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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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Wow, this is such a cool tutorial! I'm definitely going to try that!
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I used to do this when I was a kid ^w^
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Me too! So I thought I'd try it again and it's still fun ^_^ .
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Yup 
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That's actually really cool. Do you know if this is possible on non-eggs? Like... I dunno, rocks or something?
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Hm, I don't think so. But if it would... that would actually be pretty great O_o .
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wow this is so cool!
i might try this for Easter!
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You should, it's fun! Thank you ^^
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Woww, lol I didn't know you can do that with Easter eggs!
That's really cool!
Congratulations on the DD!
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Oh, now this sounds like a better and funnier way to color eggs
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Thank you. It sure is fun to color them this way ^-^ !
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Du hast mir grad mein Ostern gerettet!! Bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt hatte ich nämlich noch sowas von keiner Ahnung, was ich meiner Ma schenken könnte
Ich daaanke dir 
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Bitte bitte ^-^ ! Die sind wirklich ein hübsches Geschenk und es geht eigentlich eh recht schnell (und da man die Zwiebeln selber nicht braucht und nicht schneiden muss kommt's auch zu keinem spontanen Tränendisaster
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Die ganzen Zwiebeln sind Teil des Geschnks! ''Schau mal, Mama, ich hab dir gaaaanz viele Zwiebeln geschält, damit du das nicht mehr machen musst!''
Ansonsten... Zwiebelkuchen, Zwiebelsuppe, ..äh.. , [link]
Und die ganzen Gerichte könnte man dann noch als Geschenk für alle anderen Verwandten und Bekannten hernehmen!
Naja, frohe Ostern jedenfalls! :]
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Dir auch in dem Fall frohes schaffen in der Küche und frohe Ostern! ^-^
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but don't the eggs go rotten? Still its wonderful the final result thank you for this must try it out!
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It just makes a normal hard boiled egg, just a lot more pretty
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Nope. You only put some colours on eggshell - anything that's inside of it won't be even touched. Even if it cracks when boiling, and water gets inside, egg's still edible. It only gets funny colour 
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Um, not really. They are like every normal hard-cooked egg. It's just that the onions color them during the usual cooking.
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Why should they rotten? You only cook them for 10 minutes.
I don't know why eggs should rotten by that.
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i mean if you keep them to long after cooking!
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They'll rot, yes. But hard boiled eggs usually don't rot for a few days, so it's safe the eat them later, too.
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Wonderful tutorial! The finished product is stunning.
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I love this! So creative and magnifuque!
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Nice work. Congratulations to the DD.
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To get different colurs, you may use: orange/lemon peel, caraway (for light yellow colour), turmeric (yellow), spinach (green), blueberry, red cabbage (blue), very strong coffee (brown), cranberries, fresh beetroot and frozen raspberries (light red).
But, to be honest, I've tried to color eggs only with onion peels. Gotta give it a try.
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Beetroot work great for a reddish color too ^-^ (I sure have to try raspberries next time).
The onion shells are great to not only add color but an abstract pattern too.
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Eeyup.
Ooh I remember now - when I was younger, my grandmother used to draw flowers and animals on eggs with hot wax (beeswax, wax from candles - doesn't matter) before putting them to, as somebody said, "onion tea". That technique requires LOT of patience and skill (wax need to be very hot, and it's pretty easy to... how to said that? burn? scald?). Areas cowered with wax won't be coloured.
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Really? Woun't the wax just melt? Or is there still a trace left so it woun't take on the color? Sounds interesting. I sure need to try that too.
Another way to create "onion" colored eggs is with vinegar and toothpick. At least I read about that somewhere.. still need to try that. Well, it has to wait for next year though.
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Yes, wax melts when boiling. But the covered area will not be coloured (or they'll get very light colour, I don't know what it depends on, propably on wax quality and thickness of layer). Altough, I would suggest to be very careful with hot wax.
Vinegar and toothpick? Never heard of that method. Gotta try that someday.
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This looks like so much fun!! I love the idea!
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It is ^-^ ! And it's pretty easy too.
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Egg-ceptional!
srsly, this is really cool, I have to try this.
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Thank you
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I wonder, can you do this with unshelled hard-boiled eggs as well? it seems like it would add more flavor and fun to an otherwise plain treat.
Or would the flavors clash? I have never tried this before and you have so you might know
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