Red Eggs for Greek Easter -Natural Dye 

Thank you for this video. I'm Russian Orthodox from Australia. My dad used to tell me that they coloured eggs this way when they lived in a small village in China (there was a small Russian community there). I'm so excited to have come across your video - I want to do this with my children for Pascha this year.

My family is Greek Orthodox and we have been dyeing eggs forever and I’ve never heard of using onion peels for the red color! What an awesome idea!! Thank you for sharing! :) really great video!

I loved the part of "I never measure, it's an estimation" I'm a greek-mexican orthodox who's yiayia told her to dye the eggs this year... I love your video THANKS A LOT!

I’m orthodox and I love that you do this! Wonderful tradition!

I made these on Easter afternoon! Was so blessed to find LOTS of brown onion skins in the bottom of the onion display basket at Walmart!! The eggs were over cooked ( green ring around the yolk) still good - The color was a deep red-❤️ I. collected the cracked eggs from most everyone and peeled them for egg salad for today! 🤗Love learning how to make new traditional things for my grown kids! Thank you!

I am an Orthodox Priest and use this technique all the time. The color stability is VERY popular because the toddkers aren't smearing the pink dye all over white Pascha dresses 🤣

Rachel, some people will rub the dried eggs with a little olive oil to make them shiny. Another tradition is to bring the basket of dyed eggs to church for the first Easter liturgy and leave them near the altar where the priest will bless them at the end of the liturgy. My Greek-American family took the shortcut and used the red dye that the church sells, and I love that you do this!

I’m orthodox and I love that you do this! Wonderful tradition

From Bethlehem, on holy fire Saturday, I'm dying my eggs with Greek red dye right now. Christos Anesti happy resurrection (Easter)

Thank You, Rachel and best wishes from Belarus! Happy Easter!

Wild! This is neat and simple. Thank you for keeping our tutorial simple and explaining not to peak and no need for extra fuss of boiling peels letting water cool.... seems so silly when yours turned out so beautiful. Cracked egg was a treat too. Happy easter to you and family. Thanks for sharing your fun tradition. I think we’ll try it!

Thank you so much for your recipe. I've been doing them the long way (cooling down the dye, etc.). This is so much easier. Instead of it taking 6 hours for a dozen eggs, it took about an hour to do 18. Beautiful!

It is a very beautiful tradition, we also have this tradition. In the city of Iğdır, Turkey

Used my last package of dye last Pascha and saw this video then. I have been saving yellow onion skins for a year. I just tried this and I am completely amazed how dark red white eggs get. Thanks.

Thank you for this! I am of Greek heritage and have not heard of this method!

I just want to say thank you so much for this amazing way of preparing the red eggs. I just prepared them following your instructions, the easiest and the most beautiful! Thank you and happy Easter!😊

This is the Polish way to dye eggs, I’ve been doing it this way my entire life. The difference is we make designs etched onto the surface while others leave them this way.

Im Greek. Orthadox Easter is May 2nd this year. One of the rare years where its more than a week apart. Im getting my leg of lamb ready!

it was lovely of you to share your tradition ! Thank you.

Thank you for teaching about other traditions .

It's a beautiful tradition.

I halfway expected you to dye yarn in that water ... But then I remembered that's your "fantasy life". 😉 This was super cool.

Thanks so much for sharing this tradition! Very cool!! Happy Easter!

Awesome, thanks for sharing this tradition!

🦋This was all new to me! Wonderful Easter tradition! I also couldn’t find any science explanation of the color change🧅🧅🧅🧅

Off topic - but love your kitchen! reminds me of an old farmhouse style.

Great instructions in your video! Thank you. Will red onion skins work too?

Thanks so much! I made these and they came out great!

I've always wondered if there is any way to get a similar result without cooking the eggs triple or quadruple the proper time for a hard-boiled egg. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear them!

I collect onion shells from all, yellow, white and some red for a mixture. Boil without vinegar, cool and soak 2 hours in a small saucepan for deep motted coloring. A cracked one is a treat. In winter I dry the shells for another egg boil.

I’m not orthodox but I like the concept. And very cool recipe.

What a great idea! Im doing it!

Thank you !

First of all, I am amazed. Like, Wow! Question is, do the eggs take at all like onion? Happy Easter

Beautiful!

did you wash those onion skins? or do we just put them in with dirt and everything?

Love this!

Very nice video. They look great. I have to say though, those red eggs symbolize new birth. Babies are born that color and to Greeks the first of the new year was spring not winter. Take care

Yours came out perfect. Mine came out yellow as I suspected. 🤷‍♀️

We always have the red egg tradition, but I didn’t know how to do it from onion skins-that is cool! But the first person is supposed to say, “He is risen, “ and the second person says, “He is risen indeed.” Then the second person turns to the third person and says “He is risen,” etc., etc., til you’re back to the first person. We never made a game of it, but sometimes someone’s egg doesn’t crack, and must be cracked on the plate, so I suppose that person could be the winner or loser or whatever. Anyway, I’ve always just used red food coloring and vinegar (after boiling first) but I want to try this way now.

Can you use brown eggs too?

Do you eat the eggs?

Are the eggs tasty after being cooked so long? It looks like you started the timer once the water had come to a full boil.

Have you ever tried doing this with brown eggs?

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Maybe the scientific reason is similar to why vinegar makes red velvet cake red. It's weird you don't use red onion peels

Albanians use yellow onion skins

You have 5 Boys and a girl? I have 4 boys and a girl lol