Palm Sunday............
A traditional fish eating day. The rest of the week is strict fasting for many.
Holy Monday....
Nice sunny day so I did some washing
Holy Tuesday......
Holy Moly, a miracle. Cousin Julia's Xmas card arrived, from England, in time for Easter. Thats got to be a record for the P. O.
First waterfront coffee of 2026
Locals sitting in the shade in jackets, tourists in the sun in short sleeves
Shopping
2 trays of eggs. That's 60 of them to hard boil and dye red
Spring flowers and a pungent basil plant. Now I have to put them in the ground.
I already planted my little marigold, the sage cutting and sweet potato
Saw our first tortoise shuffling up the road. No snakes yet
Wednesday........
Boiling those 60 eggs without breaking any. Yeh, that never happens. We are told to add vinegar to the water, salt, or put a cloth at the bottom of the pot so they don't rattle around. All useless tips. Some are always going to break or have cracks in the shell. I'm not in charge of this operation but I get to eat all the broken eggs.
Only 4 or 5 broken, so far. The cracked ones are going to get dyed with the rest tomorrow. The dye isn't toxic, they say
I would like to join you in eating the cracked eggs. Mash them, add some mayo and curry powder and make curried egg and lettuce sandwiches. Delicious!!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely delicious but I'm not eating bread at the moment so its plain curried eggs. I've eaten 3 already today
DeleteI hard boil eggs for kedgeree and they often crack. Boiling sixty would worry me, knowing they have to be painted.
ReplyDeleteThere were only 5 out of 60 that weren't worth dying. That's not a bad score.
DeleteDy-e-ing perhaps lol
Deleteoh no, hope boiling those eggs doesn't take too long although it sounds like an exhausting experience.
ReplyDeleteActually our wide pan takes 30 eggs at a time so it doesn't take too long. Just a wait to see how many break lol
DeleteI always put vinegar in the water when boiling. Whether or not it makes any difference is another matter!
ReplyDeleteIve tried vinegar. I don't think it makes any difference. They do have to be boiled slowly. This batch wasn't bad. Not too many breakages
DeleteTraditional red. We got given several shades of blue, green and even yellow one year. Haven't done curried eggs for years - that's something I could cook on a two ring gas stove. Kalo paske (excuse spelling) - you are on your own with that kokoritzi skewered stuff.
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