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Default Onion skin dyed eggs

In article >,
"James Silverton" > wrote:

> 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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