Deviled Eggs

 

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Ingredients

1 dozen hard-boiled eggs

1/3 cup mayonnaise

1 Tablespoon sour cream

1 Tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 Tablespoon pickle relish

1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar

½ teaspoon hot sauce (optional)

½ teaspoon paprika

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

Very light sprinkle of cayenne pepper (optional)

1 clove finely minced garlic

½ teaspoon horseradish sauce

1 finely minced pepper (optional)

2 shakes of Worcestershire sauce

Garnish the tops of the filled eggs with crumbled cooked bacon

Directions

Fill a large pot with enough water to cover the eggs, then bring to a boil. Before boiling add the eggs and turn on the heat. Bring to a boil. Cover and let simmer for 9 minutes. Remove the eggs from the heat and dunk the eggs in a ice bath until completely cooled.

Peel the eggs, cut in half and scoop out the yolks into a medium bowl. Mash the egg yolks with a fork. Add the mayo, mustard, pickle relish, vinegar, hot sauce, salt and pepper.  Mix until combined.

NOTE: TEST, DON'T GUESS. Before filling the egg white half TASTE the mixture and adjust the seasoning to your liking.

Fill each egg white half with a heaping teaspoon of the mixture.

 

About Jim Hingst: Sign business authority on vehicle wraps, vinyl graphics, screen printing, marketing, sales, gold leaf, woodcarving and painting. 

After fourteen years as Business Development Manager at RTape, Jim Hingst retired. He was involved in many facets of the company’s business, including marketing, sales, product development and technical service.

Hingst began his career 42 years ago in the graphic arts field creating and producing advertising and promotional materials for a large test equipment manufacturer.  Working for offset printers, large format screen printers, vinyl film manufacturers, and application tape companies, his experience included estimating, production planning, purchasing and production art, as well as sales and marketing. In his capacity as a salesman, Hingst was recognized with numerous sales achievement awards.

Drawing on his experience in production and as graphics installation subcontractor, Hingst provided the industry with practical advice, publishing more than 190 articles for  publications, such as  Signs Canada, SignCraft,  Signs of the Times, Screen Printing, Sign and Digital Graphics and  Sign Builder Illustrated. He also posted more than 500 stories on his blog (hingstssignpost.blogspot.com). In 2007 Hingst’s book, Vinyl Sign Techniques, was published.  Vinyl Sign Techniques is available at sign supply distributors and at Amazon. 

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