This is my post for #freewriters Thursday prompt armor hosted by
There are many things that you have around the house to use for coloring your eggs. As a rule, I always put one tablespoon of vinegar into each cup of liquid.
When using yellow onions I always boiled my eggs while boiling the onion skins, you only use the skins, but if you want to soak them longer to get a deeper color, I would boil the onion skins and turn down the heat and simmer 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool and pour over boiled eggs, let soak until you get the color you like. They will be anywhere from burnt orange to a deep red color. If you use red onions the color will be lavender to red.
This one always amazes me chop red cabbage cover with water and bring to a boil, turn the heat down and simmer for 15 to 30 minutes. Strain the liquid and stir in the vinegar. Let cool and pour over the hard-boiled eggs. You can take eggs out at different times to get different blue colors. This goes for all ways to color your eggs. The longer you leave the eggs the darker the blue. If you use brown eggs they will be green.
Paprika can be used to dye your eggs. Put 4 tablespoons paprika into 2 cups of boiled water mix in vinegar, put in eggs.
Chopped beets can get you a pink and maroon color. Cover with water and boil for 15 to 30 minutes, strain and add vinegar, let cool and pour over your eggs.
To get a yellow color use 2 tablespoons of turmeric to 1 cup of boiled water and 1 tablespoon of vinegar.
You can use food coloring, put 1/2 cup of boiled water in a canning jar 1 tablespoon vinegar and however much food coloring you wish it to be, I used about 15 drops.
If you have room in your refrigerator and want darker colors leave the eggs in the dye and place them in the refrigerator until you get the desired color, you could leave them overnight, if you wish.
If you want to get fancy with your eggs, you can wrap rubber bands around them before dyeing or wrap lace around them.
I think you could experiment with different kinds of vegetables and see what colors you can get from them.
After taking your eggs out of the dye place them on a wire rack that is over a baking dish and let dry. To make them shiny rub them with a little oil then wipe with a paper towel.
And the best part, it is a rule that the cook has to test the food before serving, be sure to take the armor, (the shell) off of the eggs before eating.