Color Easter eggs naturally

Coloring colorful easter eggs naturally

04/19/2014

Especially at Easter, eggs are on everyone's lips. Anyone who wants to color colorful Easter eggs for the family at the last minute should do so in a natural way. This is possible, among other things, to different types of vegetables. By the way, eggs are much better healthier than their reputation.

Egg coloring must be free from harmful substances
For centuries, eggs have been dyed colorful here every Easter for Easter. Brown eggs are usually more popular in Germany because they are - by mistake - considered to be healthier, but at Easter the white version is preferred. But even brown eggs can be colored. There are special egg colors and pens for this. However, as egg donors, according to a study by the Stiftung Warentest, become hard and difficult to apply, handling them is difficult. For the special egg colors, it must be considered that they must be free of harmful substances as they may contain only food-approved dyes. Not suitable for dyeing the Easter eggs, however, felt-tip pens or the colors of paint boxes.

Natural colorants from vegetables
There are also numerous natural means to decorate eggs for Easter. For example, beetroot or red onion peels produce beautiful red tones and green tones are achieved with the help of spinach or parsley. Golden yellow eggs you get among other things by black tea or walnut shells. Become blue by red cabbage leaves or elderberry juice. Nettle and mate tea, grated carrots, cumin, chamomile and turmeric bring color into the Easter life. For dyeing a brew of water and the respective parts of the plant should be cooked for about 30 to 45 minutes before the eggs are added. The eggs should be rubbed with vinegar before cooking and then with cooking oil, so that the color is better accepted and more gloss is achieved.

Easter eggs last for weeks
For coloring, one to two week old eggs with a smooth surface are particularly good, as they compensate for pressure differences easier and less likely to get cracks. The best way to buy eggs from organic or free range. Although these are not healthier and do not differ in terms of their nutritional value of conventional goods, but you burden nature and the environment less. Hard-boiled Easter eggs, if their skin is smooth and without cracks, can last up to two weeks, according to the German Society for Nutrition (DGE). Although colored Easter eggs from the retail trade last much longer because of a special protective varnish, animal rights activists advise against buying them, as they almost always originated from caged chickens.

Reduce exposure to salmonella
In order to avoid a possible Salmonella hazard when blowing out the eggs, raw eggs should be blown out of the craft shop using a thin straw, disposable syringe with cannula or bellows. Alternatively, it is also advisable to rub the bowl with alcohol. In a boiled egg, however, the risk of Salmonella is low, since germs are killed after two to three minutes when boiled. The respective optimal cooking time of the eggs depends on their size and also on the temperature. A hard egg should be boiled for about nine minutes. It is important to pierce the egg before cooking with a Eierpiekser at the shallower place, so this does not burst. Because then it is no longer suitable as an Easter egg.

Eggs are better than their reputation
Although eggs have a bad reputation for health, there are new insights. This allows healthy people to eat several eggs a week, even though they contain a lot of cholesterol. As is now known, cholesterol in food hardly affects cholesterol levels. Easter eggs usually do not raise cholesterol, but can be heavy in the stomach. Last year, researchers at a meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans had also provided new evidence that protein has a positive effect on high blood pressure. But you can enjoy Easter eggs even healthier if they are made from dark chocolate. Because the regular consumption of such chocolate can even reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke, according to an English study. (Ad)