Sunday, April 01, 2018
Coloring Easter Eggs
My friend Kathy and I made Easter eggs. I hard boiled them first (had to look up on the Internet how to do it) and then raided the pantry, freezer, and spice rack. Set up six containers: (1) red onion skins, (2) turmeric seasoning, (3) yellow onion skins, (4) coffee grounds, (5) blueberries and blackberries, and (6) Ancho chili powder. Poured hot water into each concoction's cup w/ a touch of vinegar and went to work dunking eggs. The red onion skins have worked well in the past but this time they didn't. Kathy gave it a boost by adding paprika and was rewarded w/ a pretty rose/pink color. The turmeric was very successful in make a sunny yellow hue. (Added bonus: the container had a recipe for yellow rice that I think I'll try out this week.) The yellow onion skins should have turned the egg yellow but wasn't doing a good job either so, since we already had a yellow egg anyway, Kathy added green food coloring resulting in a soft green. It took awhile w/ the coffee grounds but eventually they yielded a mocha tinted egg. The berry concoction made a deep blue/purple shade. The chili powder surprised me (I didn't actually think it would work) w/ dying the egg a spicy orange. A fun little experiment plus both Kathy and I remarked how delicious our dyes smelled.
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