What are you serving for your Easter Meal

comeandgo

We do not celibrate Easter in any way so just the usual Sunday food.

JIL

I think I may go to Morrisons and buy a salmon and freeze it in steaks and have that with a nice chive and tarragon sauce, crushed new potatoes and some green veg.

Pollycat

Another one who doesn't do any special food just because it's Easter.

We've not had a roast since Christmas and are fancying one so we may cook one next Sunday.
It could be pork, beef or lamb - I have all 3 in the freezer, it will just depend on what we fancy at the time.

Wicked_Lady

Our family get together at our house will be on Good Friday this year so I'll be making a fish pie.
Will follow it up with Delia's chocolate truffle torte though.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

BBH123 wrote: »

my guests would like traditional

mmm, is there a traditional Easter meal?

Why bother, it's just another weekend, just like Christmas and New Year, over hyped.

Easter seems to be more an English thing, they go a bit daft on it.

:easter_os

Biggles

[Deleted User] wrote:

mmm, is there a traditional Easter meal?

Why bother, it's just another weekend, just like Christmas and New Year, over hyped.

Easter seems to be more an English thing, they go a bit daft on it.

Absolutely, Macdugal. Except for the English thing, I've never heard of a 'traditional meal' (though my grandfather used to go to the bakers for hot cross buns first thing on the Friday, as that was the only time you could get them then. Now they seem to be in the supermarkets all year round).

I think the 'traditional meal' is probably just another invention of the supermarkets, too.

Pollycat

I can't recall having a special meal at Easter during my childhood.

Prinzessilein

I know that in the Caribbean they have a special version of their 'black bun' for Easter...and there is a Russian Easter Bread....so some countries have special baked goods for Easter.

And on my bookshelf I have a couple of cook books in German which give recipes for Easter baking and for what they deem to be 'traditional' Easter meals from Maundy Thursday through to Easter Day.

So, countries other than England certainly make a 'bit of a thing' about Easter!

Personally, the religious aspect is more important to me - I would argue that it is a more significant time in the Christian calendar than Christmas.....and I certainly agree with the comment that the supermarkets hype the idea out of all proportion.... Hot Cross Buns available pretty much all the year round - and in so many different flavours! (I will admit to having had a M&S cheese Hot Cross Bun...and it was scrummy!!!)...and the number of chocolate items that are packaged up as Easter Specials! I can accept eggs and bunnies (although I have been known to stamp my little foot and proclaim that it is an Easter HARE not an Easter Rabbit....but that is my background...I also don't believe Santa has reindeers - he has a donkey!) maybe even a chocolate Easter Chick....but Easter Pigs? Easter Teddy Bears? Easter Monkeys????( all of which I have seen cast in chocolate this year)

loocyloo

We'll be having Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday and Roast Lamb on Easter Sunday.


my friend gave a recipe where you marinade a boned leg of lamb with rosemary/lemon/salt/pepper/oil & balsamic vinegar for a few hours, and then she grills it ... i'll be cooking mine in the Aga!


Then I've been requested to make a cheesecake for pudding, and we'll have a chocolate cake with chocolate eggs at some point. I used to make a simnel cake - but its only me who eats it, so I don't now. i'll see if I can pick one up at one of the local spring/easter fairs/markets.


The religious aspect is important to me too, and like Prinzessilein I can cope with chocolate eggs/bunnies and chicks, but I don't like all the other chocolate creations! ALTHOUGH! I was tempted by a white chocolate lamb the other day :0)

[Deleted User]

Hi,

remember the deep fried Mars bars,



they became a bit of a delicacy, especially when heading home after the pub.

So, would a wee chocolate Easter egg, dipped in batter and deep fried work?

Be a change from 'traditional'.

Extra calories, and saturated fats are allowed for Easter.