Recipe - Phyllis And Betty Crockers Most Mahalo Deviled Eggs

6 Hard cooked; (boiled) eggs
One fourth cup Mayonaise; (these days we
use Miracle Whip Lite and
don't miss a thing!)
One fourth teaspoon Salt & pepper to taste
One half teaspoon Prepared mustard; (we've
always used French's)
1 teaspoon Minced onion; (we now
probably use twice that)
1 teaspoon Minced celery
1 teaspoon Minced pickle; (we use sweet
gherkins)
One half teaspoon Minced green olives
One fourth teaspoon Lawry's seasoned salt
Paprika

some very special Deviled Eggs. Not my recipe. My wife's. She used to be
the cook. She originally, most likely, got the basic recipe for them from
our first cookbook, "Betty Crocker's New Dinner For Two" , which was a
wedding gift when we married in '69, (...how romantic...). She's 'tinkered'
and 'fiddled' (don't cha love that?) with it over the years, and although
now I'm the cook, I never make Deviled Eggs because there's just no way I'd
know to improve upon 'these bad boys'. They're NOT spicy, but compared to
most I've ever had, "They're alive!!" ...but seriously, try them. They're
terriffic. There are three of us, and in a day's time, we can make a dozen
eggs vanish! Therefore, I'm taking it easy on you, and just giving you the
recipe for...six.....

Start with eggs at room temperature. In a saucepan, cover them with 1 inch
cold water. Cover. Rapidly bring to a boil. Turn off heat, but leave
covered and on the burner for 15 20 minutes. Pour off hot water and bathe
eggs in ice cold water until cool. Peel eggs and cut in half. Remove
yellows to a bowl. Mash with fork or potato masher. Add all other
ingredients and stir until blended. Consistency should not be runny nor
dry. Upon tasting, see what it needs. If too dry, add either/or mayo, or
mustard and, if you like a little more tartness, add a little sweet pickle
juice ( if you do this, go easy...a little goes a long way.). Spoon the
mixture back into the hollow egg whites. With all the veggies we add, we
add the mixture in "heaping" proportions. Give them a good dust on top with
paprika. Nice for presentation.

You can see what WAS the original recipe, and, in parenthesis and in
comments, you can see what she's done to liven them up. We put in more
stuff because we like them crunchy.

Now, here's an idea of mine that...IF I were the one making them.....and IF
I got a little too free with any of the wet ingredients and wanted to
thicken it up, or dry it down, ..this is what I would do. (I'm dying to try
this, actually....) Chop or mince about 2 more boiled egg white halves
(24?) and add it to the filling. And maybe some Tabasco?

WARNING: THESE ARE ADDICTIVE !!!!!

Posted to TNT Recipes Digest by Mi Kicks MiKicks@aol.com on Apr 2, 1998