On 3/23/2010 10:15 AM, Omelet wrote:
> I never took a photo series of the process, but I should.
> Just the final result:
>
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> 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...

I tried this one year, many years ago. They were lovely.
I was also trying other unconventional egg dyes but I can't
recall now exactly what the others were. I think there was
some green vegetable among other things.

I've also tea-dyed eggs. You crack the shells all over but
don't remove them then steep the eggs in the hot tea. When
done you remove the shells and you have a pattern of brown
lines where the cracks were. Very pretty.

And then one year I made pysanky. (This was probably 30 or
more years ago.) I think I still have the "pen"
for applying the bees wax. They were pretty cool but so much
work I never got around to trying them again.

Kate

--
Kate Connally
“If I were as old as I feel, I’d be dead already.”
Goldfish: “The wholesome snack that smiles back,
Until you bite their heads off.”
What if the hokey pokey really *is* what it's all about?