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Egg coloring Tutorial
Published: 2011-04-18 19:01:04 +0000 UTC; Views: 24598; Favourites: 1112; Downloads: 255
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Full View / Download pleaseEgg coloring - the natural and easy way (when I can do it, you can do it too!
).FAQ:
Are they still eatable? - Sure, after 10 min. of cooking they are all colored and ready to eat.
Red Onions usable too? - Yup! I added some red shells too. I don't know for sure but I think if you ONLY use red ones it will color them in a more reddish brown.
How much shells do I need? - Use at least 1 kg onions for 10 eggs. The more you use, the deeper the color.
Do shells and herbs change the eggs flavor?- Nope, when the egg's shell is fine (no cracks) they still taste like every normal cooked egg.
But we use tights not rags! - You sure can use tights too. They are easier to wrap around BUT since they are more elastic you have to wrap them really VERY tight around since the cooking water can create air locks and ruin the patterns.
I'm sorry for any spelling errors or mistakes - I don't really have alot of time at the moment.. am working alot. But I still hope it helps ^-^ !
Happy Easter!!!
*edit* A DD? Omigod! I just nearly fainted
! Thanks so much to ~demoncherry for suggesting and ^shelldevil for featuring it. If I had known I'd have tried to write it in a more proper english. I will totally polish it a little when I have time to do so. THANK YOU!!!!!
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Cool! I gonna try this at Easter!
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heh. . . but we always color our eggs like that! D:
it's just how Latvians do... it's our tradition~
btw, you can add carrots or beets to get a different coloration ;D
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That's a nice tradition ^^ .
Never heard about adding carrots. I sure have to try that. Thanks for the tip!
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This is brilliant. What a fantastic idea 
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It's funny that something relevant to easter was suggested by demoncherry and featured by shelldevil
Anywayz, nice job!
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Some pretty eggs, I wouldn't want to eat them though D: Ruins the prettyness. lol.
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Beauty is perishable ^-^ . And it's kind of special to eat something pretty.
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Getting read for painting eggs in the weekend. Great idea to use herbs for pattern, congrats on the DD.
You can use beet root if you want to make red eggs.
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The dog on the right, in the first picture, made me laugh so hard LOL..
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This slats always make me smile too. They'r too cute ^-^ .
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Very cool. I think I'll give that a try this weekend.
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Pretty. I'll convince my parents to try it
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I'm gonna do this with every egg i boil even when it's not easter xD
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Wow, these are beautiful! I want to do this with my kids when they get older
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I did this with my aunt when I was little and it was great fun ^-^ ! It's a lovely childhood memory.
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That is so cool! Totally gonna have to try it
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hihi, we do this at home, too.
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Thats how we color eggs at home too!
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I love this technique, unlike those powder colors, they don't make inner of egg content colored. 
Anyhow, using fabric from old tights or classical pantyhose/ stockings is a bit better from my experience, you don't need to tie it in middle then.
And one can use coffee, spinach water and anything that leaves stains on egg to get various colors.
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Since I hadn't really time and had to work all week I didnt experiment with different things.. but I sure have to try adding other stuff to the onion's pattern ^-^ .
I think it depends. I tried tights too but I guess I was just too clumsy. I prefer a more "hard" fabric.
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Awesome, thank you for sharing! I'm loving it!
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ha ha ha ha !!! thats awesome . FAV !
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yarr! its an Alian's eggs! =]
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This is so cool! I love the pattern and the color you get when its done. Its so lovely!
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So fΓ€rben wir unsere Eier auch jedes Jahr! ich finde, sie sehen immer super schΓΆn aus (und schmecken mir irgendwie besser asl andere... Keine Ahnung, ob das an der Art, sie zu kochen liegt, oder einfach nur, weil ich sie schΓΆner finde... :'D)
Wir machen es allerdings immer so, dass wir nur die Zwiebelschalen im Wasser kochen und nicht mit in den Stoff legen, dann sieht man die Blattmuster besser.
Deine Eier sind total schΓΆn geworden!
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Danke! Es scheint keine verbreitete Technik zu sein, die Schalen direkt auf das Ei zu legen. Ich finde die Eier mit den klaren BlΓ€ttermustern auch ganz schΓΆn, allerdings finde ich, dass man dabei ein wenig mehr Fingerfertigkeit braucht und das simple Einwickeln ist ziemlich einfach und braucht recht wenig Geschick (also genau richtig fΓΌr mich XD). Ich hΓ€tte aber auch die klaren Muster gemacht, wenn ich mehr Zeit gehabt hΓ€tte. Na ja, vielleicht nΓ€chstes Jahr...
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Ja, ich finde es auch ziemlich schwierig (vor allem zerdrΓΌck ich sie dabei gern mal. oder die BlΓ€tter verrutschen und ich, als ewige Perfektionistin, mach sie nochmal auf und versuch es erneut :'D)
Wir machen es, damit es besser hΓ€lt auch mit alten Strumpfhosen meiner Mutter, wie oben schon mal beschrieben.
Wir fΓ€rben heute Abend unsere Eier.
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I do something similar...
first I hard-boil the egg like normal
than i careful crack the shell, rolling it, but dont remove the shell
than into the onion tea influsion to dye
the dye sips into the cracks and dyes the egg itself
before serving remove the shell...
the egg will look like marble
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I wasn't sure if that's actually possible but I sure will try it out too. Thank you!!!
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yup it works fine... you dont need to leave the egg in the dye long.... as the egg is already hard boiled... so I boil a really strong batch of dye first... you can also use the normal colourful dyes that kids like...
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