Chicken-Egg, Egg-Chicken? I'm going out on a limb here, but my vote's for the egg. I mean really. A fully formed chicken springs out of nowhere and declares, "I am the first chicken ever and I will now begin laying eggs for the first time ever." Really. Really? In my Darwinian fantasy, a little form known as an eggloodite (having of course been "cooking" in it's own juices) emerges from the primordial goo and after a brief period breaks through it's thin membrane. It survives for a few shining nanoseconds before being slurped up by a more evolved foxoodite. Well, the eggs keep popping out of the goo, a la "Aliens", and finally a few get past the foxoodite to form a little colony I'll call a coop, and voila, a little chicken finally hatched. A few more make it, they start mixing and mingling and create what I'll call the "Chicken Dance". Fortunately there was a good polka band in town and everyone had a gay old time. In a nut-, er eggshell, the chicken was born.
But like I said, I'm an egg person. So, for this weekend try a little something different and you might agree with me that the egg is numero uno.
1 dozen eggs, hard-boiled & peeled
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon whole grain mustard
1 red jalapeno, seeded & finely chopped
2 tablespoons cilantro, finely chopped
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoon salt
extra sprigs of fresh cilantro
pickled, sliced jalapenos for garnish
Cut eggs in half, lenghth-wise. Arrange egg halves on platter. Empty yolks in to mixing bowl and add mayonnaise, cumin, mustard, jalapeno and cilantro. Blend thoroughly.
Mix in salt and pepper. Adjust to taste.
Spoon mixture in to each half of egg, garnish with 2-3 slices of jalapeno.
Finish platter with extra sprigs of cilantro.
Happy Easter, Feliz Dia del Conejito and Happy Passover to all.
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