Stuffed Eggs

Ingredients

• 8 eggs
• 2 teaspoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon mustard
• 3 or 4 finely chopped pickles
• Salt and pepper
• Celery seeds (if desired)
• Finely chopped ham (if desired)

Directions

1. Hard boil the eggs.
2. Peel the eggs when cold and cut them in half.
3. Take out the yolks very carefully so as not to break the whites.
4. Mash and mix the yolks with butter, mustard, and pickles.
5. Mix in salt and pepper, celery seed, and ham to taste if desired.
6. Add the mixture into the empty egg whites and serve cold.

Source — New Orleans Cook Book 
Prepared by Gunner St. John
Louisiana Anthology
September 17, 2021