Eastern European also use onions, beets and similar natural dyes to make Easter eggs of solid colors, which are boiled and then eaten after being taken to church on Easter morning to be blessed by the priest. Pysanki are dyed raw, with strong non-edible dyes, and are not eaten, but saved for future display. Decades ago, one of our Malamutes age a bowl of pysanki that had to be at least 5 years old, and we had to give him something to make him regurgitate the mess, lest he be poisoned by the dyes or sickened by the contents of the eggs.
Dan Matyola *https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery <https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery>* On Mon, Apr 5, 2021 at 12:17 AM mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > On 05 April 2021 at 04:50 "Daniel J. Matyola" <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > > > There are many ways to celebrate the Easter season. In Eastern Europe > (and > > among Amerians of Eastern European heritage), coloring Easter eggs in > > intricate patterns is a traditional family activity. Raw eggs > > are decorated using a wax-resist method employing special styluses and > > bright dyes, especially among Ukrainians and Rusyns. > > > > These are some we use to decorate our Easter table: > > > > http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/4/pysanki-1 > > Comments are invited. > > Colouring eggs, using a different technique*, used to be common in the > north of England as well. Competitions for both children and adults would > be held in working mens' clubs, with quite serious prizes. > > * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_egg#Colouring > -- > %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List > To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
