To Dye, Or Not to Dye...

...Your Egg Yolks...???

Yes, that's the question, and I think so.

A little egg-respect:

I love eggs. From a scientific and engineering point of view they are pretty amazing. 

As a food they are nutritious and delicious and so simple. 

Delicate perhaps, but each one comes wrapped in it's own perfect package and it keeps, 

especially refrigerated, for quite a long time.

I think an egg is a beautiful thing!

I like my eggs soft or hard boiled, in quiche, baking and mousses...

And deviled, obviously.

Today, like most days when I have the chance, I have been playing with eggs. 

Chicken eggs usually. (Store bought ones, unfortunately) 

Deviled was on the menu. (or is that devilled, devil-ed...? apparently a consensus hasn't been reached)

Because it's Easter! 

Or because I read this/looked at the photos. 

More likely the photos. 

Probably.

I like how this photo captures a retro feel. 

Did you watch American Hustle?

(If you didn't, you should)

That era.

Sydney's dresses, clothes and accessories... Amazing. Covet them.

Some of Irving's are pretty interesting, too.

I decided to try baking my eggs to "hard boil". 

Cooking times are longer at higher altitudes, and by longer, I mean a lot longer!!! 

The perfect soft boiled egg would be hard at sea level...

So I'll have to try that about hundred times more before I attain perfection, 

because 35-40 minutes in the oven gives you the ideal soft boil. 

But I want them hard!

Also when Jessica [howsweeteats] mentions it's not easy to remove the yoke from her up-right, 

totally awesome looking, non-standard deviled eggs. I'd agree. 

So mine 

(the survivors of the cutting and what appears to have been smashing, but I promise you wasn't) 

are the usual.

Roasted garlic entirely makes these eggs sing! 

Yes, I know they're not hatched and never will be, but those cute little eggs are singing!

Only now I wish I'd dyed my yolks yellower before piping back into the whites. 

Is that a thing? Do people do that?

I want to. 

And I just might! 

Happy Easter by the way!

I'm off to buy blue cheese!

Because, you know, we pretty much ALWAYS have bacon... :)