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Default Easter cometh (natural Easter egg dying)

Omelet wrote:
> I've not made onion skin eggs since mom passed away. She's the one that
> taught me that trick. :-) I'm currently saving the "paper" onion skins
> that it takes to do it as I want to teach the method to my nephews.
> I'll be sure to take pics this year.
>
> Wrap raw eggs in dry onion skins, bind with cheese cloth and cotton
> string.
>
> Hard boil.
>
> Unwrap, let cool and coat lightly with some cooking oil.
>
> They really are quite lovely.
> I'll try to take pics this year if I actually do it. It'll depend on the
> babysitting schedule...
>
> Anyone else use "natural" dyes for doing Easter Eggs?


Hmmm. You may have convinced me to try this!

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Jean B.