| Author |
Across the Fence:  Dyeing Easter eggs naturally--any help?  |
|
|
FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
 Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 08:24:07 AM
|
Hey girls--I'd like to try to dye easter eggs from things that I have in the yard, and some veggies like red onion skins.
The recipes I'm finding online call for "saffron threads and turmeric" or "cumin and dill seed or star anise". Seriously? Are dyeing eggs or making Indian cuisine? Not to mention the price of some of these spices simply to waste in a puddle of vinegar seems...well, silly AND wasteful.
Any help or suggestions?
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
|
|
pennyhenny
True Blue Farmgirl
304 Posts
Missy
Dayton
OH
USA
304 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 08:36:43 AM
|
http://whatscookingamerica.net/Eggs/EasterEggDye.htm
I sent this link to my sister the other day as it has loads of great tipss and "recipes" for natural colored eggs.
hugs,
-missy-
Sisterhood Member#4003
Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.
John Harrigan |
 |
|
|
FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 08:42:34 AM
|
This is one of the lists I ran across, Missy--thanks for posting. If you look down the list, some of these items can be costly--which is what sort of turned me off in the first place, simply to waste them. Buying frozen blueberries and turmeric, using paprika and chili powder? When compared to the cost of the little dye tablets, it's prohibitive.
I guess I'm just to cheap to go natural!
"Hey, I've got nothing to do today but smile..."
The Only Living Boy in New York, Paul Simon |
|
|
|
lisalisa
True Blue Farmgirl
216 Posts
Lisa
Broomall
PA
USA
216 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 09:27:37 AM
|
Thanks for the link, Missy. Very informative!
Hey Jonni, I sometimes use the onion skins, (just to tell which eggs are hard-boiled from the fresh),and they end up more of a brownish color. Well, beets tend to stain my hands when I cut them up for dinner or use in horseradish, so why not to color eggs?
I'll definitely use some of these ideas - the cheaper ones - when coloring eggs - Thanks!
---Lisa |
|
|
|
melody
True Blue Farmgirl
3309 Posts
Melody
The Great North Woods in the Land of Hiawatha
USA
3309 Posts |
Posted - Mar 28 2012 : 09:43:38 AM
|
What about a good old-fashioned TEA bath! Kind of creates a marbleized effect....
Melody
Farmgirl #525 |
|
|
| |
Across the Fence: Dyeing Easter eggs naturally--any help? |
|
Dyeing Easter eggs naturally--any help?
