'Mama is very artistic.'
'Poof. It's easy.'
Not so thought Kenneth, hoping he wouldn't be asked to produce anything so perfect.
The children had obviously done this before and set about their tasks without further ado. Esther took two undyed eggs and gave one to Kenneth.
'Just do like me.'
He was shown how to place a leaf onto the egg and tie it in position with one of the stocking pieces. The egg was placed into a pan to take the colour. When cooled the stocking was removed, leaving a leaf pattern and the mesh pattern of the stocking. Different leaves produced different patterns. Leaving Kenneth and the children to their mass production she attended to the tsoureki. This turned out to be a plaited semi-sweet bread with a red egg in the centre.
'Red eggs seem to figure a lot.'
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