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All heathen stuff, of course – the Zorastrians have been Nowroozing with painted eggs for over 2500 years, but still good fun.

You can get all sorts of petrochemical stuff to colour your Easter eggs, but we (eco-friendly to the core) use natural colourings, gathered by virgins at full moon according to traditions that have been passed down through 100s of generations.

Then you “titch” them, which involves tapping them tip to tip to see which one breaks first and then repeating it with the other end.

(Don’t ask me, OK?)

Then you eat them.

True story:

Once bought some psychedelic egg salad from a delicatessen (now defunct) in Gonso.

Pointed out that Easter was long gone (about 4 weeks at that stage) and the green, blue and yellow tinges didn’t actually indicate freshness….

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