't make them any tastier.
Hi Grumpy my nan used to make her own spiced vinegar, takes about 2 months.
you can add mixed pickling spice to 1.1lt of malt or white vinegar about 25 g.
Or make your own.
7g.cloves 7g.mace 7g.allspice 7g.cinnamon a few peppercorns 1 or 2 pieces of dried ginger. Leave the spices whole as then your vinegar doesn't cloud. Leave to steep for 6-8 weeks, giving the bottle a shake from time to time. Strain and use.
I admit that the idea of pickled eggs is a bit icky to me...
I've only had them once though, from a guy from Kenosha who picked them himself as well as making his own wine and jerky from wild meats as well as some other things like that.
His eggs were good (that sounds a bit nasty but...), I was surprised.
Pickled eggs for me are best enjoyed after a few beers and together with a packet of salt and vinegar crisps. Bloody marvelous in that situation, however I can't see myself making a habit out of eating them.
I never had British pickled eggs, but chances are good that your cuisine is for once better than the Chinese. The "hundred year old eggs" taste IMHO as good as they look...
Definitely not just Northern. We had 'em in Somerset when I was growing up there.
To understand the pickled egg you have to understand British Beer . . . i.e. Bitter or some other kind of ale. The bitter and malty beer is perfectly matched by something a little acid (it cuts through the soft flavours). So, as Slaphead says . . . a pickled egg or a packet of salt and vinegar crisps.