My second-favourite pagan holiday

[muckefuck]

"And kids eat chocolate eggs, because of the color of the chocolate, and the color of the…wood on the cross. Well, you tell me!"--Eddie Izzard

I didn't eat any chocolate eggs--not because they were none to be had (this is the B & E Household, after all) but because I was too full of Neapolitan cheesecake and Sicilian anise cookies. Not to mention all the honest-to-goodness real food: bunj's grilled lamb chops, e.'s asparagus, spookyfruit's mushroom risotto, monshu's fennel salad, my Catalan-style mustard greens, and--breaking with the overall Southern European theme--KatErin's kielbasa on rye.

I was thrilled to see everybody and to finally have what felt like a family Easter Dinner for a change after years of Gay Hipster ones. My only regret was that monshu spent the day in bed, recovering from a nasty cold that's been dogging him since Friday night. (Come to think of it, I'd better lay in some soup while I can, since chances are it'll be knocking on my door next.) Well, that and the fact that we took what had to be the most lunkheaded route possible to lovely Portage Park, proof (if any were needed) just how much dumber four heads can be than only one.

Happy Easter, everyone!

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[gasterea.livejournal.com]

Happy Easter!
Here are some pictures of Central and East European Easter specialties from the 'Easter around the World' Toronto exhibition, may be you'd like to have a look (the quality is beyond the pale, but the subject rather more inspiring). It was especially interesting to see how ritual bread names and recipes change from country to country, all words are familiar but with meanings shifting widely.

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