Great story. As young children my siblings and Ialways colored eggs. Food coloring dye, hot water and vinegar produced vibrant color. My kids and my granddaughter did the same. A nice tradition.
Paul > On Apr 5, 2021, at 9:22 AM, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > my mother gave me and my friends an Easter party.. more than once. We > always decorated hard boiled eggs with vegetable coloring and an easter egg > hunt around our small apartment was part of the party. But she did more. > She made little favors at table of eggs sitting on "collars" with faces > painted on them and a bit of crepe paper for hair. a boy and girl at each > plate. she made tea sandwiches for us, mostly ham . almost everyone at table > was Jewish.. > but not, thank goodness, from Orthodox families. This was when I was um 9 or > 10 I would say. > ann > >> On 4/5/2021 9:08 AM, John wrote: >>> On 4/5/2021 03:28:54, Bob Pdml wrote: >>> On 5 Apr 2021, at 05:17, mike wilson <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> These are some we use to decorate our Easter table: >>>>> >>>>> http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1 >>>>> Comments are invited. >>>> >>>> Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the >>>> north of England as well. Competitions for both children and adults would >>>> be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes. >>>> >>>> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring >>>> - >>> We used to do that at school in Anglesey, when I was about seven or eight >>> years old. >>> >>> I remember being very proud of one I’d done and looking forward to showing >>> it to my mother when I got home. >>> >>> But at home time it was pouring with rain, bitterly cold, dark, and a >>> howling gale was blowing in. I had to cycle home through it, wearing >>> typical school uniform of the time - flannel shorts, blazer etc and no >>> rainwear. It was bloody miserable and by the time I got home the egg was a >>> broken mess of paint, shell, cardboard and yolk all over my uniform. >>> >>> I wasn’t a happy Easter bunny. >>> >>> -- >> >> When I was a child we did that too, but we used hard-boiled eggs so they >> wouldn't mess anything up (other than the egg) if it got broken. >> >> > > -- > ann sanfedele photography > https://annsan.smugmug.com > https://www.cafepress.com/+ann-sanfedele+gifts > https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/annsan > https://www.createphotocalendars.com/Shop/annsanfedelecalendarsandbooks > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
