March 25, 2008

Green Egg Salad (No Ham)

Easter was especially fun this year - it was all about the eggs!

Although free-range eggs recently hit $3.00 a dozen here, we bought a lot. After waffles, everyone was ready to dye a few. They came out beautifully; so naturally we hid them up in the vegetable garden, where a real bunny would forage.

The only child among us searched diligently among the swiss chard, cabbages, rhubarb and nasturtiums, finding most of them. Only one went to the dog, who amazed us all by rolling it with her nose to break up the shell before eating the hard-boiled egg.

But last night I was faced with packing lunch, and making use of the colorful bounty. So naturally I shucked a few and whipped up a batch of egg salad. The green bits looked very festive; and since they matched my fingerprints it didn't seem odd to see them in my sandwich.

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