Old Fashioned Deviled Eggs Recipe

Old fashioned deviled eggs recipe.Very easy and delicious traditional stuffed eggs recipe. Ready in a few minutes!

Eggs are among the most versatile of foods and from basic methods-boiling, poaching, scrambling, and frying-attractive egg dishes of the simple or sophisticated kind are easy to create. Fresh herbs, finely chopped sauteed mushrooms, slices of skinned tomato, sauteed onion, chopped bacon, grated cheese,

and asparagus are but a few possible additions, without taking into account the host of suitable sauces ready and waiting to be used- a creamy Bechamel, to which one may add flavorsome tidbits or tasty sauce made from chicken stock.

Many egg dishes may be made beforehand and heated later. To the busy homemaker or the working cook, they should be invaluable. An egg dish carefully prepared should have a kind of elegance which sets it apart from any other type of food.

The egg provides the source of food for the developing chicken embryo and contains the essential food nutrients. Protein, water, and mineral salts are obtained from the yolk and the white, and fats and vitamins from the yolk only.

Deviled Egg Variation:

Stir one of ingredients showing below to egg-yolk mixture.

Bacon:

Add 2½ tablespoons crumbled, crisp-fried bacon.

Mexican Style:

Increase salt to 1/2 teaspoon, then add 1/3 cup (80 ml) drained, chopped tomatoes and 1 teaspoon chili powder.

Shrimp Salad:

Add 2 tablespoons chopped cooked shrimp and 2 tablespoons minced fresh celery.

Cucumber-Dill:

Add 1/4 cup minced fresh cucumber, 1 teaspoon dillweed and 1 teaspoon cider vinegar.

Ham and Olive:

Use 2 tablespoons mayonnaise in egg yolk mixture and omit salt, then add one 2¼ oz (65 g) can deviled ham and 3 tablespoons chopped ripe olives.

Tuna:

Add 3 tablespoons flaked tuna and 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Pizza:

Use 2 tablespoons mayonnaise, then add 1 teaspoon chopped fresh oregano leaves, 1/8 teaspoon garlic powder, and 2 tablespoons ketchup.

Anchovy:

Add half of 2 oz (60 ml) can anchovies, minced.

Radish:

Add 3 tablespoons minced radishes.

Capers:

Add 2 tablespoons minced capers.

Olives:

Add 6 pimento-stuffed olives, minced, and 2 tablespoons prepared mustard.

Old Fashioned Deviled Eggs Recipe

Ingredients

• 6 hard-cooked eggs
• 1/4 cup (60 ml) mayonnaise
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• dash of curry powder (optional)

Method