If you like to dye Easter eggs, but I don’t like the current egg prices, here are some alternatives.
A Martínez, host:
All right. You want to show how rich you are without saying how rich you are? How about dyeing real eggs for Easter?
Michel Martin, host:
Yes. We call it a quiet luxury.
Martínez: (laughs).
Martin: The consumer price index revealed that the average price of a dozen eggs was more than $ 6 last month – a new record. So, for anyone looking for a cheaper alternative, we asked Lis Engelhart with good household maintenance which could be dyed instead.
Lis Engelhart: One of our favorites is actually potatoes.
Martínez: Potatoes -Cellule of eggs. Engelhart says that some are surprisingly easy to dye.
Engelhart: We tried to die of yellow potatoes for baby, which are about the size and shape of a small egg, and these take food coloring quite well.
Martin: They are also quite cheap, and afterwards, you can transform them into colorful homemade fries. Another edible alternative is marshmallows.
Engelhart: You can simply mix a few drops of food coloring with cold water and dip the marshmallow directly in the mixture. It absorbs the color instantly, so it would be great for young children who may have a shorter duration of attention during manufacturing.
Martínez: And maybe not as nutritious as eggs or potatoes. But I guess everyone, right?
Martin: right.
Martínez: right.
Martin: And here is another idea. Lexi Harrison of the Crowded Kitchen recipe website is not even a fan of hard eggs, so she offered peanut butter eggs.
Lexi Harrison: I thought it would be cool, and as easy, to shape them like real eggs and soak them in melted white chocolate, which you can color with any color and make them look like real dyed Easter eggs.
Martínez: Harrison says that she has made peanut butter eggs that look very much like Robin eggs, with speckled blue shells that are almost too pretty to eat.
Martin: Yeah. And if you really go out with a dye and you cannot do too much to eat your artistic creation, Engelhart of Good Househiping says that another option could be in your backyard or on the street.
Engelhart: If you are looking for a last -minute idea, smooth rocks are an excellent base for painting.
Martínez: and the rocks are free. So don’t let children try to eat them.
Martin: Yes, I don’t do that. A, are you in Easter eggs?
Martínez: No, absolutely not. Will not paint them. I remember that when I returned one day of the first year, I gathered eggs from the refrigerator to prepare to paint them. And my immigrant grandparents looked at me as if I had gone mad because they said, it’s food. They are not toys.
Martin: (laughs).
Martínez: Do not paint our food.
Martin: Ok, but you are – you can do it now. It’s good.
Martínez: I know.
Martin: I know.
Martínez: These lessons last a long time.
Martin: But you always save for sneakers. I understand.
Martínez: Yes, that’s all.
Martin: I understand.
Martínez: That’s it.
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