I don’t dye Easter Eggs anymore. It’s a pity, because I actually enjoy it and there are all kinds of cool things to do: drip wax dots, er….. drip wax dots. Um, I think I just like dripping wax dots.
Anyway, I saw a thing about dying cracked eggs that looked fairly cool, and I had just enough energy to boil up three eggs and give it a go. I didn’t make dye, though, I used nature’s magenta stain: beet juice. You crack a hard-boiled egg and let it sit in your dye for a while mine was about ten minutes.
I had to eat four pickled beets to gain enough extra juice. Mmmmmm….. beets…… I also used a champagne flute so I could get by with my minimal juice. This method had pros and cons, all at the same time.
Dang it. No, wait: Awesome!
Let it sit then take off the shell. Here’s what it looks like when it’s peeled. For some reason I can’t get the camera to focus on it. Still cool, though.
With the second egg, I learned that dropping a hard-boiled egg into a champagne flute of beet juice results in a beet juice volcano that stains the refrigerator, counter, sink and shirt. Dang it. Not awesome.