Evening star., 1916-04-12
EASTER EGGS IN GAY
COLORS AND DESIGNS

on Easter morning over an Easter egg
And if no gay egg is forthcoming it
must be admitted that the childish
| heart sinks with disappointment
| Remember your own childhood if
you want proof of this fact. And,
having this proof be sure to make
some chiid's Easter happy by making a
good supply of eggs.
| Eggs can be boiled hard and then
decorated if the colors used are harm
| less. Otherwise. they must be freed
| of their contents
! The best way to do this is to make
hole in one cnd-mal>e it first with
pin and then with the point of a
| sharp knife. Let the egg white drain
out through this hole and then pierce
| the yolk and let that. too, escape
! Rlnse the shells with cold water and
| dry them. They then are ready for
| decorations.
| The contents of all the shells emptied
can be used-for cuStardS if the yolk
and white are mixed by accident and
| for the usual things requiring eggs if
they are kept separate. Whips and
ma yonnalse. angel cake. sponge cake
ana puddlngS of various sorts can be
made of the extra supply.
For red eggs, cochineal is perhaps
the most satisfactory coloring. Hard
boiled eggs may be used for this Wash
the raw eggs and boil ten or more
minutes in water colorcd with coch-
meal The longer they are boiled the
deeper their color will be, so, by taking
the eggs from the water at different
times. You can have them all the way
from pale pink to deep red
For green eggs boil eggs with spin
acn until the desired shade is obtained
For other colors. get the dyes, ana
use the blown or emptied shells
Children are often as much interested
IN color1na the eggs or watching the
coloring s they in receiving them
as surprise. SO the preparing of
Easter eggs for themselves and their
friends Saturday may be made a cher
ished treat.
The transfer pictures, too. afford
much fun to children, and can be
bought in great variety in every color
of the rainbow. Some can be trans
of paper containing the picture in color
and rubbing the picture off the paper
to the egg.
Eggs to Eat.
Children will enjoy Easter eggs to
eat well as to look at
There are. of course, the candy eggs
of various sorts one can buy in the
shops. and there are also various eggs
that can be made at home.
Uncooked fondant can be nodded into
tiny eggs, and some of them can be
speckled with cocoa some left pure
white. some tinted with green spots of
spinach water. some with red of coch-
meal. Then tiny nests can be made
of shreds of candied grape fruit or
orange peel and the little eggs can be
piled in these nests. Or they can be
put in tiny baskets.
These of course, sweet and
must be for dessert or for a between
meal treat-and wisdom forbids be-
tween-meal treats,
For breakfast this sort of nest can
be served: Boil hard some eggs and
shred the whites into narrow strips,
and of these strips form little nests.
Crumb the yolks and mix with crea M
| and form in tiny eggs. Into each white
eggs and serve.
| This is a dainty dinner dessert for
children on Easter day, and will really
be better enjoyed than ice cream:
Soften ounce of gelatin in a pint
Of cold water. and add to three pints
of boiling milk in which two cupfuls
of sugar have been dissolved When
the gelatin is dissolved. take from the
fire. strain, and divide into several
parts-as many as you wish to flavor
differently.
To one part add two tablespoonfuls
of sweetened cocoa, and favor with
little vanilla.
To another add the well beaten yolks
of two eggs and little lemon favorins
and cook until the egg is smooth.
To another add some cochineal to
color pink and flavor with rose water.
To another add orange extract and d
little grated orange peel or almond.
Leave one white, and flavor with
vanilla or almond
Pour the various mixtures into empty
| eggshells, through the holes in the
| end, and let them stand until hard.
| Then break open the shells. and serve
| the jelly eggs with a custard sauce.