Recipe - Truly Evil Deviled Eggs

I woke up at 11am today, quite not sure if I must get ready for work or if I must get a longer Saturday sleep. It took me around 3 minutes to realize that ...TODAY IS A HOLIDAY! hah! (ever had that kind of morning?) ...I can sleep longer!

After a 5 minute snooze, it then hit me - oh, it's MAUNDY THURSDAY!!! Time for a little sentimental journey...

When my family still lived in Fort Bonifacio -- from maundy Thursday to good Friday -- my childhood friends and I would go building to building, unit to unit, to collect raw eggs from neighbors for... Easter Eggs!!! My mom would hard-boil these eggs (one hundred eggs, more or less!), then we'd stay up till wee hours of black Saturday to decorate them - by drawing designs using crayons and immersing them in water with food coloring (oh, you really should try that kind of art, it's pretty cool!). Then we'd hide the eggs within the vicinity of St. Michael parish before Easter Sunday.

Every kid is waiting for this - the END of the first Easter Sunday mass, when they can finally start looking for hidden eggs, and win a prize - P20 per egg! The bonus: they can keep the hard boiled eggs and have them for breakfast! hahaha!

Meanwhile, my mom would make egg salad sandwiches from the cracked eggs. They make good quick energizers for the cute little angels who will participate in the early morning "Salubong". If there are leftovers, I, being a church lector that time, would get an added benefit to have a yummy sandwich too!

Aaah, good old memories of lent! I miss being an "army brat"! Therefore, I couldn't let this day pass without having... EGGS. haha! But can I be a grown up woman now? How about DEVILED EGGS for once? :) here's my version: (complete recipe will be at the end of this post!)

1. HARD-BOIL eggs, 2. SLICE them in halves

3. SCOOP out the yolks

4. MASH the yolks with pinipig, and "truly evil", calorie-packed japanese mayo and crab paste (hahahaha!)

5. SCOOP them back into the egg whites

6. GARNISH with preferred herbs and/or Sriracha

Last step - devour and enjoy your meat-less Lenten breakfast!!! Care to know Lou's verdict? He said my deviled eggs were "unusual yet very simple, inexplicably YUMMY, and orgasmic." (pardon the last adjective).

Truly Evil Deviled Eggs Leda Brigino's pin on Pinterest. Ingredients: 1. 4 large eggs 2. 2 tbsp Japanese mayonnaise 3. 1 tbsp Crab paste 4. 2 tbsp Pinipig crunch (alternative: finely chopped cashews) 5. Sriracha Sauce (optional) 6. Crushed black pepper (optional) 7. Crushed dried basil leaves (optional) Instructions: 1. Boil eggs for 5-7 minutes 2. Cool the eggs, peel then cut in halves 3. Scoop out the yolks, then place them in a separate bowl 4. Add the pinipig, mayonnaise and crab paste in the bowl the mash them with the yolks 5. Scoop the yolk mixture back into the egg whites (You can do this by using a teaspoon or 1 tbsp measuring spoon) 6. Optional: garnish with black pepper, dried basil leaves and sriracha Makes 2-3 Servings. Note: If you find step 5 quite hard and messy, you can put the yolk mixture in a plastic bag with corner cut-off then "pipe" them back into the egg whites. However, I think that's not environment friendly. :P