..even though I'm from such a 'primitive' background, I must give a shout of respect to my Nan's home made pickled onions..
my mum's were almost as good..

not tasted such a fine pickled onion since the 1970s..

Any onion bought in a jar is a pale imitation of the pickled onions I was raised on...

In my 30s I was an accomplished photographic / darkroom technician..

I knew my chemicals and how to prepare them..

At home I had all the requisite equipment, I had the transferrable skills..
so why not apply them, and make my own pickled onions ready for xmas.

It was pre internet, so I found a vintage recipe from somewhere [wish I could remember..???]
and stayed up all night brewing and jarring the onions..

Many weeks later, I was amazed and how good a job I'd done..
They were nearly the same as my childhood onions..

But I rested on that accomplishment, for whatever reasons or personality failings, never to be repeated again...


Bugger.. I fancy a good strong dark pickled onion.....🤔