Dumb question: Do I need to hardboil eggs before dying them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again. Seems like popular opinion is to boil them, but there was enough input from non-boilers to make me want to give that a go. So I will try no boil and report back. Kids are 10 and 12 and fairly careful.

You hard boil the eggs. Not clear what you’re struggling with so much.

OMG it's not that hard! She doesn't want a bunch of boiled eggs! She wants her kids to be able to color the eggs and then use the eggs in whatever way she wants-to fry, to scramble, to bake with, whatever!

Thank you for asking this OP, I'm with you. We eat/use a ton of eggs and my kids love the coloring process but I don't want too too many boiled eggs. Please let me now how it goes. My kids are 5 and 7 so younger than yours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again. Seems like popular opinion is to boil them, but there was enough input from non-boilers to make me want to give that a go. So I will try no boil and report back. Kids are 10 and 12 and fairly careful.

You hard boil the eggs. Not clear what you’re struggling with so much.

OMG it's not that hard! She doesn't want a bunch of boiled eggs! She wants her kids to be able to color the eggs and then use the eggs in whatever way she wants-to fry, to scramble, to bake with, whatever!

Thank you for asking this OP, I'm with you. We eat/use a ton of eggs and my kids love the coloring process but I don't want too too many boiled eggs. Please let me now how it goes. My kids are 5 and 7 so younger than yours.

Yes, it works fine. I just posted previously and my kids are 4 and 6 and I just warned them in advance to be careful and they were.

[Anonymous]

I know you are looking for the answer you want to hear, but I would not risk sickness by dying raw Easter eggs. American eggs because of their washing process need to be kept refrigerated (not like European eggs which maintain their protective coating and can be kept out). I would not want to risk getting sick eating an egg that has been put through a hot water dye and left out to dry and then refrigerated again, especially during a pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Why would you waste eggs on dying them this year?

Just dye a few.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here again. Seems like popular opinion is to boil them, but there was enough input from non-boilers to make me want to give that a go. So I will try no boil and report back. Kids are 10 and 12 and fairly careful.

You hard boil the eggs. Not clear what you’re struggling with so much.

OMG it's not that hard! She doesn't want a bunch of boiled eggs! She wants her kids to be able to color the eggs and then use the eggs in whatever way she wants-to fry, to scramble, to bake with, whatever!

Thank you for asking this OP, I'm with you. We eat/use a ton of eggs and my kids love the coloring process but I don't want too too many boiled eggs. Please let me now how it goes. My kids are 5 and 7 so younger than yours.

Yes, it works fine. I just posted previously and my kids are 4 and 6 and I just warned them in advance to be careful and they were.

Great, thank you, I'm going to give it a shot this year! PP-no reason eggs can't dry in the fridge. They don't need to sit out for hours.

[Anonymous]

I wouldn’t do it. You can blow them out. But I wouldn’t take a chance on keeping raw eggs that have been dyed around. You’re never had food poisoning I guess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know you are looking for the answer you want to hear, but I would not risk sickness by dying raw Easter eggs. American eggs because of their washing process need to be kept refrigerated (not like European eggs which maintain their protective coating and can be kept out). I would not want to risk getting sick eating an egg that has been put through a hot water dye and left out to dry and then refrigerated again, especially during a pandemic.

You’re paranoid.

Egg dying doesn’t require hot water and eggs sitting out for 30 minutes or whatever it takes to color them is not going to make anyone sick.

Hard boiled eggs are ideal because they won’t break, but in OP’s situation it makes sense to not boil them.

[Anonymous]

We blew out all our eggs last year (used a paper clip to poke the holes) which not only let us use the eggs for cooking but also meant the shells lasted a really long time / could be out for decoration.

If you’re not planning on hunting the eggs or using them out for decoration and can tolerate the risk they’ll break (potentially into the dye, making the dye useless too) then the raw eggs should work.

[Anonymous]

OP, the greater danger is the dyes. Make sure when you buy the dyes that you get food safe ones. Some of the dye kits out there use dyes that are typically used in clothing and cloth dyeing and are not food safe.