Ingredients

• 8 hard boiled eggs (if you want to be fancy, make them just north of medium boiled)
• 1/4 cup mayonnaise or more as needed/desired
• 1 tsp smooth mustard or more as desired
• Salt, as needed
• Optional: good olive oil as desired
• Optional: vinegar-based hot pepper sauce (such as tabasco), as desired, or vinegar, or lemon juice
• A bit of paprika

Method

1. Peel the eggs, then cut them in half lengthwise and gently remove the yolks to a bowl
2. Mash the yolks with the mayonnaise. If desired, add more mayonnaise or good olive oil to get the consistency you want. You want the mixture firm enough to hold its shape but soft enough to spoon or pipe
3. Stir in the mustard and, if desired, hot sauce, vinegar, or lemon juice. Taste and add salt if desired
4. Optional: if you want the yolks to be creamy and uniform in texture without any lumps, push them through a wire strainer with the back of a spoon
5. Arrange the cut eggs on a platter and spoon or pipe the yolk mixture into the cavities
6. Sprinkle with a bit of paprika and serve

Pictures

1 Cut eggs

2 Mash yolks with mayo

4 Push through a strainer

5 Fill

6 Serve