With a shortage of eggs induced by the bird flu that has caused prices to shoot, and consumers, due to lack of a better word, to fight, the term “egg hunt” acquires a new meaning of this Easter. But the shortage will really have an impact on the spring holidays? According to the Internet, where the baskets of Dyed Yukon Gold Potatoes Abundant, the answer is yes.
“I think I'm going to ask my guests to bring [their own] Eggs this year, ”says Molly Page of South Pasadena, who organizes an annual Ukrainian egg tesillo party for his friends and children.
Many parents are renouncing to dye real eggs completely, and some have resorted to Tiktok, publishing videos of their Children coloring potatoes For the melody of “is hard life”, while others open egg cards to reveal a dozen Malvaviscos decoratedGolf balls and other egg alternatives.
Marshmallow Marshmallow Brand threw Easter Malvavisco dyeing kits “Dip and Decorate”. For $ 1.99 in Walmart, the kits include a 24 -ounce bag of jumbo, six dye colors, two flavored drizzles, tweezers and three insurance food markers in a pink egg box labeled as “fresh farm marshmaking.”
The hahagi company with headquarters in Massachusetts Jaju Pierogi published A video Of his pierogies submerged in the Easter dye, proof that no one is immune to jump on the car.
Although potato decoration seems the most widespread, there is little consistency in the trend. The potato varieties range from Peewee to yukon or even red skin. Some recommend peeling them first. It is not clear if they should be boiled.
Others are dye with the skin on, while some use paint, cut the potatoes in half and carve one of their sides in stripes, moles, flowers or zigzags to paint in pastel colors and prints, resulting in art of the Easter of egg paste. The results are sometimes pleasant.
At the national level, the egg crisis has caused the price of a dozen eggs to reach a record of $ 6.23, while here in Los Angeles the price has reached more than $ 12 per dozen in some stores. That is if they are in stock. For the same price, you can buy 50 colorful plastic eggs or, for a little more, 30 white plastic eggs of very realistic appearance.
Terranea resort in green sticks will use the latter for its annual Easter egg decoration event held for a children's club just for guests. They have used real eggs every year before, although a resort representative said that the process of using real eggs was “slow and the children were very excited to go out to spoon races and other festive activities.”
Egg decoration is not the only Easter enigma for which the potatoes have come to the rescue. The eggs are also generally in the center of the Brunch table of the holidays, climbed, fried, hard or, in the best way, filled.
Fortunately, the Internet is also delivering that front, with a lot of stuffed potato recipes that circulate. The most popular of these comes from the author of the kitchen book “Plantyou” Carleight Bodug, who says in a Instagram video“There are no eggs!? There is no problem!” Before boiling mini potatoes, taking half of each one; crushing it with vegan mayonnaise, mustard and chives; and re -enter. Bodrug, who has more than 10 million followers on his social media platforms, was excited to use egg scarcity as an opportunity to encourage his audience to exchange a vegan recipe.
“People are very concerned about the price of eggs, so it is a large catalyst to make people try a plants -based recipe,” says Bodrug. “If you look at a stuffed egg recipe, you need so many eggs. Who can afford to buy several dozen eggs at this time? It is a perfect and affordable replacement.”
Bodrug, who got into the kitchen based on plants for health reasons, also defends sustainability with his second kitchen book, “Plantyou: Scrapy Cooking”, which promotes a zero waste approach based on plants. This concept is relevant, since the speed with which the aviar flu has spread, is due in part to factory agriculture, which has taken us to an Easter without egg full of potatoes.
“Factory agriculture, in itself, is such an important driver of climate change,” says Bodrug. “Then, every time we can make a change to a more sustainable crop, such as making a change from eggs to potatoes, we are not only doing a great thing, probably for our health but also for the planet, and then for the chickens, if you will see it from a perspective of defense of animals.”
As Vegan, Bodug did not have a tradition of egg dye. But as his first child expects, he is already contemplating his future Easter projects and suggests: “You could paint rocks!”
