Heres your ingredients:
Sweet potatoes - cut up into halves or quarters
1 Cup boiling water 4 tablespoons of Instant coffee - ginger (optional) ,cinnamon,
nutmeg ,sewing needle ,cotton string or cord - as long as you want your garland to be.
1)First you need to make your dye: Mix the coffee and boiling water.
2)Meanwhile, cut up your potatoes into halves and quarters.
3)Next, sprinkle your spices on a plate.
4)Soak your cotton thread in the coffee dye mixture.
5)Dip or drop your potatoes in the dye mixture to stain them.
6)Roll your colored potatoes in the spice mixture.
7)Attach the potatoe pieces snugly, one against another, on the colored string.
8)let air dry.
And thats all there is too it...
Talk soon




1 comments:
Oh Diane, I saw this recipe someplace before and copied it to try....sounds like fun and very primitive.
Karen
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