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Following a domestic discussion, my superior half has deemed the pickled egg as the greatest of culinary sins.  I, meanwhile, put forward the view that the pickled egg is the only true rival to the pork scratching as the king of pub snacks.  Surely my view will be supported by the wonderfully wise population on the TEF?

Good, but eaten too quickly lead to indigestion.

A pickled egg in a pub is a rare treat for me. It tastes better from a pub than it does at a chippy.

I have been enjoying buying a bag of cockles from the pub in recent times though

Pickled eggs no.

Pickled eggs yes.

You cant beat Pork Scratchings for pub snacky tyoe grub

 Pickled egg in a bag of crisps is the way forward...

huh?

Chippy gherkins

Pickled eggs are wrong.
Pickled onions are right.

Spastic typing.

I was about to say the same thing..a chippy pickled egg might not taste the same as a pub pickled egg...but a chippy gherkin beats one at home.

I'll take that, yes.

Sounds like a warning sign.

also known as a Wally

indeed.

thank fuck i have 3 weeks off from the morning

Where's Wally? 

Over there.

Oh, hang on, that's Alan.

in the chippy - nope he's gone

Pickled onion vinegar over chips is a cracking treat.

Has to be the scratching for me over the egg though. 

Absolutely fucking disgusting things.

pickled foods are lush.an egg in a bag of cheese and onion walkers is a fine pub snack.
my personal fav pickled food is cauliflower though.
pork scratchings are fucking disgusting

I like pickled eggs, but I never buy them in a pub in case they have been there for a few decades. In fact, that has to be a dying cuisine - can't remember the last pub I went in that had pickled eggs.

Cockles anyone? With a cocktail stick.  :)

Still get a decent turnover in my local..but I'd agree if you're in somewhere strange.

I used to like the pork pies you got in British Rail buffets. Always to be found under a perspex lid thing on the counter.

Can you remember John Lewises in Bristol..the pork pie was to die for...sorry came over al gay then.

Evil, pickled eggs are evil.

100% yes.  Especially from a van by the sea.

No Leefer, I can't....that sounds a bit like shopping to me, something best avoided at all costs. The only decent purchase in Bristhole that I can think of used to be off a fella,  Dixie, who had a small scale Scrumpy press in a shed down in the docks. The Crippled Cock was what it said on the jar.

pickled eggs are immense. i've currently got a batch pickling.
i have a separate jar with with the addition of chilli's in the vinegar

oooooooooooo, how long do you have to leave them for mr B? i currently have a jar of Harry Ramsden's finest pickled eggs in the cupboard, the girlfriend absolutely abhors the things :D

God I feel sick just read this thread

never tried one, i've only recently started eating normaly hard boiled eggs, as a kid i'd only eat omlettes, never scrambled even though they were the same thing in theory but as i got older i started eating scrambled eggs, then fried eggs and now recently hard boiled ones, i think i may try a pickled one, i love pickled onions so i should enjoy an egg

I left mine for just over 2 weeks in a jar of Sarson's pickling vinegar. Superb stuff!

this batch has been in the cupboard for probably two months now!

Shouldn't someone let him out...or is something to do with those weird Paddy Power ads?

I was a bit late.

But I say YES to the eggs that are pickled.

Mega-late thread revival, but I am note in possession of one of those latch sealed jars (i forget the proper name, I'm at work) where can I get my greasy mitts on a quantity of picking vinegar? Also a few chillis, advice on type, size and quantity to add a small kick to the eggs! Your advice would be welcome :)

Kilner jars are what you're looking for I think.

Pickling vinegar should be available from most supermarkets, you can sometimes get pre-spiced ones also.

Putting chilli's in whole shouldn't give too much of a kick really, it should just add flavour and maybe a bit of heat

I have tried to make pork scratchings my pub snack of choice but food with hair on it is just plain wrong.

Just think of it as a Mex style nosh....