Simple pleasures
Apr. 17th, 2022 06:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
offcntrI still get a kick out of coloring Easter eggs. We've done it fancy, with flower and leaf resist and onionskin dye. We've tried beet juice--sticky, and not permanent, food coloring--also sadly not permanent, psanky-style wax decorations.
This year, I just popped for a basic egg-dye kit from BiMart. The eggs were a mix of colors to begin with, white, brown, some blue and green Araucana eggs. Makes for a more interesting end result, some surprisingly rich colors. I steamed the eggs this year, rather than boiling, and though one still cracked, none oozed out egg white, so we dyed 'em all.
My Easter potica turned out particularly nice. I sometimes have trouble getting it to rise, but I'd fired a kiln the night before, so the studio was a good 20° warmer than the rest of the house. I put it out on the pugmill bench to proof, and it puffed right up.
Posted a picture on Instagram and got a like from a bakery in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Always nice to get recognition.
This year, I just popped for a basic egg-dye kit from BiMart. The eggs were a mix of colors to begin with, white, brown, some blue and green Araucana eggs. Makes for a more interesting end result, some surprisingly rich colors. I steamed the eggs this year, rather than boiling, and though one still cracked, none oozed out egg white, so we dyed 'em all.
My Easter potica turned out particularly nice. I sometimes have trouble getting it to rise, but I'd fired a kiln the night before, so the studio was a good 20° warmer than the rest of the house. I put it out on the pugmill bench to proof, and it puffed right up.
Posted a picture on Instagram and got a like from a bakery in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Always nice to get recognition.