Easter Eggs by Silviya Danchova
Dyed red eggs are a tradition at
Bulgarian Easter symbolizing the
blood of Christ and rebirth and
new life. Today we also dye eggs
in different colours.
Easter eggs are dyed on Maundy
(Holy)
Thursday
or
Holy
Saturday. The first red egg dyed on Holy Thursday is a symbol
of health for the family and it has to be kept until next Easter.
There are many ways to
colour boiled eggs. First
place the eggs into a
saucepan with a pinch of
salt and cover with water.
Boil the eggs for at least
ten minutes and then lift
the eggs out with spoon or
tongs. The eggs are dyed
with colouring kit, dye
pellets, colouring for food
or natural dye (red onions skins, fruits, coffee, red cabbage,
red wine). When we use natural dyes we have to boil eggs
together with red onions skins for
a red colour or red cabbage for
blue colour. To decorate with a
colouring kit we need a rich
imagination.
You can eat these eggs, give
them as gifts or use them for
decoration.