In article >,
says...
>
> In article >,
> "James Silverton" > wrote:
>
> > Omelet wrote on Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:15:11 -0600:
> >
> > > <http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...VGVKWy7T49xA?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 might also add that you get better results when you use white, not
brown eggs. Also, try to pick onion skins as splotchy as possible.

You can use other stuff to color eggs in this manner, for instance
berries (blueberries/bilberries will result in blue eggs), saffron etc

rgds,
netcat