traditions alive
Mar 30, 2012 11:33:10 GMT
Post by liga on Mar 30, 2012 11:33:10 GMT
I hope I placed this thread in the correct folder.
I would like to invite you to share different traditions you still practice that are caracteristic to your corner of the world.
I will present our easter egg coloring. This is very typical in Latvia, but also in other Baltic countries. We use real eggs and dye them with natural colors. Then we eat them on easter morning. There are also various games where we use these colored eggs. Mostly they become a gift if you go to visit your friends. You can have fun by knocking the eggs together and seeing whose egg is stronger - the winner can take all beaten eggs.
The process is very easy and I will show you how to do it by yourselves!
1. you need a lot of onion shells. Those outer shells that are already dry. I collect them usually all year around for this occasion. But you can go to the market and just showel them from the bottom of the basket! You put them in a kettle full of water and start to boil. Let them boil until the water turns dark red. You could use also hay or willoe bark to obtain different colors using the same technique. My grandmother uses also strong tea or blackberry jam!
2. Here you need eggs, small wrappings and some onion shells, plant leaves or garden flowers (not poisonous), grain or rice. Anything that could create a texture on the egg. You attach these leaves or even pasta piecies to your egg with a wrapping and a cotton thread and put your egg in the kettle. You have to boil the eggs more than usually - I keep them for 15-20 minutes in the boiling water.
3. When the time is over, take out the eggs and place them in cold water. In 2 minutes time you can start to unwrap and see the result. This is the favourite part for all the kids, and mine too! Have fun! When you are done, you can oil the egg surfaces with a cotton pad and some olive oil to keep them shinier.
I would like to invite you to share different traditions you still practice that are caracteristic to your corner of the world.
I will present our easter egg coloring. This is very typical in Latvia, but also in other Baltic countries. We use real eggs and dye them with natural colors. Then we eat them on easter morning. There are also various games where we use these colored eggs. Mostly they become a gift if you go to visit your friends. You can have fun by knocking the eggs together and seeing whose egg is stronger - the winner can take all beaten eggs.
The process is very easy and I will show you how to do it by yourselves!
1. you need a lot of onion shells. Those outer shells that are already dry. I collect them usually all year around for this occasion. But you can go to the market and just showel them from the bottom of the basket! You put them in a kettle full of water and start to boil. Let them boil until the water turns dark red. You could use also hay or willoe bark to obtain different colors using the same technique. My grandmother uses also strong tea or blackberry jam!
2. Here you need eggs, small wrappings and some onion shells, plant leaves or garden flowers (not poisonous), grain or rice. Anything that could create a texture on the egg. You attach these leaves or even pasta piecies to your egg with a wrapping and a cotton thread and put your egg in the kettle. You have to boil the eggs more than usually - I keep them for 15-20 minutes in the boiling water.
3. When the time is over, take out the eggs and place them in cold water. In 2 minutes time you can start to unwrap and see the result. This is the favourite part for all the kids, and mine too! Have fun! When you are done, you can oil the egg surfaces with a cotton pad and some olive oil to keep them shinier.
