What I always thought of as an odd tradition was the eating of noodles and prunes on Good Friday. Not very tempting to a kid. I got noodles mixed in with scrambled eggs. No meat on Good Friday. > > From: Dale Madison <gobills@ncweb.com> > Date: 2005/03/22 Tue AM 08:28:18 CST > To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [NYERIE] Easter Traditions > > > >Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 15:37:21 -0800 (PST) > >From: Georgianne Bowman <ceramic_nut_2002@yahoo.com> > >To: NYERIE-L@rootsweb.com > >Message-ID: <20050321233721.16971.qmail@web53802.mail.yahoo.com> > >Subject: Re: [NYERIE] Germans and Easter > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > >What would be Easter traditions for Germans in America, especially in Erie > >County? > >Zona > > > >When I was a kid, my German grandparents always decorated eggs in one > >color--bright yellow brown. > > > >We collected onion skins (we only had the brown ones, don't know what > >color would result from the red ones) and put them in a big kettle with > >enough water to cover however many eggs were added. > > > >Before putting the eggs in the warm onionskin water, we decorated them > >with designs in white crayon or yellow crayon. Then simmer long enough to > >hard boil the eggs (boiling a bit longer might get a darker color, but the > >color really depends on how many onion skins you put in the water). > > > >Georgianne > > > Thanks for sharing Georgianne. I hope others do. > > Dale > > > > ==== NYERIE Mailing List ==== > To contact the List Administrator: Dick Rose <dtrose@cox.net> > See the Archived Messages at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > > ============================== > Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for > ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >