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[poliphilo]

 A friend not only recommended pickled eggs but gave me a bottle. I don't remember eating one before. I was expecting it to be a bit exotic, but it tasted of what you'd expect it to taste of- hard boiled egg and vinegar. Perfectly nice. Back in the day pickled eggs were the kind of fast food you could expect to find in pubs. These days not so much. I can't remember seeing a jar sitting on any bar recently- but then most pubs these days are also restaurants and like to project a sophisticated image.

Since I fell out of veganism I've been eating a lot of eggs. My favourite way of doing them at the moment is curried on toast.

We had the car cleaned this morning. A couple of young lads drop by in a van. They do a good job. And they're pleasant and personable. There was only one today. Tom is in Turkey. "On holiday", I asked. No, getting his teeth done....

Comments

[cmcmck]

You still see them in chippies and in some pubs.

[poliphilo]

Yeah, they're still around.

[paserbyp]

Pickled eggs from Chinese kitchen?

[poliphilo]

I don't think it's particularly Chinese. I imagine Europeans have been pickling eggs for a very long time too.

[paserbyp]

The tradition of eating pickled eggs -- or any eggs -- after Easter, according to The Catholic Encyclopedia, began because they were forbidden during Lent. So, they were one of the first treats eaten to celebrate the end of Lent.