egg salad

i think i was in 5th grade when we made egg salad in home economics class. i can remember clearly that we had to boil eggs without even timing it. we put dumped the eggs in boiling water and let it stay there until our teacher told us to take it out. i am pretty sure it was longer than necessary, because after peeling it the yolk smelled like fart and was gray. during that time i didn't even think any of it because that was the only way i knew it looked, gray and sad.


i have been making my egg salad that way ever since, until i had a taste of starbucks'. it was so different from what i knew and i wanted my egg salad to be that way. it was bright yellow and thick, not like my normal thin, liquid-y, gray mess.
i searched the internet and realized what was wrong with the recipe my grade school teacher shared with our gullible class. the egg and mayo proportion was super off. there was so much mayo in the recipe i have been making all these years that whenever i put the two bread pieces together, you wouldn't even know there's something in between.
so recently i have tried a few different recipes and came up with this one that i think would have a permanent place in my repertoire. it was super good, creamy and satisfying. so for all of you egg fanatics out there, here's the recipe.

egg salad

ingredients:

9 eggs
3 stalks celery, chopped finely
3 tbsp mayonaisse (best foods or hellman's)
salt
pepper
generous pinch of yellow curry powder
chopped chives/green onions/parsley

directions:

1. place eggs on a single layer in a pot and fill it up with cold water, up until about an inch higher than the eggs.

2. turn your stove up to high and wait for it to boil.

3. once it boils, set your timer for 8 minutes.

4. after 8 minutes take out the eggs and out it in a large bowl with cold water and ice to stop the cooking process.

5. once the eggs are completely cool, peel them and chop them depending on how chunky you want your egg salad to be. i prefer mine chunky.

6. combine all the ingredients. adjust the salt and pepper levels to your taste. spread on your favorite bread and eat up until you feel like you can't eat anymore.