[Sca-cooks] OT: Documentation for Pysanky

[Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise]

> We have a lady here who does them, and basically, they are 200 years out of
> period and can't be documented.  Colored eggs, yes.  Pysanky, no.  I heard a
> very well-reknowned Peli-Laurel say this weekend she would eat a pysanky egg
> if anything was ever found to tie them to period.
> Now, we all know that is a way to challenge the doc-gods if ever there was
> one, but I seriously doubt she'll have any further luck.

This is what I've collected so far
http://gallowglass.org/jadwiga/SCA/eggs/eggdyes.html

There is a resist method for eggs given in the 1594 Jewel-House of Art
and Nature, but it uses suet and vinegar.


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