Will you make interesting Easter food?

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Yes , it is a pastry nest with cherry filling, and a marshmallow bird in it.

I am experimenting with things that might be fun for my granddaughters.

Anybody else have other ideas?
 
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I think fondant is disgusting :barf: but if you want to get really crafty, maybe you could make buttercream fondant? Just dust some cornstartch on it to combat the shine. You can still use cookie cutters and stuff...I've made some buttercream fondant designs before. Marshmallow fondant is good if you want that white look...I think Duff fondant is buttercream. They sell it at Michael's and online. I only suggest the canned stuff because making fondant is hard on the hands. :o
 
TheOracle said:
I make yummy Passover food!
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I used to enjoy Seder's every year which included family friends also in gatherings, but then I grew up and married a Catholic, so a lot of things went by the wayside.

However, we have always incorporated Hanukkah into our celebrated holidays.
 
Hanukkah...any holiday that celebrates fried food is good with me! nomnomnomnom

The one time I decided to eat chopped liver at a Seder, I regretted it...definitely won't make that mistake this year...blehhhh.
 
TheOracle said:
Hanukkah...any holiday that celebrates fried food is good with me! nomnomnomnom

The one time I decided to eat chopped liver at a Seder, I regretted it...definitely won't make that mistake this year...blehhhh.
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:lol: Summer picnics, my father's best friend wife always made chopped liver. And kept serving it to me because my father convinced her it was my favorite food.

My dad loved chopped liver!

Me :barf:

Chocolate halvah is my favorite childhood memory of Hanukkah. :)
 
I have never made anything special for Easter. When my kids were little we would do the obligatory egg hunt. We always had 3-4 birthdays around Easter and we spent the money for them. Easter is a time for church and Bible reading.
 
KristinaB said:
I have never made anything special for Easter. When my kids were little we would do the obligatory egg hunt. We always had 3-4 birthdays around Easter and we spent the money for them. Easter is a time for church and Bible reading.
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The original churches tailored Easter around already existing spring festivals to draw pagan people to them.

Many of your Easter symbols are from the growth and newness of spring.

Yuletide for Christmas, that is another pre-existing holiday that the church used to make people feel comfortable.
 
Bottesini said:
The original churches tailored Easter around already existing spring festivals to draw pagan people to them.

Many of your Easter symbols are from the growth and newness of spring.

Yuletide for Christmas, that is another pre-existing holiday that the church used to make people feel comfortable.
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yup yup

and the egg stuff is borrowed from pagan religion by both Jews and Christians...unless you consider Jews pagans...hehe...since Easter is about the "Last Supper", which was Passover...:dunno2:

For *some* people, Easter is about Bible reading...for others...it's about Cadbury Eggs!! <3
 
KristinaB said:
I have never made anything special for Easter. When my kids were little we would do the obligatory egg hunt. We always had 3-4 birthdays around Easter and we spent the money for them. Easter is a time for church and Bible reading.
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But you do the egg hunt?

Some families like having a huge Easter dinner...it's definitely a thing where I grew up in Iowa.
 
I saw lots of kids with Easter presents, like bunnies , stuffed and real, chicks, candy when I was growing up and I missed out.

When I had my children, I enjoyed making special holidays out of everything I could. I used to make baskets with watches, short sets, little toys, very little candy, but we had a lot of fun with holidays.

I am getting the opportunity all over with my granddaughters. This year we made baskets with, games where they can catch fish with a magnet, stuffed bunnies, bubbles in duck shaped containers. I love doing this stuff that I never got to do.

My 4 year old granddaughter isn't too good yet at keeping secrets, so I know Joey is getting a toy spider specially made for dogs.

I still hope to find fun foods that I could make though. :)
 
Bottesini said:
I saw lots of kids with Easter presents, like bunnies , stuffed and real, chicks, candy when I was growing up and I missed out.

When I had my children, I enjoyed making special holidays out of everything I could. I used to make baskets with watches, short sets, little toys, very little candy, but we had a lot of fun with holidays.

I am getting the opportunity all over with my granddaughters. This year we made baskets with, games where they can catch fish with a magnet, stuffed bunnies, bubbles in duck shaped containers. I love doing this stuff that I never got to do.

My 4 year old granddaughter isn't too good yet at keeping secrets, so I know Joey is getting a toy spider specially made for dogs.

I still hope to find fun foods that I could make though. :)
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Hm...I don't think of Easter as something I miss out on. It's just not important. I have a hard time keeping up with all of the Jewish holidays! My son goes to Jewish day school, so they celebrate EVERYTHING.

although...I really love candy...and Jews need a candy holiday...so I don't feel guilty about eating nasty marshmallow chicks and Cadbury eggs.
 
Don't know what we will do with Pesach currently <Passover> usually my parents and I go and enjoy meal at the synagogue but right now, don't know. Some temple friends brought to my folk's house yesterday some things like matzoh, gefilite fish and some other things that were already made and frozen.

one year as a kid I wanted to try this Easter thing I saw other people doing and so my mom went out and got some of the eggs and we dyed 'em....it was kinda fun and novel but I didn't want to to do it again.

yes, Botti is indeed correct about the pagan festivals. I did not do anything official with Ostara this year but I have in the past.

my dad LOVES chocolate halavah, Bott! Hubby likes marble. We went to Skokie a couple of years ago and picked up tons of various fresh halavah from various countries and some other things that are not available unless you're in the Chicago area
He also loves chopped LIVER <grin> and my mom kinda does but I never have.
He likes to make matzho brei too.
 
Awww, I miss Passover foods. I think my parents still do but I'm so far away. My grandma used to do that every year because my dad's family side has a huge number of Jewish culture.
 
sequoias said:
Awww, I miss Passover foods. I think my parents still do but I'm so far away. My grandma used to do that every year because my dad's family side has a huge number of Jewish culture.
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There's a considerable Jewish community in Des Moines...you could always go to a community event!

:)
 
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