The Egg Salad is a little runny, since I never remember that if you let it sit in the fridge over night something weird happens and it gets liquidy. When I made it last night, it was the perfect consistency.
I have it topped with a nice leaf of lettuce. The bread I made on Sunday. Plain ol’ white bread, from the circa 1962 Betty Crocker cookbook. I can make all them fancy breads, but in my household, it’s the plain ol’ white bread that gets eaten up the fastest.
Yum. Only 2 hours and fifteen minutes until lunch!
And if I had no concern as to my health, I’d eat Cheese salad, which, in my world is egg salad with an equal amount of shredded cheddar thrown in. Eggs n cheese eggs n cheese.
I don’t put pickles in mine, but that sounds good. How 'bout pickle relish? I’ll probably make more tonight or tomorrow.
Here’s what I put in it, for two sandwiches:
5 hard boiled eggs
2 small celery ribs, minced. OK, small dice. Should have been minced, but I was tired
1/2 yellow onion, more towards the minced than the celery, but still not quite minced
generous shake of dried mustard
Salt
Pepper
A couple dollops of Best Foods Light Mayo. No givin’ me shit on the “light” part. It’s as close to real mayo (ie, homemade) as the full-fat stuff is. That is, not very close.
Hmmmm… maybe I’ll make it with real mayo tomorrow.
It actually made a little bit more than I could fit on two big sandwiches, so tomorrow I’ll make it with only 4 eggs. Coincidentally, I have four hard boiled eggs left in the fridge, after Mr. Athena ate a couple.
What else should I put in it, besides the pickles?
Jarbabyj: my fav is tuna/macaroni salad with a ton of cheese in it. Elbow Macaroni, Italian dressing, sharp cheddar in lil’ cubes, peas, tuna, mayo, salt & pepper. Nothing like it. Yummnuminy.
4 eggs
1 tbsp dijon mustard
1 dill pickle
2 tbsp mayo. (and no, light will NOT do)
1 green onion, minced.
a dash of woster sauce.
Ummm, umm, ummm, ummm, um.
and now, please pardon me while I point out my curent state of undress, and invite you back to the Naked Doper thread. Come one, come all - you just have to be naked.
Yeah, but if yer a REAL purist, you’d make yer own mayo.
(hehehee, told ya not to get on me for the light stuff. Really, do a taste test. Best Foods/Hellman’s normal, Best Foods/Hellman’s light, and homemade. You’ll agree with me - neither comes close to the homemade.)
But I am gonna try the dill pickle and wooster sauce. And maybe the dijon mustard, but I like the dried stuff myself.
Ya fuckin’ kill me. I love ya!! A fave around the Toon House is Omlette Du Frommage. Equal parts of shredded cheddar cheese and scrambled eggs. OH to die for.
Now, what about the single most IMPORTANT ingredient??? Paprika??? Huh?
Blech! Egg salad is supposed to be fluffy. Why on earth would you assail its delicate texture with some ungainly cheese? Wall Street Deli put cheese in my egg salad, and I’ve never gone back. Next you’re gonna tell me you like shrimp on pizza. crackbabyj is more like it.
Mine consists of:
[ul]
[li]chopped HB eggs[/li][li]Best Foods Mayo[/li][li]chopped celery[/li][li]yellow mustard[/li][li]generous amounts of dill weed[/li][li]dash of celery salt and a dash of regular salt[/li][li]fresh ground pepper[/li][/ul]
I whirl it in my “Food Chopper,” taste, add more of one of the above.
Of course I can’t stand white bread so I use Orowheat wheat bread with some lettuce and slices of tomato.
Sometimes I will add in some parsley (yes the bland stuff) just to add a little bit of color.
My recipe:
[ul][li]6 hard-boiled eggs[/li][li]1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese (optional, I like it, Mr. tlw doesn’t)[/li][li]3 ribs celery, minced[/li][li]1 small white or yellow onion, minced[/li][li]Pinch of garlic salt[/li][li]Several dashes of hot pepper sauce[/li][li]Lots of freshly ground black pepper[/li][li]Mayo as needed to reach the proper “egg salad-y” texture[/ul][/li]
Mix up, cover with saran and set aside in a cool place for at least four hours in order to let the flavours blend, then serve on your favorite bread. I prefer deli rye (with the seeds) a fresh bagel or some challah. Yum!
Now I’m wanting egg salad and I have neither eggs nor onion in the house, I’m still not mobile enough with this stupid broken ankle to go to the store, and Mr. tlw isn’t due home for four more hours. whimper Anybody in downtown Manhattan wanna make a grocery run for me? I’ll pay well (in cash and egg salad) for the service!
Someone (was it you, Mr Cynical?) was asking me what brand of mayo I used. Given the tone of voice, it was clear to me that the conversation would end and my friend would stomp out, never looking back, if I answered wrong. I, thank heavens, said “Hellman’s” which was apparently the right answer. The tense moment passed.
