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Egg-citement
Apr. 10th, 2006 08:36 am(No pun too low, I always say.)
Easter is coming, and even though I'm not planning any special celebrations outside of Mass I'm still contemplating dyeing Easter eggs. Growing up we always used the commercial dye kits, with the tablets of color and copper-wire thingie that you used to lower the eggs into the dye-filled coffee cups and the plain wax crayon you used to write you name on the egg before you dyed it. As an adult I've gone to using natural dyestuffs for my eggs. This process is less exact and much messier than the commerical kits, which makes it much, much more entertaining. I found a good summary of the technique here.
Experiments like this can leave you with a lot of hard-boiled eggs, so it's fortunate that the week after Easter--April 17th-23rd--is National Egg Salad Week. By way of the Food website, here's a recipe for Curried Rice Egg Salad. Enjoy.
Easter is coming, and even though I'm not planning any special celebrations outside of Mass I'm still contemplating dyeing Easter eggs. Growing up we always used the commercial dye kits, with the tablets of color and copper-wire thingie that you used to lower the eggs into the dye-filled coffee cups and the plain wax crayon you used to write you name on the egg before you dyed it. As an adult I've gone to using natural dyestuffs for my eggs. This process is less exact and much messier than the commerical kits, which makes it much, much more entertaining. I found a good summary of the technique here.
Experiments like this can leave you with a lot of hard-boiled eggs, so it's fortunate that the week after Easter--April 17th-23rd--is National Egg Salad Week. By way of the Food website, here's a recipe for Curried Rice Egg Salad. Enjoy.
