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How fun is that? Thanks for the heads-up! I'm wondering if you could do something similar with napkins and decoupage medium...? Thanks for sparking another idea, too!
I'm not sure what's in decoupage medium. I wonder if an egg white wash would work as the glue for your napkin idea?
__________________ If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't. ~ Jimmy Carter
You could be right, Shellie, about the bacteria. Our eggs get made the day before and eaten pretty fast. lol! (my mom used to blow out the egg and decorate the shells for her egg tree. sigh. was lovely ...)
__________________ If you don't want your tax dollars to help the poor, then stop saying you want a country based on Christian values, because you don't. ~ Jimmy Carter
If I were to decoupage designs onto eggs I wouldn't use cooked eggs, I'd blow them out and then decorate the egg.
The egg white wash really wouldn't be suitable for eggs we want to peel and eat because they would grow bacteria. Yuck!
Royal icing is made with egg whites and has never - to my knowledge - made anyone sick, so I'm not sure I would be concerned about using it as glue on the exterior of an egg. I think the yolks are more where the problem lies with raw eggs...
Royal icing is made with egg whites and has never - to my knowledge - made anyone sick, so I'm not sure I would be concerned about using it as glue on the exterior of an egg. I think the yolks are more where the problem lies with raw eggs...
I've gone round n round with this "raw egg, what part is not safe" dilemma. What I found out when I researched this (when I was making Tom & Jerry batter to serve at a party) is that any part of a raw egg can contain dangerous bacteria. If you have ever handled eggs straight from the nest, you would understand the potential for fecal contamination. TMI, I know!!!
Back to the egg itself! The shell on an egg is porous and bacteria can pass into it through the shell. That's why the only way to be assured that there is no harmful bacteria is to heat the egg to a safe temperature. I read somewhere that a whole egg can be pasteurized (made safe without cooking it), but I was never able to find out how to do this in a home kitchen.
I know everyone says they never knew anyone who got sick from eating something with raw egg. It DOES happen - my hairstylist had a client who ate/shared raw cookie dough with her granddaughter and both got dangerously ill. Hospital stays for both and scary time wondering if any organs would be damaged. This is scary stuff and it gave me a new respect for proper handling of raw eggs (and other raw food products like meat.)
Not trying to be a Debby Downer about the raw egg thing, but if it is to be ingested, be careful.
As for safe egg washes, there is dried egg white powder that uses water to rehydrate. It is safe to use because it is pasteurized.
__________________ Susy
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Thanks, Susy. I have some of that powder (bought it to make the aforementioned royal icing, lol), so if I give this a try I'll go that route. Better safe than sorry, right? I may just do plastic eggs and Mod Podge and call it a day - that way I'll have them for years to come instead of just for a minute...
How fun is that? Thanks for the heads-up! I'm wondering if you could do something similar with napkins and decoupage medium...? Thanks for sparking another idea, too!
For decorative eggs, not whole/edible eggs - yes, napkins will work. Long ago, I made decorative eggs using styrofoam eggs and napkins. Separate napkin layers if they have more than one ply. Coat styrofoam egg with gesso, let dry, use gesso to adhere design trimmed from napkin.
Eggstraordinary Easter Eggs
