Deviled Eggs and Egg Salad Sandwiches
As a child we didn't celebrate much of any holiday. The holidays we liked were usually called 'horse shows'. Christmas and Easter both received about equal recognition. When we got old enough to color our own eggs my cousin Coco and I would do so regardless if any adult was involved. Between our two families there was only one child younger than she and me, but coloring eggs was fun, so...
Now days people seem to want to have a controversy and anything will do. Some folks want to berate any one who 'celebrates' Christmas, because the Catholic Church sabotaged a pagan holiday, and we shouldn't participate in such like. Ditto is implied with Easter. It is said that Easter is a mistranslation of the word Ishtar, a pagan goddess. Well, in 1611 when the King James authorized translators translated the term "Passover" for Easter there was a reason, and according to http://www.kjvtoday.com/home/easter-or-passover-in-acts-124 it was not a mistake, but an accurate translation. Ishtar and Easter may have a similar sound, but not a similar etymology.
So, after chasing that rabbit—or squirrel, I have come to a better understanding and finer appreciation of Easter. A few years ago a good qualified gospel preacher was (in Bible class) teaching on why we don't celebrate certain holidays in a religious fashion, and my question was, 'but don't we know when Jesus was resurrected since it was at the Passover?'
I don't believe he'd ever thought on it in that fashion before, and since we celebrate Jesus body and blood being sacrificed for our forgiveness every first day of the week we would celebrate that first day of the week anyway as well.
Being Americans we do have a tendency to do things in our own way. Yesterday, after worship services our family came together, had a barbecue with hot dogs, brats, hamburgers and ham, with all the fixings. Someone brought natural hard boiled eggs, and some brought plastic eggs with candy, and we had a pinata. We celebrated family, friends, forgiveness, and life. We celebrated the blessings God gives us through Jesus His Son. At the end of the celebration we have a tendency to divide up things that have enough volume to divide amongst the families. Sometimes it's cake, desserts, dinner rolls...yesterday it was some of the above and hard boiled eggs.
Deviled eggs are not difficult to make. I boil mine—yesterday I had one dozen and (after I brought the water to a boil) boiled them in a pan of water for 15-20 minutes. When I'm certain the eggs are done, I dump them out into the sink. I try to crack the egg shells a bit, and then rinse them in cold water. I try to let them chill out in the fridge until they've cooled. I think they peel a bit better this way. When I do remove the shell unless they are almost casting off their shells without help, I use a teaspoon to run under and remove the shell. Rinse all the shell remains off the outside then cut the egg in half. Carefully encourage the yolk out of the white and after all the yolks are out I mash the yolks. Add to the mashed yolks mayonnaise, a squirt or two of prepared mustard, and salt to taste. Then fill the dent in the whites, place on you plate, and voila! They should be good to go. Some people garnish the tops with paprika for color.
