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Default Easter cometh (natural Easter egg dying)

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"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote:

> > Here's Martha's list, you're right about the beets:
> >
> > Deep Gold: Boil eggs in turmeric solution, 30 minutes.
> > Sienna: Boil eggs in onion-skin solution, 30 minutes.
> > Dark, Rich Brown: Boil eggs in black coffee, 30 minutes.
> > Pale Yellow: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30
> > minutes. Orange: Soak eggs in room-temperature onion-skin solution, 30
> > minutes. Light Brown: Soak eggs in room-temperature black coffee, 30
> > minutes. Light Pink: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution, 30
> > minutes. Light Blue: Soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution,
> > 30 minutes. Royal Blue: Soak eggs in room-temperature cabbage solution
> > overnight. Lavender: Soak eggs in room-temperature beet solution, 30
> > minutes. Follow with room-temperature cabbage solution, 30 seconds.
> > Chartreuse: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30
> > minutes. Follow with room-temperature cabbage solution, 5 seconds.
> > Salmon: Soak eggs in room-temperature turmeric solution, 30 minutes.
> > Follow with room-temperature onion-skin solution, 30 minutes.

>
> As cool as this all sounds I have to ask myself if I would even bother.
> At this point I'll say nah. I just don't have any reason to go to all
> that trouble. I will say the royal blue and the salmon colors sound
> pretty nifty
>
> Michael


If you have no children to share this with, then I'd say no, no reason
to bother. I have nephews. :-)
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