In article >,
Kate Connally > wrote:

> On 3/23/2010 10:23 AM, 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.
>
> Yeah, that's the way I remember doing it. But there was
> another technique I tried where you put a leaf or something
> on the egg and then wrap it snuggly with an old stocking, cut
> up to fit, or I guess you could use cheesecloth. But after
> they are died and you remove the material and the leaf, or
> whatever, there is a white pattern left on the colored
> background. Neat!
>
> Kate

Yeah. Barb mentioned using fern leaf for that. :-) It sounds interesting.
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