Hello,
I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Charlotte

One time on Usenet, (Charlotte) said:

> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.

From personal experience, I've cooked my eggs up to two days
before "devilling" them, and they tasted just fine...


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One time on Usenet, (Charlotte) said:

> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.

From personal experience, I've cooked my eggs up to two days
before "devilling" them, and they tasted just fine...


--
J.J. in WA ~ mom, vid gamer, novice cook ~
"I rule you!" - Travis of the Cosmos, ATHF

In article >,
(Charlotte) wrote:

> Hello,
> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> Thanks for your thoughts.
> Charlotte
>

You could do the eggs a day ahead of time, and refrigerate them. In
fact, I find that makes better deviled eggs. But I wouldn't do them
earlier than that - eggs are touchy, in my opinion.

--
Nancy Howells (don't forget to switch it, and replace the to send mail).

I usually like a couple of eggs for breakfast, but am always in a
hurray. I hardboil 8 or 10 on Sunday night, and keep them refrigerated,
and have them throughout the week. The ones on Friday are just as good
as on Monday.

They keep for days and days in the fridg raw, why would it be an issue
to keep them a few days cooked?

HH

Charlotte wrote:
> Hello,
> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> Thanks for your thoughts.
> Charlotte
>

Charlotte wrote:

> Hello,
> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> Thanks for your thoughts.

Hard-cooked eggs will keep just fine in the fridge for a week or more.
There's a lot of guesswork about this and a lot more plain and simple
fear based on ignorance about real spoilage conditions.

Cook them, chill in ice water and put into the fridge. Don't worry
about them. If they can stay usable raw for literally months, why
should their useful lives be so, so much shorter after cooking *still
in the shell*?

Pastorio

Charlotte wrote:

> Hello,
> I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> Thanks for your thoughts.

Hard-cooked eggs will keep just fine in the fridge for a week or more.
There's a lot of guesswork about this and a lot more plain and simple
fear based on ignorance about real spoilage conditions.

Cook them, chill in ice water and put into the fridge. Don't worry
about them. If they can stay usable raw for literally months, why
should their useful lives be so, so much shorter after cooking *still
in the shell*?

Pastorio

In article >,
Nancy Howells > wrote:

> In article >,
> (Charlotte) wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> > I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> > not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> > time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> > could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> > Thanks for your thoughts.
> > Charlotte
> >
>
> You could do the eggs a day ahead of time, and refrigerate them. In
> fact, I find that makes better deviled eggs. But I wouldn't do them
> earlier than that - eggs are touchy, in my opinion.

I've had deviled eggs last the entire 4 days of a campout...
Never made us sick, but we made sure we kept up with the ice. ;-)

K.

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In article <G8Akd.2198$b92.1920@trnddc09>,
"H. Hatcher" > wrote:

> I usually like a couple of eggs for breakfast, but am always in a
> hurray. I hardboil 8 or 10 on Sunday night, and keep them refrigerated,
> and have them throughout the week. The ones on Friday are just as good
> as on Monday.
>
> They keep for days and days in the fridg raw, why would it be an issue
> to keep them a few days cooked?
>
> HH
>
> Charlotte wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I plan on bringing deviled eggs to a party on Saturday afternoon. I know
> > not to make the filling mixture until that morning, but how far ahead of
> > time can I boil the eggs without sacrificing safety or quality? If I
> > could do it a couple days ahead, it would be alot more convenient.
> > Thanks for your thoughts.
> > Charlotte
> >

I don't know about y'all, but I've had easter eggs keep for 2 weeks or
more in the 'frige.

K.

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