adventures in cooking: bacon and egg salad!

[alpharaposa]

While visiting my folks over my brief vacation, I obtained collinsmom's basic egg salad recipe, with notes for additions to make it into ham salad, or chicken, or tuna, or potato. Really versatile.

But when I was out shopping, I forgot to pick up ham or chicken in order to make a version for anher! For some reason, even when the taste of tuna is disguised, it ends up disagreeing with his stomach, so anything tuna is mine.

But I did buy bacon.

So, I fried up a pound of bacon and tore up the crispiest pieces into chewy bacon bits. I boiled eggs using this method, which works astonishingly well.

Then I made egg salad and put lots of bacon in it. Two great tastes together!

If you ask nicely, I might reveal my mom's super secret basic egg salad recipe.

Oh, heck. I don't think she'll mind.

Basic Egg Salad Recipe

4 boiled eggs, chopped (I have an egg slicer for this)
10 oz jar of relish, sweet or dill (I used dill)
1/4 of medium-sized onion, chopped
Real mayonnaise to coat, about 1-2 large spoonfuls (or about 3-4 tablespoons worth)

I added about 2/3 of a lb (that's pre-cooked size) of cooked and shredded bacon, but you could add any of the following:
1 pkg drained tuna
1 cup cooked, chopped chicken
3-4 medium potatoes, cooked and chopped
1-2 cups cooked and chopped ham

Comments

[collinsmom.livejournal.com]

After thinking about it, use 2-3 potatoes unless you like potatoes.

I read the steps for boiling eggs and she does not say how to peel the eggs after they are cooked. There are several methods to use if you are using them right away...

One method is to drain off the hot water, shake the eggs in the pan until they are all cracked. Cover them with cold water, drain and cover them with cold water again. Then you can peel them easier. I put them back in the cold water to cool as I peel them all.

Another method I found in a cook book where you hit the egg against a hard surface just enough to start a crack. Then you roll them between your two palms until all cracked, and peel.

If the eggs are not peeling and are leaving large chunks of white on the shell, use a spoon to scrape between the shell and egg. This also works well with eggs that are chilling in the fridge.

[collinsmom.livejournal.com]

Eggs and bacon. You could call that a breakfast salad. I wonder if you could make a sausage breakfast salad.

[stryck.livejournal.com]

That's easy. Cook 1/2 a pound of ground sausage and drain before adding. Probably would go well with some shredded sharp cheddar. :9