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Figarosmom

(11,456 posts) Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:46 PM 15 hrs ago

My only negative thought is will the eggs smell like onions? Beets, turmeric, and red cabbage, blue berries, grape juice will work too.

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Dying Easter eggs the old fashion way (Original Post) Figarosmom 15 hrs ago OP

If you use vinegar too ... surrealAmerican 15 hrs ago #1

Was that nylon? Did not look like cheesecloth to me. quaint 15 hrs ago #2

Looked like footies. Figarosmom 12 hrs ago #3

I was only wondering about the footie part. quaint 11 hrs ago #4

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1. If you use vinegar too ...

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:49 PM

15 hrs ago

... they will smell like vinegar.

(Vinegar helps to set vegetable dyes.)

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2. Was that nylon? Did not look like cheesecloth to me.

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 05:59 PM

15 hrs ago

Old fashioned, hmmmm.j

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3. Looked like footies.

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 08:49 PM

12 hrs ago

It's been traced back to the 1890s. So yes old fashioned.

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4. I was only wondering about the footie part.

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:11 PM

11 hrs ago

The process uses imagination and natural materials.