Pickled Eggs

Pickled eggs in a jar

ingredients

• vinegar (enough to fill jar)
• eggs (as many as you want that can fill jar)
• cloves (1 tablespoon)
• peppercorn (1 table spoon)
• chili pepper (1 table spoon)
• bay leaf (1 leaf)

Step 1: make the pickle mixture

• pour 1/2 of vinegar in jar, add cloves, peppercorn, chili pepper, and bay leaf. 
• Close jar with lid and shake to mix.
• Let sit.

Step 2: make hard boiled eggs.

• fill pot with water, add eggs
• place on stove until water boils.
• once water boils move pot off hot element and wait 18 minutes (the eggs will still be cooking)
• after 18 minutes cool eggs off by running cold water into pot replacing any hot water
• peel eggs
• poke eggs with a fork (to let pickle mixture seep into eggs)

Remember to poke your eggs

Step 3: Combine ingredients

• place unshelled eggs into jar with pickle mixture.
• add more vinegar to top off jar
• close lid
• shake
• place in refrigerator for 48 hours

Eggs will keep in the fridge for about a month.  To help me keep track of the eggs, especially if I make multiple jars, I use a dry erase marker to write the date on the jar so I know how long the eggs have been in the fridge.  If you look in the fridge and see a jar of black goo chances are the eggs have gone bad.  I highly recommend opening the jar (if you have to open it) outside as it'll stink pretty badly.  Remember due dates on containers are there for a reason.