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Eggs that got a yolk-mayo makeover and a reputation for being eaten in three seconds flat.
means Hard-boiled eggs halved, with the yolks mashed up with mayonnaise and seasonings, then spooned or piped back into the whites.
from The 'deviled' here isn't demonic — it's an 18th-century cooking term meaning food made fiery with spice, mustard, pepper, or heat, since the devil was long associated with fire and intensity. 'Deviled' showed up on menus for hot, zesty dishes (deviled kidneys, deviled ham) before it landed on spiced-up eggs. The stuffed-egg dish itself is far older than the name — ancient Rome had versions with seasoned yolks — but the English word arrived once the spicy sense of 'deviled' caught on.
- name origin
- deviled meant spicy in 1700s cooking slang
- peak era
- 1950s potlucks made them a status symbol
- transport problem
- deviled egg plates exist solely to prevent tragedy
- math fact
- always vanish faster than everything else on the table