I made ten dozen deviled eggs last weekend and they all were happily eaten. Egg preparation is important. I prefer to steam the eggs, because if they are boiled, the layer around the yoke Can turn light green. Steam also helps the shells release to aid peeling. I make a large amount because they get eaten real quickly....
After they are cooled, they are cut in half and the yolks are placed in a separate bowl. The whites are placed in a large ziplock bag, to wait in the refrigerator. When final assembly begins, they are arranged in an egg plate:
By filling in the plate's center too, more eggs can be done at once.
These parts are then filled with the yolk mix (recipebelow) by using another plastic bag like a cake icing tool, simply by clipping off the corner.
Then fill like this:
Mostly done here, I added sliced olives, but a sprinkle of paprika is also popular.
Here is the 'bag method':
This can be done fairly quickly, and is a little fun. Add a lot of filling here, with some egg whites tearing, and the added ingredients; there is always left over filling!
Five dozen egg yolks first get mashed finely. Then twenty ounces ( 2.5 cups) of mayonnaise is stirred in. A cup of mustard is also added at this time. I use seasoned salt to taste, and usually add some paprika too. I like a little bite, so I use horseradish mustard. If you want it even hotter, very finely diced Jalapenos can be mixed in right here.
The object is to add complimentary flavors, and a significant amount of moisture; because egg yolks can be very dry!
Then we decorate them:
I know that they enjoy eating the black olives here, so that's what I used; but you can get creative here! I've seen small figures carved from vegetables used to garnish these eggs. You can leave them plain, and add a pocketed dish with multiple choices, and let them pick their own topper. A dusting of paprika is a common topper, it adds a little flavor, and makes the colors pop.
One Of our volunteers is an Elder from my church, who came here from Nigeria. He had never tasted a deviled egg, so I gave him one. He suggested that I rename the eggs to heavenly eggs, LOL! 😆 Maybe he has a good idea....
The term 'deviled' is a processing term. Originally, food that was past it's 'prime' and started to smell a little spoiled; needed to be eaten anyway. So they ground it very fine, and added a lot of local spices (usually hot) and oils; to hide the poor taste. Since most of these preparations we're very hot, they started calling them 'deviled'. Hopefully we won't be so hard up for food, that we need to go back to this method to stay alive today too!
Ham is likely the most recognized, and is still deviled and sold today, just with meat that isn't spoiled. Liver is also still processed the same way called braunschweiger, but I think it is because a lot of people just don't like the taste and dryness of most cooked liver.
Smaller batches are a little harder to adjust the spices etc, but are fun, and worth the effort! Enjoy, and keep on deviling, LOL 😆😁🤠
I love eggs and eat them every day, but for some reason, I don’t like deviled eggs much. I guess it’s not for everyone!
Change the flavor mixture, that's why it's so versatile; you can adjust it to what you like.
I eat eggs daily myself.
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Actually it's pretty amazing that we have such high standards for food as well as a lack of desperation.
Amazing things that we can take care of.
Having food is pretty important.
It's kind of like your health you don't notice it until it's gone.
Really wish I could have helped eat those 300 deviled eggs or however many there were. Because I can definitely put a dent in that platter.
Wow, I replied, and it went away!
I think things will slip a lot soon, what would be appalling now, will become acceptable after the SHTF hits!
Food is planned to be used for Control, so storing food is revolutionary!
My health is improving, due to herbal medicine use.
You'd have to eat the platter...they ate all the eggs! But I can eat quite a few myself.
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It's funny how much Western medicine and all the narcotics as well as Pills just made me sicker.
They are good are acute problems, but stink at chronic conditions. Most medicines are toxic at best!
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Yep cause more issues than they correct.
True, they are still using acid reducers, even though they Know they cause cancer and osteoporosis!
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Desperation sadly will come soon, and standards will slip!
We won't last long without food....
I've been improving my health using herbals. Off all prescription meds now, and still getting better every day!
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Congratulations!!!!
I have all the seeds to plant all my own medicine... Plus a few more! When I don't need them for food, security, or medicine; I can stay free.
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It's funny the prices we paid to have all these so-called conveniences that just enslave you into the system.
Let alone public opinion that should you do this and be more self-sufficient you are some crazy person.
However there is quite a bit of technology out there that is going to change the game for the New Waves of individuals going off grid.
My plan is to use packet radio to retain communication when they block conservatives from the internet. We have already set up our communication net frequency for our survival group. It will be very hard to find us in the tens of thousands of frequencies available!
I love being this kind of crazy, LOL! 😆
My electronics bench is worth more than my house, with some gear that is illegal to export; because of what they can do. So I can mitigate some of the technology they will use.
I solved a problem that DARPA has been trying to solve for decades, then I realized that I am not comfortable giving them that capability! I know how to locate a sniper by the sound the make...but what if the sniper is a defensive sniper? Moral dilemma for sure!
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Actually it's a laser scan that picks up any reflections such as camera lenses or in the case of a sniper that big huge 50 mm objective lens stands out like a radar dish.
Sound is all good. Up until it rains.
However having extra tactics and knowledge is important!
As well as having enough food to be able to outlast the starvation that's going to come.
Yep hopefully here soon me and puppy dog can get going on our projects.
I remember them, they were my favorite way of eating eggs when I was a kid.
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