A North Carolina farm was tasked with producing and coloring the precious orbs, then getting them to D.C. for the annual egg roll on the White House lawn.
, of course. They will be hunted, decorated in a special tent, and rolled, of course, with large spoons.the grassy expanse at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. from a family farm in North Carolina, which pulled off a massive effort to hard-boil, dye and deliver 30,000 eggs.
And they did, a days-long process that involved mixing dyes to get the five colors that match the commemorative wooden eggs that the White House Historical Association provides all attendees. He came up with an assembly-line process — eggs going into four pans boiling at once on two commercial stoves, then being cooled in an ice bath, dropped into a solution of vinegar and food-safe coloring, hand-dried, and finally tucked into cartons and refrigerated.
Of course, there has been a nationwide egg shortage this year triggered by an outbreak of avian flu and other supply-chain problems — all of which have pushed egg prices up. Braswell said that did not deter him from donating, even though it meant it was a bigger gift than in years past. “We look at it as an opportunity to do our civic duty,” he says. “We do it joyfully and gladly.”
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