"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> Kate Connally wrote:
>
>> 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!
>
> My earlier post about this disappeared into the ether, I guess.
>
> I mentioned that wrapping the egg in a red cabbage leaf the way
> you say produces a blue marbled egg.
>
> nancy

When the SBF first moved to the New World, she brought with her the old
world way of coloring Easter Eggs. She wrapped eggs in onion skins for
yellow, beet (UGH!) peels for red, and carrot peels for orange. Come to
think of it, why not use something that was just going to be composted
anyway.

Alan