How long do pickled eggs which have been preserved without waterbath, or pressure canning, last?

-- Joyce Dingman (FriendsPatterns@juno.com), January 01, 2002

Answers

Around our house not too long. They get eaten quickly.

-- Rich (pntbeldyk@wirefire.com), January 01, 2002.

I've had them in the fridge for up to a month, that's as long as possible before they got eaten up so far. If they are in a actual pickling strength solution of brine, they should last for several months, check the Ball Blue Book for pickling brine recipes if you don't know about the pickling strenth of your brine.

-- Annie Miller in SE OH (annie@1st.net), January 01, 2002.

I used a recipe I found online because I didn't want to do them in the beet juice, which is the only recipe I'd seen.

-- Joyce Dingman (FriendsPatterns@juno.com), January 01, 2002.

Approximately - forever. If you refrigerate them, as I do, the vinegar (read acid) bath is not at all subject to spoilage. I generally make several quarts (about a dozen or so) at a time, and they still seem fine as much as a year later. They still taste good, and so far, I am still alive! GL!

-- Brad (homefixer@SacoRiver.net), January 03, 2002.

Well, I never refrigerated mine once I poured the boiling vinegar over the eggs. The acidity is high enough to keep spoilage organisms from growing and it soon penetrates the egg pretty well. I usually let mine sit for thirty days or thereabouts before opening the jar for eating. Don't think I've had a jar last longer than a couple of weeks after that before they were all eaten.

........Alan.

-- Alan (athagan@atlantic.net), January 04, 2002.

Can Botulism be a concern?

-- Lisa (LISALIAPEARL@YAHOO.COM), January 05, 2002.

Pickling usually takes care of that, but it wouldn't hurt to water bath for 10 minutes just to make sure.

-- Bonnie (stichart@plix.com), January 11, 2002.

I just checked my book - make that 20 minutes.

-- Bonnie (stichart@plix.com), January 13, 2002.