Show Us Your Pearls In Action!!!

[JerseyPearl]

Lovely...and those eggs look delish!

 

[amti]

Very cool eggs! Is there a reason coffee isn't used?

 

[CathyKeshi]

The eggs are beautiful, BWeaves ... hope they're delicious too! Thanks for the photo

 

[pammbw]

BWeaves your lapis is beautiful. One of my favorite gemstones.

 

[BWeaves]

Very cool eggs! Is there a reason coffee isn't used?

It's tea because the recipe is from a Chinese cookbook. There are two versions. One with the tea and soy sauce. And a second recipe where you peel the hard boiled eggs and cook them in the gravy of whatever meat you are roasting. Apparently, the eggs shrink a lot when they're cooked like that. I also have a version in a Jewish Passover cookbook where they are made like the the tea eggs only cooked with onion skins like Cathy's recipe.

There's no reason you couldn't try it with coffee, as long as the coffee doesn't get a burnt flavor from being cooked too long.

I think any flavor that goes with eggs and will stain / dye the eggs will work. I think Indian curry and turmeric would work, too.

 

[JerseyPearl]

My grandmother used to make something similar with beet juice. I suppose each culture has a special preparation for eggs! That was the Slovak gram. The Italian one only used eggs to make pasta.

 

[Justin86]

I love to stack it with my watch

 

[Sanippy]

Red, those earrings are so sweet!

SunSeeker, your little h pendant is gorgeous. Reminds me of a sunset.

Kalmen, thanks for the close up. Such a beautiful piece.

BWeaves, the blue lapis really suits you. Love the skirt too. The eggs look great!

Justin, cool bracelet! Is that a Tahitian? And what are the beads?

 

[BWeaves]

OK, I just tasted the eggs and I can't say I detect any flavor other than egg. Then again, the recipe called for 2 cups of soy sauce and I only used a couple of tablespoons, because 2 cups of soy seemed eggcessive. I can't vouch for the caffeination, either, because I'm drinking tea at the same time. But they look pretty.

Justin, I like your bracelet with the watch.

 

[kalmen22]

Bweaves I love tea egg or what we call 茶叶蛋. You can buy packs of pre-packed ingredients to make your own or pop by a store to buy hot steaming ones cooked in a massive rice cooker. And they do have a tea taste and soya sauce taste. Come to think of it I've not had it in a long long while.

 

[BWeaves]

Kalmen22, thanks for their real name! I must need to increase the amount of tea and soy I put in with the cracked shelled eggs. Thanks! I was afraid of overdoing it for my first try even though the recipe said to put in something like 1/2 cup of loose tea and 2 cups of soy for 6 eggs. Mine look like the photo in the cookbook, but don't have a flavor.

 

[kalmen22]

Bweaves I love tea egg or what we call 茶叶蛋. You can buy packs of pre-packed ingredients to make your own or pop by a store to buy hot steaming ones cooked in a massive rice cooker. And they do have a tea taste and soya sauce taste. Come to think of it I've not had it in a long long while.

 

[kalmen22]

Hmm why did I ended up posting twice.
Bweaves you definitely got the look of the eggs down. It can be even darker looking coz of the soya sauce. Chinese use soya sauce in lots of dishes. My hubby used to be fed soya sauce and rice when he was a kid.

 

[Purranha]

Hi Ladies! I've been terribly delinquent in posting. Here are a few pics from the past couple of weeks!
My Jade & HG Ripple combo strand, ombre-multi pearl strand nested in peacock Tahitian strand paired with GSSP ring, and Emily Thorne came out to play with Sheri's Screamer!

 

[Purranha]

DAMMIT! Haven't posted in too long, forgot I need to pre-rotate the photos...

 

[BWeaves]

Gorgeous as always!

 

[Pearly-Whites]

Purranha--You have such a gorgeous collection and great sense of style!! Beautiful pearls!

 

[KaySD]

Sunseeker, that’s a lovely combo for spring. The geode looks delicious.

Red, ah, gorgeous golden pearls at the beach! What a perfect start to summer.

Kalmen, the arrangement of the pearls and the little gold beads in your Catherine Cardellini rope is stunning.

BWeaves, I love the blue and white combo.

Justin, that’s a cool bracelet. Please tell us more about it.

Purranha, all those looks are gorgeous, but I especially love Emily Thorne with Sheri's Screamers. I need tassels, lol.

 

[SunSeeker]

KaySD, Kalmen, and Sanippy - thank you so much! BW, your lapis and coordinated outfit look lovely together. And Purr, love love love your strands, I especially like the jade with the ripples. And Kalmen, I love your South Seas and Tahitian strand. That would go with so many things in my closet!

 

[Katbran]

Wow I have fallen seriously behind here ...I've spent the last few days in Sydney and only managed to hop on and off the site..busy busy busy!
Sunseeker - that is a beautiful pendant ..I love the shading !
Kalmen - Lovely rope ! I'm sure you get lots of wear from it !
BWeaves- Love the lapis ! I did like it with the little Krispys but lets face it ..they look great with the pendant !
Purr - you are so adventurous ! Well done with all your designs ! I was thinking of you yesterday as I looked down at the big grey tassel on my bench...what to do what to do ?? Maybe I'll be inspired now ! ( I do love that Tahitian rope !)
Justin - Very cool bracelet - I think most guys would wear that ! Looks great with the watch .
Red- those earrings are so very sweet !