LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (14) [E]

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From: Tom Mc Rae <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (07) [E]

In Scotland the only ritual food was Hot Cross buns and dyed hard
boiled eggs.
Here in Australia we celebrated with a wonderful American recipe
Confederate House Meatloaf.
Very addictive.
On 29/03/2005, at 5:57 AM, Lowlands-L wrote:

> Easter in all its religious (including pagan) forms or non religious
> spring festivals, seem to be celebrated the world over.
>
> There must be ritual meals associated with it all over the world and
> therefore also in the lowlands.
Regards
Tom Mc Rae
Brisbane Australia
Oh Wad Some Power the Giftie Gie Us
Tae See Oorsel's as Ithers See Us
Robert Burns

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From: Ben Bloomgren <ben.bloomgren at asu.edu>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (07) [E]

Ham is the best! There's nothing like a good ham. I would prefer ham at
Thanksgiving and Christmas too, however.

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From: "Brooks, Mark" <mark.brooks at twc.state.tx.us>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (07) [E]

Jacqueline wrote: "I would love to hear from all of you, what you ate at
Easter."

We had ham that was smoked over pecan wood almost all day Saturday (the
smoking not the eating), potato salad, deviled eggs, and fresh fruit salad.
Since I reside in Texas, we always cook several things whenever we "fire up
the grill."  So, Saturday nite we had BBQ pork ribs.  My wife also cooked,
smoked some of the famous (at least in these parts) Elgin sausage which
we'll probably eat tonight.  By the way, the town's name is pronounced
EL-gin with a "hard" g.  It's located just to the east of Austin by about 25
miles.

Mark Brooks

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From: "Szelog, Mike" <Mike.Szelog at citizensbank.com>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (07) [E]

Well,

Speaking for myself - growing up (and actually still), Easter always
celebrated the Polish side of my family (my dad's side). The traditional
food is/was very Polish (ham, pierogi, kielbasa, kapusta - strong
horseraddish to go with the ham and kielbasa)and of course, eggs. Typically
very decorated - my gransmother does them quite fancy and I do traditional
pysanki every once in a while - teaching my kids some basic pysanki patterns
using a crayon ('kistkas' just take too much time).

Anyway, sorry, not very Lowlands or German, but that's my family's culinary
traditions for Easter.

Mike S
Manchester, NH - USA

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From: "Jacqueline Bungenberg de Jong" <Dutchmatters at comcast.net>
Subject: LL-L "Delectables" 2005.03.28 (07) [E]

Thanks Ron, I loved your calendar carnivore characterizations.
Jacqueline

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Delectables

Hi, Jacqueline!

It fits, it fits!

I guess you haven't been on the List long enough (though happily feeling
like an integral part of it, hopefully also to yourself) to know that,
yes, we do eat and even talk about it -- happily, in many cases.  After
all, food traditions are parts of culture and have their own lexical
registers.  So it's all quite legit.  ;-)

I don't remember a set Easter food tradition in my house, though eggs
tended to be part of it, and there were bits that seem "suspiciously"
Slavonic to me, assumedly because of the predominantly Eastern origin of
my family.  As you may know, Easter tends to be a big deal in
Slavonic-speaking parts, including among Germany's Sorbs (Lusatians)
that
have famous traditions like "Easter Riding" and "Birds' Wedding."

http://www.tcm-kp.de/sorbbrauchtum/osterreiten/
http://www.radibor.de/braeuche/osterreiten.htm

http://www.cottbus.de/kultur/tradition/40000245.html
http://www.radibor.de/vh/

http://www.hoyerswerda.de/tourismus/tag_braeuche_sorb.htm

I remember a couple of Easters when my father managed to organize a lamb
roast, specifically of a _haydsnuk_ / _Heidschnucke_, a type of sheep
apparently unique the the Lunenburg Heath or to Lower Saxony
(http://www.nas.boku.ac.at/1223.html).  So there seems to have been some
lamb thing going on, the old sacrificial lamb assumedly, going back to
biblical days, supposedly connected with the Muslim _qurban_.

I knew and still know some people that eat rabbit on Easter, and my
father once tried to introduce this tradition, unsuccessfully.  This has
always seemed very strange to me.  ("Oh, look! If it isn't cute Mister
Easter Bunny! Now let's break his neck and chomp on him!")  I suppose this
has something to do with internalizing spring's fertility, just as when
eating eggs and chickens on Easter.

I know people in the US that go out of there way to get reindeer meat
for a Christmas roast.  Now, that ...!  ("Look! It's Rudolf with his lovely
red nose! Yummy! Quick! Get the gun!")

Enjoy!
Reinhard/Ron

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From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
Subject: Delectables

Oh, you are certainly most welcome, dear Jacqueline.  But keep on
chomping, and don't pay any attention to the snide remarks of an aspiring
vegetarian with a psychological chip or two.

This reminds me how my father -- who was raised by country-raised parents
and spent many of his formative years as a rough and tumble farmhand --
let my sister and me, two urban youngsters, pick as a personal pet a bunny
rabbit each from his ménage of unfortunate captive creatures.  He must
have forgotten about this uncharacteristic moment of genteelness and
gentleness, for the two named bunnies soon reappeared on the Easter dinner
table ... Needless to say that leporines have never been on the top of my
would-love-to-eat list before or especially after.  My mother once served
me some rabbit meat and, knowing of my inclination, told me it was turkey.
 The strange flavor and smell made me investigate, and I found an almost
clean rabbit's skeleton in the oven (and I won't go into what that
resembles).  That settled it for me, once and for all ...  until I was
invited to dinner by a delightful Palestinian family in East Jerusalem,
and the featured dish was ... rabbit.  This tested my guest etiquette
competence once and for all, and I felt like a truly seasoned world
traveler thereafter.

Regards,
Reinhard/Ron

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