Dave came in with a small bowl of new red beets from the garden today with one request. “I miss your mom’s redbeet eggs, please.”
A long time tradition for all summer picnics was pickled beets and eggs – there is nothing like those purple eggs with the golden yellow centers to set off a BBQ.
Ready for the Table
And they are so easy to make.
Pickled Beets and Eggs
Boil the beets until just soft – then peel under cold water.
Hard boil eggs – peel and chill.
Set aside.
Boil (as much as needed to cover beets and eggs) in these proportions:
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup white vinegar
1/4 teasp. salt
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 teasp cinnamon
1/8 teasp cloves
Add beets and simmer 5 minutes – chill.
Colorful Picnic Egg
Once everything is cooled, add eggs to the pickled beets.
Enjoy. You can continue to add new cooked/peeled beets and eggs later.
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Veggies and Salads Tagged: | beets, condiment
How fun are these eggs! When our next group of chickens start laying (within a month we hope), I’ll have to try making some. The color is gorgeous!
We used to also have our own chickens – boy, do I miss those fresh eggs!