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brooklyn1 wrote:
> I make egg salad the way my mom did, coarsely chopped whites, fork
> mashed yolks, gently folded with s n'p, chopped parsley/celery I
> rarely make egg salad, reminds me of dirty diapers... I much prefer
> sliced eggs... my theory is egg salad evolved from those who can't/are
> too lazy to peel eggs. When I boil eggs I typically cook the entire
> dozen, sometimes 18 eggs... I peel them all and keep them in a covered
> container in the fridge. I don't fry eggs often, I prefer sliced egg
> sandwiches, good with sardines... sliced eggs are excellent in a
> BLT... but mostly I have sliced eggs on an ELT (Egg/Lettuce/Tomato).
> Bacon is not one of my favorite foods and I hate frying bacon, craps
> up my stove. I almost always have a supply of hard cooked eggs in my
> fridge, eggs are still the best food value and hard cooked the most
> versatile.


We, too, tend to have hard-boiled eggs in the refrigerator. The
only time we don't is when it's time to boil more.

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Jean B.