Hors d’oeuvres are small dishes or appetizers that are usually served before a main course, or sometimes they end up being the main course. Buffalo wings, coconut shrimp, bruschetta, and bacon-wrapped jalapeños are just a few of the options restaurants or party hosts explore when crafting a finger food menu. However, one item seems to stand out the most to guests, and any self-control is thrown out the door. Deviled Eggs.
A deviled egg is a fashionably-dressed hard-boiled egg. It’s split in half with its yolk mixed into a creamy filling and topped off with a sprinkle of paprika for an extra pop of color and spice. This appetizer option tends to catch the eye of many of its admirers, leaving them in a mental battle between putting one or ten halves on their napkins. If you put it this way, ten halves equals five eggs. In any other circumstance, do those admirers see themselves cracking five eggs into a hot pan and still disregard the number? Or does deviling an egg change things?
In a video she posted, TikTok creator @ashfrag posed the question, “If you walk into a party, and there are unlimited deviled eggs there, how many are you eating?” The responses she got went from demure to extreme in just a few scrolls, with users taking out their deviled egg meters and figuring out what was the acceptable answer to this Pandora’s box of a question. Hellmann’s Mayonnaise even hopped on the egg defense team, and the odds are stacked against there being an appropriate amount of eggs to sneak off a platter.
According to the comment section, for the most part, the users were honest. Furthermore, the line of ‘how many deviled eggs are too many deviled eggs’ might be farther than what @ashfrag initially thought.
What are the comments saying about deviled eggs?
As mentioned, most of the TikTok users in the comment section are split in their answers, and debates have even sparked surrounding the topic. The creator of the TikTok liked and responded to many of the comments, but it’s looking like she’s leaning more towards the side of there being no number of deviled eggs that is too many. Here are some comments from other users that stuck out and might be something to consider when deciding what could be the right answer.
- The limit does not exist.
- It depends on who made them.
- How closely are the eggs being watched?
- Two is enough deviled eggs.
- Two devilled eggs when I walk in, then one more for every twenty minutes until I leave.
- Unlimited. That’s my meal that night.
- Probably enough to become a chemical weapon.
One user even commented how they had a deviled egg bar at their wedding, and that’s what commitment looks like. If we look at the question of limited or limitless eggs, in the end, it seems that eggs are inhalable depending on the way they are made. Deviled appears to be the option that causes most people to turn a blind eye at the function when piling up their plates.