{"id":516,"date":"2014-04-20T14:17:14","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T14:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2015-04-12T10:11:25","modified_gmt":"2015-04-12T10:11:25","slug":"easter-naturally-coloured-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/easter-naturally-coloured-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter naturally coloured eggs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this year, as for all other years, I coloured eggs for Easter Sunday. In Latvia it is an annual tradition which is passed from generation to generation.<\/p>\n<p>First \u00a0you will need eggs! Then some onion peel, tights, string and things to decorate eggs with (from my experience this can include pasta, rice, all kind of vegetation, string, etc ).<\/p>\n<p>Eggs should be at room temperature to prevent them from breaking.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-611 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas1.jpg\" alt=\"Eggs with bits for decoration\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas1.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas1-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put the onion peels in pot with lukewarm water- you don&#8217;t want to drop the eggs into boiling water &#8211; they tend to crack. Even worse if they have come out of fridge just before.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas2.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-612 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas2.jpg\" alt=\"Onion peel\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas2-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Decorate the eggs! And by that I mean if you have kids they will enjoy this part. Wrap leaves around eggs, make them wet and stick them into rice, wind them with thread, imagination is your limit here. Once done put them into tights, tie the ends.\u00a0Here they are all ready to be boiled.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas3.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-613 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas3.jpg\" alt=\"Eggs decorated\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas3.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas3-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Put the eggs into pots and wait. The left one is onion peels, the right one I was experimenting with tea.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas4.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-614 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas4.jpg\" alt=\"Boiling\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas4.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas4-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I love hard boiled eggs I boil them for about 20 minutes &#8211; the longer you boil the more vibrant the colour will be.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas5.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-615 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas5.jpg\" alt=\"Coming out of pot\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas5.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas5-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ready to be put into warm water to cool off. This is the best part about colouring eggs &#8211; the unwrapping, feels a bit like Christmas. As a child I loved to sit and watch while my mother unwrapped them in front of us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas6.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-616 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas6.jpg\" alt=\"Cooling\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas6.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas6-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unwrapped and cooling&#8230; Mmmmm they are going to be so tasty! \ud83d\ude00 As you can see my experiments with tea didn&#8217;t come out the way I expected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas7.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-617 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas7.jpg\" alt=\"More cooling\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas7.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas7-1000x563.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Close up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas8.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas8.jpg\" alt=\"Pretty\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas8.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas8-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas8-1000x645.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>All the pretty ones are posing \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p>Happy colouring to you all, and happy Easter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas9.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-8\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas9.jpg\" alt=\"Very pretty\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas9.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas9-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/olas9-1000x613.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this year, as for all other years, I coloured eggs for Easter Sunday. In Latvia it is an annual tradition which is passed from generation to generation. First \u00a0you will need eggs! Then&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":618,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eponases.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}