it's whimsical wednesday and we're getting ready for easter. it's an open-ended activity today as everyone will be doing whatever it is they do to prepare for their celebration.
for whimsical wednesday i made easter eggs; or at least began the preparation. what is different this year for easter egg dyeing is the method. i'm always looking for new processes for traditional activities like dyeing easter eggs. i was excited to find a method i had never tried before. eggs are usually dyed with others, namely the grandchildren, so this passive method of dyeing easter eggs really wouldn't function well as a group activity.
after boiling a dozen eggs and cooling them in a bowl of cold water, they were transferred to a large bowl filled with blue food coloring (plus vinegar and water). the eggs will rest in the blue food coloring bath in the refrigerator overnight. tomorrow i will discover how deeply the blue food coloring dyed the eggs. if they aren't blue enough for me, they'll rest a bit longer. when they are the intensity of blue i'm working toward, out of the food coloring solution they'll come. from there the eggs will dry and then they can be embellished.
the best part of dyeing easter eggs, besides the pleasure of doing so, is the deviled eggs i make with the boiled eggs after easter. yum!
how did you prepare for your easter celebration this whimsical wednesday?
Mom studied all of the food ads to find the 'perfect' ham for the Easter Day feast. We stopped at the old CeeBee Store and picked out two half hams. She was tempted to purchase the 25 pound whole ham, but I talked her out of it--neither of us could even pick it up much less cook it. So now there is a ham in the freezer for future use and one in the fridge to be cooked on Sunday. Whew, so glad we found one at the first stop, or we would have had to visit the rest of the grocery stores in the 'ville.
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the quest for the perfect ham!
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