I couldn't find my usual small round pickling Onions, so I bought Shallots instead.
They have been bathed in brine for 24 hrs, and have now been pickled in a sweet red wine vinegar.
I hope they compare favourably with my usual ones. If not, there's still plenty of time before they're needed to go with the cold Turkey etc.
I'm sure I pickled Shallots once before, and they weren't too good, but I've already tasted one of the above and it was fine.
And after consuming the last one you will be able to say "That's shallot"
ReplyDeleteDamn. I was going to make that joke. I'll have to make do with the worker on the end of a production line in a car factory saying, "Datsun other one."
DeleteI shall do my best to forget that 'joke'. Dreadful!
DeleteI went to the supermarket and said "I want to make a complaint about this vinegar, it's got lumps in it". He said "they're pickled onions".
DeleteOn a more serious note (don't panic) we can buy small, round shallots here that look exactly like little pickling onions. Maybe we are being ripped-off.
DeleteAND have you noticed how onions don't make your eyes water these days?
DeleteThey do mine! When I peel my usual ones, I look like a blubbing two-year-old.
DeleteI was going to make the shallot joke too .....Tasker beat us all to it ! I always forget to use shallots and just go for onions. Do you think they make much of a difference to onions in other recipes Cro ? I know they are milder. I have used them but can’t taste much difference. XXXX
ReplyDeleteI can't taste a lot of difference either. I prefer the look of small round Onions.
DeleteI much rather shallots to onions but have never thought of pickling them. I will have to try that.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't have pickled them had I'd found the small onions that I usually use. But they're good.
DeleteOh what a predictable lot we are. I would have started off with that too. I have a funny feeling that I've mentioned this before but when we were first married my wife bought a large bag of pickling onions from the local farm market. We were living in Cheshire in those dim and distant days. On the morning we were about to start peeling them I sprained my right thumb. I was never forgiven!
ReplyDeleteI always do mine, just to spare my wife the tears. Also, I enjoy doing it; she wouldn't.
DeleteYou know your onions when it comes to the festive season Cro.
ReplyDeleteI must have pickled Onions, Red Cabbage, and Walnuts, to go with my cold Turkey. Plenty of pickled Walnuts in stock, now is when I start the Onions, then I do the red Cabbage about a week before the big day.
DeleteI just made some quince paste. Tastes good to me but I bet no one else will eat it, not with cheese or meat anyway.
DeleteI often use normal onions to pickle because it's so hard to find any small ones, though they are used in several greek recipes. I cut a big onion in quarters and pickle them. Doesn't look the same but the taste is fine.
Still haven't tried pickling walnuts. Might just do so though. I do have one english friend who appreciates all these pickles especially at xmas
If I do ordinary Onions, I slice them, and pickle them in sweetened red wine vinegar (like the above), then eat them very soon after the process. They don't stay crisp very long.
DeleteAll of these preparations for Christmas make me think again that I'm missing something.
ReplyDeleteI think you should have your own Christmas, and forget all those who are missing out.
DeleteThey look delicious to me Cro. And yes, I know the proof of the pudding and all that
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't have, but I've already started eating them. They're delicious.
DeleteRed wine vinegar does give a lovely colour
ReplyDeleteThis particular jar is VERY red; I'm not sure why. It was made with my ordinary cheap vinegar.
DeleteI just love anything pickled and these look wonderful already.
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They are very good. I eat them with mature Cheddar; or just by themselves.
DeleteConfusingly some people here call spring onions, shallots.
ReplyDeleteAnd the Americans call them Scallions.
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