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are various ways of preparing Easter eggs that give so much delight to little
ones. The most elaborately decorated eggs should be emptied and washed of their
contents before they are prepared. This is the most economical as well as the
most satisfactory way to do: Pierce a small hole through each end, blow out the
contents, wash the shells and leave them for several days to dry. Some eggs
shells may be gilded, some silvered and some painted in oils. Simple gifts such
as are suitable at Easter time may be conceded under these eggs.
Plain
boiled eggs, such as are served on the Easter breakfast table, may be easily
dyed with vegetable dyes, which can be procured at caterers or dealers in
confectioner’s supplies. It is not in good taste to make these eggs eaten at
the breakfast table especially elaborate. The elaborate eggs are those which
are supposed to be found incidentally after breakfast, on Easter morning, and
are for the amusement of small children. A dish of pale green, white and yellow
eggs at one end of the table or robin’s egg blue and pale yellow and white at
the other end gives the breakfast table a festive appearance. It is easy enough
to prepare a few eggs in each of these colors to obtain this effect. It is a little
difficult to get a good green in eggs. Owning to the quantity of lime in the
shells all eggs do not take this natural green color as some others will, and
it is better to color eggs a simply as possible than to use any powerful dyes
when eating them later.
It
is possible to decorate more ornamental eggs of which the contents have been
blown out. Eggs may be prepared weeks before Easter and may be hidden away
until the eventful morning. These simple eggshells when decorated in natural
colors using roses or forget-me-nots and each strung on a fancy ribbon will
last a long time, if taken care of.
The eggs of nearly all ordinary birds, from the gigantic ostrich, whose
shell is firm enough to be set in silver, to the smallest bantam, where at one
time represented in many shops at Easter time. These were decorated, to hold
various kinds of candies or for ornamental purposes. You will net to be
diligent to find decorative eggs like these in antique shops or vintage resale
in time for Easter if you live in the United States, for it is nearly impossible to find these mouth-blown, decorated eggs for sale. When my children were young, there was a chocolate shop down the street that sold these but that was highly unusual.
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