It's National Deviled Egg Day—Celebrate by Trying These Deliciously Creative Recipes

CARSON DOWNING

If you didn't know there was a day dedicated to deviled eggs, you do now—and if you're a lover of the classic breakfast (or brunch, snack, appetizer, etc.), there's only one way to celebrate. But since it's a holiday, you have the perfect excuse to try out a special recipe.

Plenty of cultures claim the deviled egg as their own; what we know is that the deviled egg can be traced back to ancient Rome. Historically, wealthy Romans would boil eggs and serve them with spicy sauces as an appetizer for a large, fancy meal, according to the North Carolina Egg Association. They even had a name for serving eggs while entertaining: “ab ova usque ad mala” meaning “from eggs to apples.”

The classic, modern recipe for a deviled egg involves making hard-boiled eggs and adding mayonnaise or salad dressing, yellow mustard, vinegar, paprika, and parsley. But the versatility of the simple dish offers plenty of ways to level them up with yummy twists—and social media has no shortage of innovative ideas.

TikTok creator @babytamago made elevated breakfast deviled eggs by first hard boiling them, removing the shells, and soaking them in beet juice for 16 hours to give them a pretty pink color. Then she combined the yolks with the traditional mayonnaise, salt, and pepper mixture and put them back inside the egg white. To take it to a restaurant-quality level, she topped them off with smoked salmon, capers, cucumber, and Everything But The Bagel Seasoning.

In the comments, users debated on the ideal time to eat a deviled egg: Some said they've never thought of them as a meal but more of a special-occasion food. Others classified them as a happy hour treat.

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