Traditional Easter foods vary by geological location
Memories From Childhood
Ahhhh Easter. It was my Daddy's favorite Holiday and no boiled egg was safe once the Easter Egg Hunt was over. He absolutely loved to eat them. We would stack them up in the Easter Basket (nestled in the grass) and have plenty of salt and pepper to coat them with. We would eat until the basket was almost empty. It was especially fun to see who could shell the egg with the least amount of pieces.
Eating colored boiled eggs were traditional for my family as the dinner meal itself or to eat along side ham and potato salad. Many times Mother would fix a colorful jello fruit salad. For dessert, Easter wouldn't be Easter if we didn't have Mothers homemade coconut cake that was shaped like a rabbit head. I remember she used jelly beans for the eyes and pipe cleaners for the whiskers. She used white coconut sprinkled really thick to make it look like rabbit fur. His long bunny ears were so cute. Ahhh those memories of childhood.
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Hard Boiled Eggs
Hard Boiled Eggs have got to be the most traditional food for many countries as a symbol of Easter. And yes the eggs have to be dyed every color we can come up with too. Many American families boil up so many eggs until you can bet that left over eggs will be eaten all week long.
In fact the whole world will be eating left over eggs for days.
I'm sure that deviled eggs will be on the table in every home the day after Easter Sunday as well. hahaha!
I'm sure this holiday was invented to help get rid of all the left over hard boiled eggs from Easter. National Egg Salad week is always the week right after Easter Sunday.
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Hot Cross Buns
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The Roast Lamb Dinner
About.com tell us that "The roast lamb dinner that many eat on Easter Sunday goes back earlier than Easter to the first Passover of the Jewish people." "The sacrificial lamb was roasted and eaten, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs in hopes that the angel of God would pass over their homes and bring no harm." "As Hebrews converted to Christianity, they naturally brought along their traditions with them." "The Christians often refer to Jesus as The Lamb of God. Thus, the traditions merged."
In my family, lamb was never put on the table. In fact I had never even tasted roast lamb until I married an Australian who ate Lamb several times a month. The closest lamb came to us was as an Easter symbol of spring.
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