Omelet wrote on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:39:58 -0600:

>> Omelet wrote on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:15:11 -0600:
>>
> >> <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...mQ6VGVKWy7T49x
> >> A?f eat=directl
> ink>>>
> >> Take your raw whole eggs, wrap them in the papery dried
> >> skins of yellow onions (those work best), then wrap that
> >> firmly in some cotton cloth scraps or cheesecloth. Bind
> >> the fabric around the eggs with rubber bands or cotton
> >> cord.
>>
> >> Hard boil the wrapped eggs as usual.
>>
> >> Let cool and unwrap. Let them dry then coat them lightly
> >> with a little cooking oil. That enhances the colors and
> >> gives them a bit of shine. :-)
>>
> >> This is an annual family tradition to make these. Mom
> >> always made them every year...
>>
>> Just throwing in onion skins when hard boiling the eggs is
>> simpler.

> Uh yeah, but you will just get rusty orange colored eggs. You
> will NOT get that marbled patterning doing that. Did you look
> at the jpeg? It's not the same at ALL.

I'll admit that I did not and I just have vague memories from childhood
(rather long gone, I'm afraid!)

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James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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