Four Grocery Stores Later . . .

. . . and we've got Easter Eggs!

This is what the eggs in Belgium look like. Very brown, very fresh, and very much un-refrigerated (at least until I get 'em home). When you crack them open the yolks are dark yellow and run very easily. These are very fresh eggs. Very yummy fresh eggs.

But imagine trying to dye these guys pale pink, blue, yellow, or green. It's just not going to happen. So yesterday morning I dropped Grayson off at preschool and headed to the "big" Carrefour in Waterloo. It's the massive Publix-and-Target-in-one store that has everything.

But no white eggs. Just 15 varieties of brown ones. Organic, Omega-3, Free-range, but all brown. So I got back in my car and drove to the Deli Trateur. Since the massive store didn't have them, maybe the boutique grocery store would. Nope. Just lots of brown ones.

Frustrated, I went to tennis and hit lots of balls really hard. There's nothing like a good thwack to clear your mind. Most of mine may thud, but when I get the thwack it's really great.

Afterward I went to the Delhaize. It's a mid-sized store, like your typical in-town Publix. I walked in and voila! At the very front was Easter egg dye! Not PAAS, but the same concept. Mix it with vinegar, etc. Armed with my Easter egg dye I went looking for white eggs. Nope. Just brown ones. Do they really think people are going to use the dye on dark brown eggs?

Defeated, but toting the Easter egg dye just in case, I went to the last grocery store in the 2 mile vicinity, a GB Express. The smallest shop of all, they surely wouldn't have white eggs. So of course I nearly jumped up and down when I spotted several cartons of WHITE eggs. Gleaming white eggs! I bought a dozen and considered my day complete.

And now we have Easter eggs. Real, American style, Easter Bunny worthy Easter eggs.