Posted on 04/10/2009 4:55:11 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
You know, it is STILL quirky. Kind of like whole wheat brownies. YUCK!
I love coloring eggs.
Very pretty!
We’ve dyed our Easter Eggs in the following way since I was a little kid. Mom makes Wedding and all-occasion cakes, so she always had gorgeous PASTE food coloring around for us kids to mess with. I don’t remember where this idea came from, but I’m sure my uber-creative Mom thought it up:
*Hard boil your eggs, let them cool.
*Take old rags and wet the with warm water; wring out until just damp. (Pieces of old towel, old t-shirts, etc.)
*Select three colors of PASTE dye and randomly streak it across your damp rag with a toothpick. (Don’t use more colors or you’ll just get brown, icky, ugly eggs.)
*Wrap the egg (GENTLY) in the rag and roll it around a little. Take a peek. If you like the swirling color combo...STOP. If not, roll it around a little more.
*Set the eggs to dry in a carton turned upside down (use the in-between indentations to dry the egg so it’s not touching the edges too much.)
*When eggs are dry, give them a light coating of Criso (lard, shortening) using a clean rag. Again, let them sit (in the fridge) overnight. Eat them on Easter Sunday as egg salad or talk Mom into making Deviled Eggs. Yum! :)
They are SO pretty. You gotta try it to believe it. :)
My friend Sharon designs those Ukranian eggs. I can’t believe she hasn’t gone insane, or blind yet, LOL!
Those truly ARE works of art.
This site has examples of some really offbeat Easter eggs.
Cool! Loved the “Kiss” eggs, LOL!
I have done several of these techniques over the years, but have never seen such a complete set of instructions all in one place...it would have saved a lot of trials and errors.
The comment about the vinegar and spinach (other greens too, and tea)would be outstanding to have known!
Thanks, forwarding to grandchildren now!
I have friends who do them all year ‘round ......a few weeks before Easter is enough for me. It can be very tedious.
I’m glad you appreciate them ...I love the
“natural” ones too in your article ... dying cloth and natural batik is very similar.
We have about 40 laying hens.
Most of their eggs are decorated in natural hues of chicken sh!t.
Nothing a little soap and water won’t clean.
Natural dyes work great with wool yarn, too.
VERY interesting, when you’re too lazy to get off the chair, wonder where everyone’s at....and go to Chat.
:)
Gotta save this....
Very clever. Makes a lot of sense, too.
We’re going to try it.
I’m a chicken farmer, too! I have a flock of 50 mixed brown layers and Araucanas who lay the pink, buff, blue, khaki and green eggs. They ARE pretty all on their own.
I’ve been getting a fair amount of double-yolkers lately. I think a few of my older hens are coming to the end of their laying days.
But then, aren’t we all, LOL! :)
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