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Chopping eggs for egg salad.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:16:27 GMT

I made some egg salad today. I thought I'd pass along my quick way of cutting the eggs.

I just put the boiled peeled eggs in a bowl and use my pastry cutter/blender to chop them. You can do them as chunky or a fine as you want.

I find this quicker than using a knife.

Do you have any kitchen tips or shortcuts you would like to share?

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

dex — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:19:06 GMT

I use my can punch to open the seals on jars that I don’t have enough muscle for.I just get the pointed tip under the lids edge and pop the seal.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

ms traditional — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:22:52 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
I made some egg salad today. I thought I'd pass along my quick way of cutting the eggs.

I just put the boiled peeled eggs in a bowl and use my pastry cutter/blender to chop them. You can do them as chunky or a fine as you want.

I find this quicker than using a knife.

Do you have any kitchen tips or shortcuts you would like to share?

@CrazyKittyLvr2 along the same lines, i pull out my grater and grate the eggs. it gets done in a jiffy.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Kachina624 — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:32:49 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2. I've been using a pastry blender to chop up hard boiled eggs my while life.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Warrior2022 — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:33:56 GMT

I use a egg slicer

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

CrazyKittyLvr2 — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:37:34 GMT

@Kachina624 I've done it this way for a few years now. I do it for eggs in macaroni or potato salad too.

When I did it today it occurred to me that maybe some have never tried it. The first time I used the pastry cutter instead of a knife I wondered why I hadn't done it from the get go.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Alison Wonderland — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 23:54:43 GMT

@dex wrote:
I use my can punch to open the seals on jars that I don’t have enough muscle for.I just get the pointed tip under the lids edge and pop the seal.

Great idea! I use a butter knife. I live alone and tried everything else and the butter knife popped the seal, saving me from having to ask a neighbor to open my spaghetti sauce. I'll have to try the can opener trick, as I'm always worried that the butter knife is so thin it will break.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Eliana — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:02:37 GMT

That's how I have always done it, and how my mother has always done it. She also chops her potatoes for potato salad that way. I like my potatoes a little chunkier in potato salad, so I don't use it for those, but I do use it for left-over potatoes that I'm going to fry.

I moisten a couple of slices of bread with just a little water, gently squeez the water out and tear it to pieces, add some onion, salt, pepper, and the potatoes that I chopped with the pastry cutter and fry it all up. My mom made these when I was a kid. They're my favorite.

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ECBG — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:06:15 GMT

@Eliana I like my potatoes a little chunkier as well. I don't want everything to stir down into mashed potatoes. Yuck.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

sandy53 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:07:05 GMT

@Warrior2022 wrote:
I use a egg slicer

I slice them one direction, then turn the egg halfway around and slice it again to make smal cubes. Easy.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

eddyandme — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:14:23 GMT

Well not sure if you can still buy these, I use a can opener like they used to use to punch a hole in a soda can years ago or lift off the bottle cap.

You just take the pointed end and put it on a jar lid by the place that latches it. When pressed down it breaks the seal and voila!

I also put plastic grocery bags in empty tissue boxes so they're stored somewhat neatlly until I need to use one.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

mspatmac — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:23:24 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote:
@Kachina624 I've done it this way for a few years now. I do it for eggs in macaroni or potato salad too.

When I did it today it occurred to me that maybe some have never tried it. The first time I used the pastry cutter instead of a knife I wondered why I hadn't done it from the get go.

@CrazyKittyLvr2

Good tip. I use the pastery cutter for a large number of eggs or if I want large pieces. For just one or two I use a rotating slicer that I found in BBB years ago. Put the peeled egg in and slice.. Rotate the base and slice the other way. Perfect little squares for egg salad.

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RedTop — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 00:28:52 GMT

I use my Rikon pull chop for ham, tuna, chicken salad, and to mix the filling for deviled eggs.

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house_cat — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 01:13:33 GMT

If you have a wire rack, like you'd use to cool cakes... place the rack over a bowl and push the eggs through. Bam! It takes seconds. I think I learned the trick from the Pioneer Woman's show and have never done it any other way since then.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Catty2 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 01:16:31 GMT

I use a fork to shred the eggs to make egg salad.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

BklynKinsey — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 01:18:53 GMT

@sandy53 wrote:
@Warrior2022 wrote:
I use a egg slicer
I slice them one direction, then turn the egg halfway around and slice it again to make smal cubes. Easy.

I just made an egg salad sandwich this evening and this is exactly how I make it. I use my mothers old egg slicer -- it has metal wires for cutting -- and it must be 75 years old and still works great.

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Sooner — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:37:35 GMT

I just hold it in my left hand, use a butter knife and slice it up. I slice it longways on the top and side, then cut slices off that. All holding it in my left hand.

Re: Chopping eggs for egg salad.

Kachina624 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 02:43:16 GMT

I hate the commercially prepared potato salad they serve at banquets and big dinners in Texas. It's always made of mushy mashed potatoes which I consider to be inedible. Awful stuff.

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AKgirl2 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 03:25:49 GMT

@CrazyKittyLvr2 ~ I've been using a pastry blender (for years) as well. Works great, and yes, quick too!

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Citrine1 — Tue, 05 Nov 2019 03:35:20 GMT

All great tips. Thank you ladies!