[Sca-cooks] Sarah's dyed Eggs

[jenne at fiedlerfamily.net]

> Neat. You ponted out that you didn't have much luck with boiled
> greens to get a green dye. Would it work, if you ever do this again,
> to boil the eggs, then mash fresh greens with a little water in a
> mortar, strain, then color the eggs with that liquid, unboiled? I
> have had good luck using mashed parsley or other greens as a food
> coloring mixed into things like custards. I don't know how well it
> would stick on eggs, or how long it would stay green. I expect it
> might come off on people's fingers.

I suspect this method, especially used with vinegar, might work very well.
We'll have to try it the next time we make the colored eggs (Sarah and I
are considering a joint entry in the Northern Lights arts & sciences
competition in March.)

-- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa
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