[Sca-cooks] Re: Sugar Plate/Paste; Stained Glass Sugar

[Olwen the Odd]

>Hi!
>I was rooting around in the basement & came across an old letter (1992)from
>Elise/Alys regarding food coloring.  We were discussing colors for dyed
>eggs. She cites a friend who used red cabbage to make shades of blue, red
>onion skins for pale blue, and frozen blueberries for a pale gray-blue. The
>color is extracted by lengthy boiling or steeping.
>She also cites a nespaper article on natural dyes for Easter eggs that says
>to use 1 tablespoon white vinegar to 1 cup of water in an enamel or glass
>pot, & then add the cut up vegetable matter. The vinegar may not be
>necessary or desirable if you're not dyeing eggs.
>
>HTH,
>
>Cindy=

It is also nice to rub the shells of the coloured eggs with a lite coat of
olive oil.
Olwen

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