Maundy Thursday is the time to clean the house, paint Easter eggs and bake Easter cakes. For many, the most enjoyable process on this day is painting eggs. True, not everyone knows how to properly paint the eggs so that they do not crack and turn out beautiful.
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Instructions
Step 1
To keep the shells intact until the end of cooking, keep the eggs at room temperature for 1 to 2 hours. Add a tablespoon of salt to the water. You can also poke a small hole at one end of the egg. To make the paint lay smoother, before painting the eggs, degrease them by wiping them with soapy water or alcohol.
Step 2
One of the most famous way to color eggs is onion skins. The color is from yellow to red-brown, depending on the concentration of the broth. To do this, take onion peels, cover with water, cook for 30 minutes, and then lower the eggs there.
Step 3
In order for the eggs to acquire a yellow or golden hue, they can be painted with a decoction of birch leaves. To do this, take birch leaves, cover with water, cook for 30 minutes, and then lower the eggs there.
Step 4
Roll wet eggs in dry rice, wrap in cheesecloth and cook in onion skins in the usual way. Get speckled eggs.
Step 5
For a marbled effect, wrap the eggs in onion skins and tie some cotton material over the top.
Step 6
Attach leaves of a plant to the egg and wrap with gauze, then boil in the usual way.
Step 7
When dyeing, wrap the eggs with multi-colored threads, then interesting patterns will turn out on them.
Step 8
Boil eggs in water and baking soda. Wrap the eggs in colorful silk shreds and tie them with thread. Boil them again in this water, let cool, open the shreds.
Step 9
You can also paint eggs not only on the outside, but also on the inside. To do this, boil them for 3 minutes, then take them out and in some places pierce the shell with a needle. Then simmer for some time until cooked in a strong broth, adding cloves, cinnamon and coriander.
Step 10
To make the Easter eggs shine after staining, wipe them with vegetable oil.
