I’m going
to be sick - ;o)
Actually, tea eggs are ordinary hard boiled chicken eggs, quite tasty if made properly, with soy sauce, black tea, star anise, cinnamon, salt, with peppercorns and mandarin orange peel optional. Some use a little five spice powder for a similar taste.
The interesting appearance gives them an “Martian” look.
However, pickled beets are, in my opinion, much yummier, and I grew up thinking beets tasted great. They are pickled with onion, pickling spice, sea salt, sugar, black pepper, and bay leaf, covered by a 50/50 solution of cider vinegar and water. Then they need to steep, refrigerated, a couple of weeks, along with peeled hard boiled chicken eggs.
It seems something of a waste to just put cracked shell hard boiled eggs in there for just a couple of days to get the red veined look, but it would make an interesting display at a Halloween party. And it would be fun to see if you could tease someone into eating them. Otherwise, fully steeped pickled eggs, when sliced, make great decor around a salad and go well with most any salad dressing.