Black pepper, a few jalapeño slices, garlic and a few shakes of cayenne. Boil the vinegar and pour hot vinegar over the eggs and spices. I put them in the fridge right away. Doesn’t matter if the top doesn’t set on the jar. They won’t last long enough to go bad
I love 'em and make my own as well. I like to put sliced beets, onions and garlic in mine. The beets give them that pinkish hue that really puts people off, that way they stay out of my pickled eggs.
I love pickled quail eggs too, I've made them a time or two but they're really just too much trouble to fool with. I break half of them trying to remove the shell.
Lol, I've tried 3 or 4 times to eat them. I can bite into them, and chew them up. My problem is, my throat just won't let me sallow them. The only way I can get them down, is to wash it down with a beer. I quit even trying.
We've made pickled eggs. Put a little beet juice in there to give them color. but I don't care for them. Made pickled little smokies too. I like those!