Mom's Simple Deviled Eggs

So first, an update. I haven't updated this blog in more than a month for several reasons. Here they are:

1. I have been traveling quite a bit, and haven't been able to try as many new deviled egg recipes as I would have liked.

2. I HAVE made two new recipes, I just haven't had time to put them up on the blog. Today's addition is the first one, and by the end of the week I will add the second one.

3. Once I made the "Bacon and Cheese Deviled Eggs", I felt like I had found deviled egg perfection. I've made them several times since then, and sometimes it's hard to try new deviled egg recipes knowing they won't measure up to the "Bacon and Cheese Deviled Eggs" that are (so far) the best I've tried since creating this blog.

Nonetheless, here are "Mom's Simple Deviled Eggs."

Mom must LOVE salt! Her ankles must be bloated, because MAN this had a lot of salt. I actually had to make this recipe twice, as the first time, both I and my taste testers felt that the eggs were great, but just WAY WAY too salty. I wondered if I had accidentally added too much salt, but when I remade the recipe using much less salt, they STILL were kind of salty. Not so overwhelming as the first attempt, and the recipe here reflects my changes to the salt, although the pictures reflect the original recipe as I received it.

Recipe:

6 hard-boiled eggs
2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard
2 teaspoons distilled white vinegar
pinch salt, to taste
1/4 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
paprika for garnish


Above: adding mayonnaise and mustard


Above: adding the vinegar and the 1/4 teaspoon of salt (reduced to just a pinch for the final recipe)


Above: the final result, after dusting with paprika for garnish.

These deviled eggs are actually very good. Not perfect, of course - they are a bit simple, I had to reduce the salt, and they are a tad runny. All in all, a simple, easy deviled egg recipe that isn't TOTALLY banal since it at least has a little bite from the vinegar.

Overall: 68 out of 100
Texture: 10 out of 20 (just a little runny)
Flavor: 17 out of 20
Uniqueness: 8 out of 20
Appearance: 16 out of 20
Ease of preparation: 18 out of 20

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