“Pickled eggs were widely made and eaten by Germans as early as the mid-1700s. They were a popular food with German immigrants, especially the Hessian mercenaries fighting against Colonists during the Revolutionary War. Many early recipes come from the Pennsylvania Dutch.

In England, the delicacy was first found in a public house named appropriately, the Pickled Egg in Pickled Egg Lane, where else? The English philosophy was to throw the eggs in vinegar and let them sit forever.”

-Written by Beth Dippel in their article about the famous pickled eggs.