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The Lovely Harvey makes deviled eggs for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Far more often she makes egg salad.
She put the halves of the whites in the holder and started mixing up the yolks with the deviled egg ingredients.
Turns out there's a lot of overlap between what goes into egg salad and deviled eggs and while on autopilot she can add the stuff that's outside the overlap.
Like the dill relish.
Good news! If you've made this mistake, chop up the whites and mix with the yolk concoction and you've got egg salad!
Bad news! It's the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and someone (me) needs to hit the grocery store for eggs.
Happily, everyone was focused and cheerful at Publix and the only thing the employees said was in short supply was gravy from the deli.
I got eggs, beer, chips and some Pubsubs with little drama.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours Angus!
ReplyDeleteI was requested to make some to bring by my brother. I said I would make a dozen and he asked what everyone else was going to eat? There are never any left. I use my farm fresh eggs from my chickens. I also tweaked the recipe to my (and apparently everyone else's liking). I have an awesome two tier plastic case to transport them in so the top of the yolks don't get squished with plastic wrap. I use the cold water method and chill them right down immediately. Using a wet metal teaspoon to remove the shells works best. I only ripped one half this way. Oh well, gotta have one for quality control. LOL!
A dozen hard-boiled eggs. Split with whites in the tray, yolks in a stainless steel mixing bowl.
Yolk Mix
12 mashed yolks
1 1/2 teaspoon ground mustard (extra kick)
1/2 cup Miracle Whip in place of plain mayo
1 teaspoon parsley flakes
1/2 teaspoon salt
Smoosh until creamy
Refrigerate 20 minutes to chill and stiffen
Clip the corner off a 1 quart Ziploc Freezer bag and spoon the entire mixture into the bag. Squeeze equal amounts of yolk mixture into each egg white half. Sprinkle each one with desired amount of Paprika. refrigerate until served.
Miracle Whip is too sweet for me. Our mix is yolks, mayo, mustard, salt. Some day she'll write down the ratios. Dust completed eggs with paprika.
DeleteThe egg salad is the same until we add dill relish and minced onion.
I actually thought the dill relish and onions would make interesting deviled eggs, but Harvey is a purist.
My deviled egg and egg salad recipies are basically the same as Becky's. Sometimes I add a little finely chopped celery to the egg salad. I think it's the normal way it is done in the midwest. I do the proportions by eyeball.
DeleteAnd I completely agree about Miracle Whip. It's all high fructose corn syrup. If you want to make the recipes a little more "healthful" Duke's Light Mayo with Olive Oil or one of the ones made with Avacado oil may be options.
-swj