For my entire life I have dyed eggs for Easter. Even after the kids had gone and no grand kids around I still found myself dying eggs. I love the story about Deb Paustian Dodson, dying eggs for Steve in a motel room somewhere for Easter! She never missed an Easter! She and I would get tog on the Sat before Easter in Cabo and dye eggs and laugh as neither of us was real good at it. We tried blowing them, traditional dying, decorating, etc. We each ended up with a basket of eggs that weren't real pretty but we proudly displayed them.
I also was thinking as a child, we dyed our eggs and left them sitting in a basket for days and days, grabbing one to peel and eat as we ran outside to play. NO refrigeration.........and we all survived. Our eggs in Mexico were from farms with no chemical treatments.........usually covered with chicken poop.......and absolutely great eggs! Isn't it funny how we have so many "rules" about our food now days? I guess there are reasons. But, sorry to say.........I am the worst of all at following "rules".
There just can't be anyone that doesn't know how to make deviled eggs but I'll give you a couple of hints. For years I didn't know exactly how to boil an egg.......just put it in a pot of boiling water, etc. Always, there were cracked and broken eggs.......I just hoped the majority would be left whole. So, later I learned to bring the eggs I was going to boil......to room temp first...(which is easy in Mexico as they are not refrigerated to begin with!)...then put them in a pot and cover with cold water. Bring just barely to a boil, turn to simmer and simmer for about 15 min. Perfect eggs. Now, all the fun things to do with the eggs. My friend, Rebecca, makes killer egg salad sandwiches......an all time favorite.
For deviled eggs.....I don't like mine pureed like baby food. I like mine with a little "chunkiness" to them. Just mash the eggs up with a fork, then add your goodies. One new thing I have learned that makes them really tasty, is instead of mayo.......use Ranch dressing.....some finely chopped green onions.......maybe a little sweet relish and for spice, Dijon mustard. You can always fill your whites with the yellow filling, with a spoon but more fun is to fill a plastic bag with your mixture, cut a small hole for a tip and squeeze out a fancy filling into your white. If you have a cake decorating "star" tip, that is even more fun.....sprinkle a little chopped parsley and away you go.....! If the weather is good.......pack all up for an Easter picnic. Ours is not good........dodged a tornado last night just 4 miles north of us! Bob slept through the whole thing while I gathered my precious belongings to take to the "safe room"........funny........the things we try to save! LOL
Lynne....how funny the memories of us dying Easter eggs. You are right, Steve and I were on the road doing oil and gas leasing and were in a Mom and Pop, 20 room motel somewhere in Kansas, in the middle of a spring storm. I walked to the local Seven Eleven through the snow and bought their last dozen eggs, vinegar and a variety pack of food coloring. I fired up the trusty hot plate in our motel room that had a bed, a table and 2 chairs a small dresser and a REALLY old tv. I used paper cups to put the food color, vinegar,and water in and dipped in the eggs with a plactic spoon. They didn't look all that bad but for heavens sakes.....there is no way on earth to use food coloring without getting it on your fingers, on the towels, everywhere. What a memory. Dyed them this year all alone...where were you Lynne? Missed my Mom...she loved to dye them too. Steve watched golf on TV and we went to the Meekers in Cabo del Sol for Easter Dinner. Took a basket of my Easter eggs and they thought they were grand. Doesn't take much to entertain us here in Cabo, right? Have been watching the weather and Steve commented that the tornados are really near where you guys are. Stay safe.....Big Hug....Deb
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