boiled eggs marinade

[sylvan]

what is a good, mild egg marinade to be used later for potato salad?

[sylvan]

thanks to you all for taking the time for your thoughtful responses

[greygarious]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_egg

This would be unorthodox for inclusion in potato salad, but would certainly provide additional visual and taste interest.

[porker]

Along the same lines, you could dye the shelled eggs (I dunno, red? green?). I'm not sure if this would be appealing or not...

[hotoynoodle]

i was served a frisee salad once where the poached egg on top had been poached in red wine. it was not at all pleasing visually, looking like a bloody body splob on top. ick.

lol

[porker]

I had Russian potato salad at our wedding on a small pacific island. The beets made everything reddish including the potatoes and egg, something like this
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_vdhjEFmuGV0...
I thought it looked pretty good....

[porker]

pinehurst is right, you don't necessarily have to marinate the eggs beforehand.
However, for a twist, you can pickle the eggs: 1/2 water, 1/2 white vinegar, marinate (pickle) in fridge for 4-6 days.

[sylvan]

thanks for your response

[porker]

shell before pickling.

[pinehurst]

If you're incorporating hard cooked eggs into a potato salad, you don't need any special dressings. You can just dress the whole thing together. If, as per your other post, you don't want any sour cream/mayo, just use German Potato salad recipes. Lots of good tips for potato and egg-and-potato salad on these boards in other threads.

[Bacardi1]

I agree. Marinating the hard-boiled eggs is - in my opinion - defeating their purpose in a potato salad. They're both unctious & mild; they're supposed to be a foil for the more acidic ingredients in the recipe.