SC - SC: Gravy Making

[Stefan li Rous]

Sieggy said:
>     There used to be an old lady in my mother's craft club who would do
> this, but with several different colors in several different dips. Marvelous
> work! She's also the one that would pierce the shell with a needle point, so
> that when you peeled the egg, there would be a design inside as well.
> Sometimes, it was different from what was on the outside, which made for
> some interesting expressions . . .
>     As I recall, she used beeswax, though, not lard for the coating.

Was this beeswax used to cover the egg where that particular color was
not wanted, and then the egg was dipped in dye? then the wax melted off
and more wax applied and the egg dipped again? If so, that sounds more
like Pysanky eggs, which were done in Eastern Europe in period.

See this file in the CRAFTS section of the Florilegium for more details: 
pysanky-eggs-msg  (14K)  4/ 7/00    Painted and dyed eggs of eastern Europe.
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
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