[Diana in Wisconsin]

[bboop]

You know, it is STILL quirky. Kind of like whole wheat brownies. YUCK!

[Diana in Wisconsin]

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. :)

[Tarheel]

Take the end of a green fern or chrysanthemum leaf, wet the leaf and smooth it on to a raw egg. Carefully place egg into the toe of an old pantyhose. Use a rubber band to fasten piece of panty hose,tightly, to egg/leaf and then gently boil egg for 10 to 15 minutes. Cool and carefully unwrap—there should be a leaf or fern imprint on the white egg.
This looks the great with fern fronds but I have used mum leaves and pansy leaves. New spring leaves seem to work best —more pliable and have more chlorophyll green in them that transfers to the egg shell.