stuff it

The Friendship
Elizabeth and I share enthusiasm for many things: inappropriate public behavior, Halloween, general acts of enthusiasm, and cooking for ourselves and others. Unfortunately, there are too many cities between us to easily cook for each other. In circumventing this travesty, we often find ourselves bantering over Gmail (gchat might be the greatest thing that’s ever happened in electronic communications), often about food. Frequently about sex. Sometimes about the combination, but that’s a different recipe. Hope you find this recipe, and guest blog, delicious. ~Tara

The Invite
me: i’m hungry
but i don’t know what to eat

i’m going to check out the sitch
Libby: hummus
pita, cucumber, and carrots
me: i have carrots and hummus
but no pita or cucumber
though that sounds yummy
12 minutes
me: i am a genius
we had hard boiled eggs
so i made half an avocado stuffed with lightly curried egg salad
with celery
Libby: yum
that sounds amazing
me: it’s delicious!
Libby: would you like to guest blog it on iwiim?

The Pathos
There are several convenient factors at play here:

One: The tendency of my roommate to hard-boil the last 3-5 eggs in a dozen, and buy a fresh batch, providing the availability of hard-boiled eggs with minimal effort on my part.

Two: Our collective household tendency to panic if there is not at least one avocado in our kitchen at all times

Three: I saw a jalapeno egg salad the other day that was the loveliest shade of green, and got me thinking delicious thoughts.

And one major tendency:

One: My favorite way to cook is to find foods I love, and then stuff one inside the other. It’s borderline pathological. I love to stuff food with other food. The result is almost uniformly that the two-foods-in-one-monster is superior to either ingredient on its own. I can’t stress this enough. Stuff it, people.

The Recipe
Three hard-boiled eggs
1-2 tablespoons mayo (I prefer fat-free… it’s good, I swear)
1 tablespoon mustard (I prefer deli-style, but yellow or Dijon work too)
1 ripe Avocado, halved lengthwise
1 stalk of celery, chopped
Salt
Pepper
Yellow curry powder
Habanero hot sauce
Parsley (for fancypantses or serving guests)

Put two of the egg yolks into a bowl – toss the third (or do what you will, just keep it out of the bowl). Add the mayo and mustard and mash with a fork until you get a good paste. If you prefer it wetter or dryer, adjust the mayonnaise to taste. Salt and pepper the egg yolk paste to taste and add about a half of a teaspoon of curry powder, and a few dashes of hot sauce, also adjusting to taste. Add the chopped egg-whites and celery. If you’re feeling fancy or serving to a guest, chopped parsley really classes things up. Mix it all up and serve over a (salt and pepper) seasoned avocado half in a small bowl. Garnish with some more parsley, you fancy bastard. So simple. So delicious.