Now that I have your attention… I made up some smoked pickled eggs to take to the KOA Gathering, in honor of Lumpy. I made these once before using his recipe and they were a hit. I think this batch will be really good. The pickling juice had a great smell while I was cooking it down. Here is Lumpy’s recipe.
4 cups white vinegar
1 cup water
½ cup apple cider vinegar
½ cup white sugar
20 jalapenos, sliced
3 large Vidalia onions, sliced
6 garlic cloves
1.5 tbs Kosher salt
4 tbs black pepper corns
2 dozen eggs
Boil eggs and peel
Spread evenly on racks, onions, jalapenos and eggs
Cold smoke for 2 hours (I went three hours this time)with maple or apple wood
Boil liquids, spices, onions and jalapenos
Heat up jars in oven
When liquid is boiling put all ingredients into Mason jar.
Let cool, refrigerate and rotate jars daily.
Onto the picture show.
Two dozen eggs into the pot to be hardboiled. I had a disaster when I tried to boil the eggs about two weeks ago. Only one egg peeled properly. I think the problem was that they were “too fresh”. I ended up making egg salad for the masses. That part turned out just fine.
Okay, eggs peeled, onions cut in half, japs topped and cored and into the jap holder and onto the MAK. I used my tube smoker loaded with apple pellets. About three hours later they were pulled.
Here is a shot at the two hour mark. Since I used the tube smoker only to cold smoke everyone, I thought they could use some more time. The last time I smoked the eggs I didn’t have a tube smoker and I used my MAK set on the Smoke setting. Those eggs got hot smoked.
Here is a shot of the sliced japs into the pot.
A little garlic added to keep the vampires away.
Next was the sliced smoked onions and the rest of the ingredients.
The final product. Since I only have four jars, I will wait to taste. I will probably bring two or three to the KOA Gathering. One may end up at my son’s house. His wife is going to kill me!
Art
I was just thinking (I know that is dangerous) that I should make some little sausages and pickle them, too. Pickled eggs, pickled sausages, and of course, some cheap beer. Brings back some memories from my Navy days.
