Toadstool egg

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Toadstool egg

A toadstool egg or toadstool is a cold dish made from boiled egg , tomato and mayonnaise , which is mainly used as a garnish for cold plates or buffets .

To prepare it, an egg is hard-boiled , peeled and the wide end cut off a bit so that it can be placed vertically on a plate with a little lettuce or something similar. A tomato is cut diagonally, the lower part (without the stem end) is hollowed out and (possibly with a little mayonnaise inside) placed on the egg. Finally, a few dabs of mayonnaise are placed on the tomato so that the dish is clearly reminiscent of a toadstool .

A comparable dish are toadstool tomatoes .

Serving cold platters with toadstool eggs became fashionable in the 1950s. Like toadstool tomatoes, cheese skewers with grapes, mett and cheese hedgehogs or ham rolls and bags , they were part of the standard repertoire of cold buffets until the 1970s, especially in private households.

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