Red eggs can be dyed with red dye, red paper and red yeast powder.

1 with red dye

Wash the eggs with shells, cook them in cold water, then take them out and cool them. Prepare a pot of warm water, pour in the dye, turn red immediately when you see the water, and add the cold eggs. Then you will find that the eggs will be dyed red soon, and then they can be fished out. The last step is to let the dyed eggs stand until they are dry.

Step 2 use red paper

Cook the egg first, and then rub it slowly with red paper outside the egg, so that you will find that the shell of the egg will turn red, but rub it evenly slowly so that the whole egg is wrapped in red.

Step 3 use red yeast rice powder

Eggs are boiled in water, so they should be steamed, because they are much better cooked. Put a steamer below, with 40 or 50 eggs on it, and steam until chopsticks can pick up the eggs, which means it is cooked. Appropriate amount of monascus powder, add appropriate amount of water to boil, and put the boiled eggs into monascus water to roll the color.

The moral of red eggs

There is a folk song circulating in China: "Red eggs, string your face, eat your happy buns, eat your red eggs." Steamed buns are an auspicious wedding custom food. It is said that it is lucky for relatives to take it home to eat.

Therefore, this ballad belongs to the auspicious language of blessing. Literally, the two red eggs at the beginning and end of this sentence have different meanings. The former "red egg" appears as a sacred object and has the function of praying for the blessing of the son. Then a "red egg" becomes a sign of the good news of a child's birth, and it is also an object that plays a role in announcing.

Distributing eggs dyed red with pigments to relatives and friends is a popular way to express happiness all over the country. It is often used in wedding, childbirth, "full moon" and other festive occasions to show celebration and auspiciousness.