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Show Monday, March 28, 1983 THE HERALD. Prove Utah, - Page 9 Today Ann Landers Early Easter Eggs Dyed With Onion Skins and Scratched By KATHLEEN KLEIN LANCASTER, Pa. (UPI) -Most Easter eggs last about as long as it takes to crack the shell. But German settlers who brought the colorful custom to this country about three centuries ago took great pains to decorate the eggs and often treasured them as keepsakes. Brown onion skins were the commonest dye used by the hunts, egg rolls, who was born in 1918 in rural Lancaster County. It was the custom to eat eggs laid on Good Friday because they were thought to possess "healing powers," she said. Artists generally signed and dated their eggs. These "bring a big price at antique auctions view. "Binsa-graws- "Onion skin was easy to come by. It was the most common because everybody was a " "The prettiest egg you usually saved," she said. "The inside of the egg would dry up and you could keep it for a keepsake. But today you have problems because the eggshells are so very thin. Sometimes they blow up. "The shell must be strong enough that the gas that forms on the inside doesn't explode favor- ite method of decorating had onions and it was and a favorite flavor- ing." Egg scratch artists use a pin or other sharp tool to scratch through the dyed surface to the Alt-hou- se from my mailbag: Oxnard, Calif.: Please tell "No Egghead in McAUen, Tex.," that she is probably making the same mistake most cooks make trying to shell the eggs immediately after boiling. THIS IS WRONG. She should put them in the refrigerator overnight. The The colorful dyes concocted German settlers inspired a Lancaster druggist to experiment before the turn of the century with paints that do away with the bother of boiling onion skins. by pasted onto the egg. Boswells Will Celebrate Anniversary J. Wallace and Edda J. Bos-we- The children of J. Wallace and Edda J. Boswell will honor their parents for their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house on Saturday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Women's Cultural Center, 310 W. 500 N., Provo. The event is open to all friends and relatives: They request no gifts. The couple were married on March 31, 1933 in the Manti LDS Temple. John Wallace Boswell was born in Nephi to John H. and Mary E. Garrett Boswell. He graduated from Juab High School, LDS Seminary and BYU where he received a degree in finance and accounting. He was employed at Provo Foundry and Machine Company before working for U.S. Steel Geneva Works from 1942 until his retirement in 1970. He is listed in "Who's Who of the West." Mr. Boswell served in the LDS Church as president of an elders ll quorum and YMMIA, Sunday School superintendent, ward clerk, stake high council member, bishop, member of a bishopric and as a Provo LDS Temple counselor and recorder. He has been active in the scouting program and received the Silver Beaver Award and Provo Peak Award. Edda Margaret Jones was born to Edward T. and Margaret Watson Jones. She graduated from Provo High School and LDS Seminary. She was a pink lady at Utah Valley Hospital and was a member of the Acacia Club. She served in the LDS Church as a Primary and Mutual teacher. in Provo The Boswells are the parents of three children, Mrs. Paul A. (Mar go) Trotter, Mrs. Richard Lee (Dana Kaye) Ellertson and John W. Boswell II. They have grandchildren and 10 15 n. " 7 J I i 'I h - NEW COORDINATING ITEMS Crib Quilts And Sheets Hooded Bath Blankets Receiving Blankets Papoose Infant Carrying Covers Bumper Pads Easter Cute For Toddler STUFFED EASTER DRESSES ANIMALS $99 Starting $99 StajJ" x Infant Pastel SPRING DRESSES Diuii! Starting Starting At $049 O At OREM m 273 W. Center 6 Mon. - Sat. jfcgf 9-- F, $99 O PROVO Grand Central Plaza M-6 9 Sat. 9-- it 9-- jj5 wSw Remember- Maytag! in - rvi ns c 5 Dig OUVIiigS HOW Maytag Washers, Dryers Qnly 3 days to save! ii 0(1 ail & Dishwashers 5 v V At BIBiilH mm,m r G For the Mass.: Cambridge, woman who is bedeviled by lousy deviled eggs: Is she putting them next morning the shells will slide off easily. Charleston, S.C.: That Texas woman will make a perfect deviled egg if she will follow my grandmother's advice. Take a strong needle and prick the round end of the egg before she puts it in the water to boil. New Brunswick, Vancouver: A teaspoon of mineral oil in the water will solve the problem. Baton Rouge, La.: Twenty years ago a chef at Antoine's in New Orleans told me never to boil eggs. They should be on the stove only long enough to come to a boil and removed at once. Then a lid should be placed on the pan and they should stand for 25 minutes. Chicago: Tell "Texas" to pour a couple of ounces of wine vinegar in the water and her troubles will be over. Decatur, 111.: When putting eggs BIK j under the cold water faucet before peeling? Big mistake. They should be peeled while hot. Grand Island, Neb.: Never peel boiled eggs when they are hot. Put in ice water for 10 minutes. on to boil, the cook should wear stove mitts. The electricity from her body is ruining her eggs. eggs. Here are some samples it." the Amish, Ms. said. An egg was covered with glue and layered with fibers from meadow rush, a grass similar to flax. Scraps of calico and other material were then among egg-eatin- Will off-cent- er g crack another's egg while keeping his own intact. Alt-hous- e, today." I never learn? After my catastrophic experience with that meat loaf recipe I swore off getting Involved with recipes ever again. But the letter from the woman who was desperate to learn how to make a successful deviled egg got to me. Her yolks turned dark, were and the whites were like rubber. So I printed her letter and suggested that she contact the food editor of her newspaper. With all the serious problems in the world, I was stunned at the hundreds of people who wrote at once to rescue that poor woman from her dilemma. This week no one seems to care about unemployment, inflation, the national deficit, kids on drugs, drunken drivers or cheating spouses. The major concern is to help that woman turn out perfect deviled competitions and games played with the eggs, including a tapping contest in which the prize went to the person who could Christian symbols, like the sheaf of wheat." German settlers also brought the Easter rabbit, or Oschder haas, with them, said Ms. Alt-hous- e, Dear Readers: In classes she ieaches at the Landis Valley Farm Museum, Ms. Althouse uses marigold petals, red cabbage leaves and grass clippings as well as onion skins for dyeing the eggs. Ms. Althouse recalls egg white egg shell. Tulips, hearts and "distlefink," the good luck bird, were the most common designs. "They were an agricultural people, so vines and flowers and anything close to nature was a motif for their art," Ms. Althouse said. "Then they used Germans who settled central Pennsylvania, said Evelyn who practices and teaches the art of egg scratching, or "oiergritzele," as it is called in Pennsylvania Dutch' dialect. "Farmers usually had a lot of children and there wasn't too much time to work on those things," she said in an inter- Advice on Deviled Eggs i "I , For J;XBeautiful-- Z V Enjoy UJith U.S. No. Dependable - i Our present ( 1 C0IVIE rciN ) Yolloiv Onions lV L 3 'a rlii1. .,,J i.J 1 - - r. I . . V - 6 Lbs. 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