Ham and Eggs Salad

• 8 hard-boiled eggs (I use large)
• 8 ounces finely diced ham
• 3 green onions, finely chopped (use both white and green part)
• 12 tablespoon of coleman's mustard powder (yellow mustard can be substituted, to taste)
• 12 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 34 teaspoon celery seed
• 1 cup mayonnaise (if you prefer, Miracle Whip can be used)
• 2 tablespoons sweet pickle relish
• black pepper
• 13 cup finely chopped celery
• 14 cup sour cream
• 8 slices crisp bacon, that has been broken up or 12 cup bacon bits, for bacon & eggs salad

1. **If you do not have hard cooked eggs on hand, put eggs in pan with cold water, a pinch of salt, and a tablespoon of white vinegar.
2. Once water comes to boil, cover, turn off heat and let simmer 20 minutes.
3. Cover eggs with ice water for 10 minutes, drain, crack, and peel.
4. (You can chop other ingredients while eggs are cooking).
5. Using an egg slicer, first slice each egg one way, then pick up entire sliced egg, turn it around and slice again in the opposite direction (or if you have a favorite method, just chop up fine).
6. Do this with all 8 eggs and put in a glass bowl.
7. Add diced ham, chopped onions, and pickle relish, and toss with a fork into the chopped eggs.
8. Now would be the time to add the celery if you are using it.
9. Add the mayonnaise, dried mustard, celery seed and dried tarragon and mix thoroughly with a fork .
10. You want to toss as apposed to beating, as you want to keep the ingredients as whole as possible.
11. Cover and refrigerate for a minimum of 4 hours - overnight is even better.
12. Enjoy.

eggs, ham, green onions, tarragon, celery, mayonnaise, sweet pickle, black pepper, celery, sour cream, bacon

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ham-and-eggs-salad-430488 (may not work)