# Egg Salad.......

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 2, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428 "2002-04-02T18:39:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428/1 "2002-04-02T18:39:44Z")

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It’s what’s for lunch.

Then deviled eggs with dinner, and maybe a couple packed with tommorow’s lunch.

I like mine with mayo-NOT Miracle Whip.[sub]bleh[/sub]–then just a little salt, fresh ground pepper and mustard powder, served on crackers amd a nice cold coke.

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**Author:** ![stargazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb8c5e/32.png) [@stargazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stargazer)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428/2 "2002-04-02T19:01:59Z")

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I haven’t had a chance yet to make egg salad from my Easter eggs. I was planning on doing that last night and then having an egg salad sammich for lunch today, but… looks like it’s Stouffer’s Lasagne (yumm!) instead. 🙂

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**Author:** ![Kamikazee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Kamikazee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamikazee)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428/3 "2002-04-02T22:08:11Z")

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You must throw in some Tarragon! My favorite secret spice for egg salad. 🙂

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**Author:** ![False\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee7513/32.png) [@False\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/False_God)\
**Post date:** [April 2, 2002, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egg-salad/101428/4 "2002-04-02T22:20:11Z")

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Chopped hardboiled eggs  
minced shallots or red onions  
mayonnaise  
dry mustard  
salt and pepper  
Tabasco or cayenne pepper  
lots of minced parsley  
finely minced celery

No pickle relish. Ever.

My father put chopped sweet pickles and fake bacon bits in his, which results in something that looks uncannily like what the Brittany spaniels would hork up on the rug after eating too much grass. No thank you, says I.

Sometimes if I want to class it up I’ll shred the eggs with a cheese grater and put it in little puff pastry cups, but I think it makes the texture a little funny for sammitches.