# If you painted Easter eggs this year. Will your family eat them after Easter? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427 "2016-03-28T02:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/1 "2016-03-28T02:43:26Z")
You boiled the eggs and let the kids stain and decorate them. šŸ˜ƒ Easter morning the eggs were hidden for the kids to find. The Easter egg hunt went great. What do you do with all those boiled eggs? Eat them? Let them go bad? Egg Salad maybe? Its a dilemma if you arenā€™t a fan of boiled eggs. They only last two or three days. Iā€™ll peel and eat a couple and thats it. We used to make egg salad with some of them. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/2 "2016-03-28T02:49:23Z")
Hard boiled eggs are good for a week if refrigerated. Plenty of time to peel 'n eat them as a snack. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/3 "2016-03-28T03:00:29Z")
I took the eggs we made with my nieces and made deviled eggs to eat with Easter dinner. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/4 "2016-03-28T03:00:31Z")
Here is a simple egg salad recipe for young families with Easter eggs to consume. [http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipe/classic-egg-salad/](http://www.incredibleegg.org/recipe/classic-egg-salad/) we always make sandwiches with the egg salad. Ok, I was wrong. We always felt they were bad after three or four days. But truthfully, we were just tired of eating them. We used to put out two dozen eggs for our two daughters and their friends egg hunt. > [@](#): > > Hard-boiled egg storage time: In the shell, hard-boiled eggs can be refrigerated safely up to one week. Refrigerate in their original carton to prevent odor absorption. Once peeled, eggs should be eaten that day. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/5 "2016-03-28T05:32:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > You boiled the eggs and let the kids stain and decorate them. šŸ˜ƒ Easter morning the eggs were hidden for the kids to find. The Easter egg hunt went great. Great that your hunts went great. Apparently that canā€™t be taken for granted in these unsettled times. Since it seems that Easter egg hunts themselves get hijacked so readily these days, I suppose it must be acceptable if I likewise hijack this thread just to mention it: Just today, I saw no less that THREE articles describing three separate Easter egg hunts that got disrupted in various ways. The most :smack:-worthy of them being that PEZ hunt that got trashed by all the parents behaving badly. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/6 "2016-03-28T05:48:05Z")
Seems unlikely a backyard family Easter egg would get out of control. Our hunts were only for our two daughters and a few of their friends. We never had more than 7 or 8 kids that I can recall. But any holiday can be soured by an adult thats drinking or in a bad mood. Or maybe one of the kids is sick. Holidays donā€™t always go as hoped. I can imagine organizing a big egg hunt with hundreds of kids requires a lot of planning. Its a shame the hunts this year were spoiled by parents and kids acting selfishly. ---
**Author:** ![CatastrophicFailure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@CatastrophicFailure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CatastrophicFailure)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/7 "2016-03-28T06:00:05Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I took the eggs we made with my nieces and made deviled eggs to eat with Easter dinner. We did this with ours, too. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/8 "2016-03-28T06:08:05Z")
For some reason the idea of eating \*deviled \*eggs on Easter makes me laugh. Seems a bit incongruous with the meaning of the holiday. šŸ˜‰ I guess a lot of people never think of it like that. I guess next Easter weā€™ll serve deviled eggs too. LOL ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/9 "2016-03-28T16:21:30Z")
My family were not church-goers. For us, the big Easter feast was breakfast, not dinner. The children would get up early and hunt for Easter eggs in the yard. Then Mom would use the eggs to make breakfast. Toast or biscuits, topped by sliced eggs, topped by cream-curry gravy. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/10 "2016-03-28T16:33:08Z")
We boiled 8, my wife will make egg curry tonight probably with 3 or 4 of them, and Iā€™ll devil whateverā€™s left. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/11 "2016-03-28T17:15:12Z")
Either of the first two choices, I picked egg salad because I like that better. We usually decorate the eggs a week before, and then set them out in a basket for display ā€¦ but eat as we go, all the way through Easter. This year, we probably ate 2/3 of our supply before actual Easter. For egg hunts, I use plastic eggs with mini chocolates inside. ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/12 "2016-03-28T17:19:04Z")
No colored eggs at my house this year, but when we did color them, we always ate them as peel-and-eat or egg salad. Love eggs! ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/13 "2016-03-28T17:25:25Z")
^ this. Our kids are too old for egg hunts, and the grandkid is not old enough. Next year there WILL be eggs! ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/14 "2016-03-28T17:46:00Z")
Yeah, the egg hunt eggs become a plate of deviled eggs at dinner. Rats, now I want deviled eggs. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/15 "2016-03-28T18:19:58Z")
I boiled the eggs, then sliced them for deviled eggs. I dyed the whites before filling them, so we had festive little devils! All 24 halves were eaten before dinner was served. ---
**Author:** ![dracoi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90db22/32.png) [@dracoi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dracoi)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/16 "2016-03-28T19:13:18Z")
Eating the eggs is the best part of Easter. And Iā€™m annoyed that peel and eat is an exclusive option from egg salad. The answer is ā€œyesā€ šŸ™‚ Also, deviled. Hard boiled eggs should be good for about a week, but they never last that long in my house. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/17 "2016-03-28T19:35:06Z")
I had no idea deviled eggs were so popular. I should have included them in the poll. Iā€™ve had them a few times at church potluck dinners. They were ok. ---
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/18 "2016-03-28T19:50:05Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > I took the eggs we made with my nieces and made deviled eggs to eat with Easter dinner. Here too. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2016, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/19 "2016-03-28T23:37:11Z")
When we colored eggs, which we havenā€™t in a while (and [especially not this year](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=786582)), we didnā€™t color hard boiled eggs. Instead weā€™d drain raw eggs, using the whites and yokes for brownies or something, and color the empty shells. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2016, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427/20 "2016-03-29T01:29:24Z")
Yeah , we ate the Easter eggs as kids I am not sure why we made b/c were are Jewish. I guess it fun to us as kids. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-painted-easter-eggs-this-year-will-your-family-eat-them-after-easter/750427.md?page=2)