In article >,
netcat > wrote:

> 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

I've wanted to try edible leaves of some sort some time. Maybe dried
spinach leaves or some such. I can dehydrate leafy stuff in the space
between filters in my furnace/ac area. Been doing that with extra basil
when a plant is fixin' to die.
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