Pickled eggs, beets, onions tips?

Pickling has led me from pig's feet to eggs...

Have made basic versions with sugar, vinegar, beet juice, sliced canned beets, thin sliced red onions, water, etc.

Are there any recipe you're fanatical about? Secret ingredients? Pickling spice? Arcane tips...

I like pickled anything. My egg recipe has coriander, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, hot pepper , black pepper along with the usual vinegar, beets, sugar. Pretty much standard fare here in the Midwest.

As rhubarb is about ready I'm thinking of trying a rhubarb, carmelized onion pickle I saw recently - dried cranberries, sherry vinegar, cranberry juice, orange zest and jalapeno. You pre salt the rhubarb and then pour hot syrup over to keep the rhubarb from getting mushy. Said to be great with fish and pork.

[Robin Garr]

Waaaay back in the day, the bar at the OC used to sell pickled eggs right out of the jar. More than once I made my dinner of a cold beer, a pickled egg and a slice of beef jerky, but I was younger then.