Better Late than Never
Pickled Onions and Shallots. Madness not getting them before, however I never came across any. I lost the veg shop at the end of August and they were where I normally got my picklers and shallots from. Madness I know in trying to do a few jars before Christmas. However they are part of the cold cuts eating after the main event. Managed to get a 10kg bag of pickling onions and a 4kg bag of Shallots very late in the day. Ordered off Ebay. Picklers come from Cornwall; Shallots from a local farm. Not cheap, but the Picklers worked out at £2.70 per kilo and you got free delivery. The Shallots worked out at £4.50 a kilo. Yet again no postage. Now to get sat down, listening to the radio and peeling firstly Shallots and then some picklers to get them into brine. May be a Sunday afternoon job. Will see how it pans out. If not Sunday it could be an afternoon at the beginning of the week. Have the salt and have the vinegar and...