Is it wrong that I'm a sucker for egg salad? I could eat hard-boiled eggs pretty much any time of day. When I was in London, they actually sold what they quite cleverly called, "Egg Mayonnaise," in plastic tubs, ready to eat. Some of my favorite nights were when I stopped at the store after work, picked up a tub of egg mayo and a baguette, sat on the couch and watched the same 4 episodes of Friends 3 times in a row (it was one of the only American shows and few channels we got) and ripped off the baguette piece by piece and scooped up the egg mayo goodness.
If I was feeling especially fancy, I'd stop by
Pret a Manger during lunch and pick up a pre-made egg mayo sandwich. Oh, and of course a
Love Bar for dessert :)
My absolute favorite egg mayo sando came from this AMAZING deli/bakery near my office on Praed Street in London. It was called Bonne Bouche. After I started thinking about it, I spent about a half hour desperately googling it, looking for a website or a menu so that I could reminisce about all my favorite sandwiches and hazelnut cookie bars I used to get from there, but unfortunately they don't have a website. Not all of the money I blew in London was on clothes, a lot of it went to this wonderful place.
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| Seriously, if you go to London, go here. |
This extremely long blog post devoted to egg mayonnaise was inspired by this recipe I found on
Real Simple's website. I made some egg salad last night to eat with saltines for dinner and I decided it was time to spice it up. When it comes to my egg salad, I'm very British about it - just egg and mayo. But I decided to add some more flavor the next time. I think
this recipe - Curried Egg Salad might be just right. Although, I think I might skip out on the pumpernickel bread. I'm quite satisfied with my saltines.
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