Happy Easter

[cornerofmadness]

These are my naturally dyed eggs. The bizarre coco colored ones are from beets but sadly I had to use tiny canned ones since Kroger had no fresh. I wonder if that will make a difference. The pretty Robin egg blue ones was from red cabbage. Here's hoping the eggs don't taste like either of those things (okay I DO like beet pickled eggs but I'm not so sure I want the sulfur of the cabbage mixing with the sulfur of the yoke).



and since I forgot yesterday, have a late Caturday pic. Believe it or not this is a different day from the last time I posted a Soul using grumpy Kanda as a pillow. Can't you just feel his enthusiasm for this.

Comments

[mustangsally78.livejournal.com]

I still think Kanda and my Dad's cat Lucy must have been separated at birth. There's something about a grumpy panda cat.

Hem hangs all over Gatz like that. It must be the little brother syndrome.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hahaha Kanda would probably welcome any sibling other than the one he has

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Those colors are GORGEOUS. I hope the flavors don't seep through the shells for you. :)

We didn't color any eggs this year -- Barb doesn't like hard-boiled eggs and we've been Socially Conscious and buying cage-free brown eggs, so they wouldn't color very well, anyway. But I made no-bake cookies into "nests" and put little Cadbury chocolate eggs in them.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

they seeped through faintly because i left them for many hours longer than I was supposed to but it's okay.

these are cage free from a neighbor. they're white ones. Brown eggs do dye (I did it last year) but the colors are different.

the no bake cookie nests sounds good too. LuckilY i like hard boiled eggs (and they make good snacks for diabetics so...)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

How long can eggs be left out (hard boiled) before they go bad? I'm curious, and you're the person to ask that sort of thing.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I honestly don't know. mom used to hide them overnight and use them as a decoration for at least a day or two. that said mine are in the fridge already

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Mom's going to feed them to the dogs, because they were left out about 24 hours (now closer to 48).

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Ours was definitely out longer than that. the net says 4-5 hours

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

That's kinda what I figured, but.

Thanks for the intel!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

np

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

I LOVE hard-boiled eggs; I make them for breakfasts and I'm not hungry a half-hour later, like I am with pastries or cereal.

Some time I'll have to try the brown eggs and see what I get -- mostly we only see the vinegar-water colors here.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

exactly. those are too carb ridden and leave you hungry

it usually leaves you with interesting colors

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Brown eggs dye! We used normal food coloring on them, and they came out more midnight than sky blue, but were pretty.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Well, now I'm gonna have to try it! :)

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

:D :D :D

[silvrethorn.livejournal.com]

The brown eggs look like those holy stones they sell in New Age catalogs. I think the stones come from stream beds in Tibet. The blue ones are just pretty, like giant robins' eggs (though "giant robins" is a scary thought. They're dirty and greedy enough in their normal size. Chicken-sized robins would lay waste to entire townships.)

Cuddly cats, awww. Our cats would never cuddle with each other. Fight, yes, but not sleep anywhere in proximity.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

hmmm you're right those brown ones do.

Don't want to think about a giant Robin

they only do this if i'm on the couch with them usually