(You're not supposed to
eat eggs dyed with synthetic colors.)
Not exact matches
«Those smelly Alka - Seltzer
dye pellets are more than fine for
eggs slated for backyard hiding places, but, when it comes to
dyeing eggs that you actually want to
eat, natural is the way to go,» he says.
Every March, chickens everywhere work long hours cranking out tons of
eggs just so you and I can boil,
dye, hide, and in some cases, actually
eat them.
My kids and I don't
eat artificial food coloring, though, so it doesn't make sense to
dye Easter
eggs with a product that will mean we won't want to
eat the
eggs anymore!
So, this year, I'm going to try not to bury my child in candy none of us want, or in so many colored
eggs we'll be
eating egg salad splotched with PAAS
dye long after it's chockablock with Salmonella.
Since my beautiful pastured brown and green
eggs won't
dye well (we've tried) we buy the conventional white ones for this endeavor and we don't
eat them.
Granted, you may not want to
eat those
eggs that have been sitting out in the yard, but just keep some
dyed Easter
Eggs in reserve in the fridge to enjoy later.
My kids and I don't
eat artificial food coloring, though, so it doesn't make sense to
dye Easter
eggs with a product that will mean we won't want to
eat the
eggs anymore!
Of course we do and even though I love throwing hard boiled
eggs on salads and things, I can never seem to
eat all of the
eggs we
dye and I end up throwing too many away each year.
We had family in town and the kids
dyed eggs,
ate their weight in candy, played in the mud, and just had the best weekend together!
Cranberry juice
dyes eggs a dark purple, but the color rubs off and because cranberry juice is so acidic it
eats away the shell!
There is a lot more to April than playing tricks on fools,
dyeing eggs,
eating jelly beans and filling out tax forms.