What does it mean when a food is "deviled?"

While some deviled foods are also mashed, and we certainly wouldn't be surprised to find some of these foods at a Halloween party, the true definition is to add hot spices, such as mustard or cayenne, or spicy condiments, such as tabasco, to a food to bring a bit of heat to the meal. Deviled eggs, deviled ham, and deviled shrimp all adhere to this term coined back in the 1700s. Devil's food cake? That's another story.

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