On 3/23/2010 10:39 AM, Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> "James > 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.

Actually, no. The directions I have say to include some of the
white of the onion and so it's not all the colored skin. Gives a
mottled effect. Where the onion touches the dye from the skin
doesn't get through.

Kate

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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?