The Egg Comes First

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? The egg clearly comes first in Sheri Castle’s lemon angel pie and deviled egg salad. She rises early with the chickens to gather fresh eggs and cooks with food culture preservationist Gabrielle Carter, who makes Sheri swoon over gorgeous jewel-toned pickled eggs. Sheri also shares a helpful hint on how to quickly assess the freshness of an egg.

The egg clearly comes first in Sheri Castle’s “oh so lovely” lemon angel pie. This old-fashioned recipe with Southern roots dates back to the days when home cooks who kept chickens might have more eggs than flour for baking.

Sheri Castle whips up a delicious deviled egg salad recipe that’s sure to impress. Crumbling the eggs rather than mashing them into a paste gives this salad a fabulous texture. Plus, the flavor is robust, similar to top-notch deviled eggs.

Food culture preservationist Gabrielle Carter has Sheri Castle swooning over her gorgeous colorful pickled eggs.

Sheri Castle visits Grass Grazed Farm in Durham to wake up with the chickens and gather fresh eggs.

Sheri Castle shares a helpful hint on how to check the freshness of an egg.