“I’ll show you how we dye the eggs. It is a natural and safe way to color eggs.” My theo (uncle) Pavlos said the year and only time he visited me to spend the Easter Holiday in the United States.
You meet Theo Pavlos in the beginning of my memoir and run into him throughout Taxi to America. I have an entire chapter (6) devoted to my theo. He was a significant figure in my early life, upon which I constructed a safety net that served me for decades.
Bright red eggs using onion skins. I save yellow onion skins for a few weeks before Easter. A few times I have had the convenience of catching the produce clerk at my supermarket cleaning out the onion bin and have asked him or her for the skins, thus eliminating saving the skins every time I peeled an onion.
You will need enough skins to fill half of the pot you will use for the eggs.
I use a pot large enough for one dozen eggs.
1. Add water to the pot, one to two inches above the skins and soak skins overnight.
The eggs should be at room temperature.
2. When ready to boil the eggs, add two or three tablespoons of red vinegar.
3. Place the eggs in the pot over medium high heat.
4. Slowly bring the water to a simmer and boil eggs for 17 minutes-be patient.
5. Remove the eggs with a slotted spoon and place them in cold water.
6. You can save and use the water and onion skins up to four days.
7. Once the eggs have cooled, remove from the water, place them on a towel that is covered with paper towel to dry.
8.Use a soft cloth to polish the eggs with olive oil.
RED EGGS A LA THEO PAVLOS
This is the method my theo shared. The link below shows a method without soaking the skins.