With Easter just one week away, it is time to share the best food safety practices when handling those ever popular Easter Eggs. It seems no matter how old we are, there is something special about preparing hard cooked eggs and dying/decorating them for the family Easter Egg hunt. Read on for some great food safety reminders.
After hard cooking eggs, dye them and return them to the refrigerator within 2 hours. If eggs are to be eaten, use a food-safe coloring. Wash your hands before and after handling eggs.
Hard cooked eggs that have been lying on the ground can pick up bacteria, especially if the shells are cracked. If the shells crack, bacteria could contaminate the inside. Hide eggs in locations protected from dirt, moisture, pets, and other sources of bacteria. Hide and hunt for the eggs within 2 hours. Toss any of the eggs that have cracked in the Easter Egg hunt. The “found” eggs must be washed, re-refrigerated and eaten within 7 days of cooking.
I am planning to hide plastic eggs over and over and over again for my grandkids starting this weekend. Then I don’t have to worry about eggs cracking or being out of refrigeration for too long.
Have a Happy Easter celebration with your family!
Still time to organize a Walk Kansas team
This year’s later start date for Extension’s signature Walk Kansas program means you have another week to encourage family, friends, or co-workers to begin exercising regularly. We have team packets at the Extension office or you may want to sign up on-line. Either way, all Walk KS participants will want to mark Wednesday, April 13th on their calendar and join me at the Great Bend Recreation Center Burnside Room for our Wise Bucks Luncheon.  We plan to serve from 11:30 – 1:30 and the event is free for all Walk Kansas participants. I am asking for an RSVP by April 8th if you plan to come so that we can plan for the food.
Donna Krug is the Family & Consumer Science Agent with K-State Research and Extension – Barton County. You may reach her at: (620)793-1910 or dkrug@ksu.edu