# How do you make egg salad? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 22, 2011, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625 "2011-03-22T17:28:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Labrador\_Deceiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7c8e57/32.png) [@Labrador\_Deceiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labrador_Deceiver)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/42 "2011-03-24T03:31:21Z")
When I was in catering, we had a very interesting twist on egg salad. We diced onion, and caramelized it in a sauté pan over relatively low heat for a long time. The onions turned a dark mahogany color, and then we’d add them (cooled) to the egg salad. It wasn’t one of my recipes, and I was dubious when I first made a batch. It was damn good, though. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/43 "2011-03-24T04:59:35Z")
“He who makes the best egg salad will rule heaven and earth.” I don’t like mayonnaise that much (for that matter, I don’t like eggs overmuch). One recipe I really like is Marcus Samuelsson’s African-inspired [spiced egg salad](http://marcussamuelsson.com/recipes/spiced-egg-salad). It’s mayo-free and decidedly non-blah (though not all that sweet). ---
**Author:** ![MLS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/919ad9/32.png) [@MLS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MLS)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/44 "2011-03-24T16:53:18Z")
Eggs, mayo and chopped pimento-stuffed olives. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/45 "2011-03-24T17:57:54Z")
I use the spiciest mustard we have the house, recently it’s been [Mama Rap’s Garlic Dijon](http://www.garlicdude.com/dijgarmuswit.html). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/46 "2011-03-24T18:50:57Z")
I like my egg salad as plain and close to being an egg as possible. I mash them up, add a little mayo for consistency, and that’s it. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/47 "2011-03-24T20:27:38Z")
I’m on Weight Watchers, so I make mine with egg whites only. Spray a baking dish with Pam, pour in a carton of liquid egg whites, bake @ 350°F for 12-15 minutes until just set, then cool and chop and add ingredients of choice. (Easy on the mayo, of course, and I like tarragon and capers in mine. Maybe some Dijon mustard.) ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2011, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/48 "2011-03-29T01:42:04Z")
I add some of the juice from sweet baby gherkins for a touch of sweetness. Dill goes in my tuna salad (which also has hard boiled eggs in). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2011, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/49 "2011-03-30T20:16:21Z")
> [@rachelellogram](#): > > I like my egg salad as plain and close to being an egg as possible. I mash them up, add a little mayo for consistency, and that’s it. Me too, but I need a dash of black pepper as well. This thread makes me kind of afraid to try other people’s egg salad now, since I had no idea other people put so much _stuff_ in it. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/50 "2011-03-31T02:21:30Z")
My mom always added pimento to hers, and my grandma’s homemade bread and butter pickle. It will never ever taste just like that again, but I guess the store-bought kind are okay too. ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2011, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625/51 "2011-03-31T04:05:17Z")
I sometimes go for a fairly plain version: egg, mayo, and a dash of hot sauce. Sometimes I put in some olives, or green onion, or a clove of garlic, or grated cheese (Parmesan is great). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-make-egg-salad/575625.md?page=2)