The Great Easter Egg Hunt
The Great Easter Egg Hunt
Easter is just around the corner and time for that age old tradition of dying Easter Eggs. The ethnic origins are boundless with ornate decorations with spiritual meaning or humble designs and down right folk artistic. The best thing is to get the children involved in an Easter Egg hunt. Boiling eggs and then using flower petals, rose, daffodils, tulips and fruit dies such as blueberry, cranberry, pomegranate, lemon, lime and orange zest in warm water over a short period will make a good natural colouring agent. Just boil the eggs till hard boiled and add directly to the different bowls of coloured waters. Back when I was a kid my dad pretended to lay eggs at Easter. He would strut around like a hen and then would squat on the floor and cackle dropping an egg from his pocket which as a kid was fascinating. Each Easter my mom and her sisters would decorate eggs. My Aunt Doris in Saskatchewan had a lovely collection. Colouring Easter Eggs is a fun thing to do with the grandchildren. It doesn’t have to be fancy, just some simple food colouring and have fun. This Easter I’m going to brine and cure an already smoked ham with honey and maple sugar. Meanwhile its time to get a few dozen eggs and start the colouring process too.
Have a happy Easter.
Cheers!