Easter Sunday Dinner

[dixieagle]

Our Easters are generally quiet, though our younger daughter and SIL are in town now while in grad school, so there will at least be 4 of us.

I usually do a ham, basted with orange juice and studded with cloves, potatoes, carrots and a second vegetable, homemade bread and a lemon meringue pie for dessert. Sometimes, we go out for an Easter brunch (when the girls were little, we went to a restaurant that charged children just .10 per lb. of their weight!) I actually enjoy cooking, though.

When I was growing up in Massachusetts, we always shared Easter with cousins, either at their home or ours, and the day included tons of wonderful food and an Easter egg hunt (those plastic eggs filled with chocolate, jellybeans, etc.) I remember some very chilly Easters up there, though!

My husband’s background is Slovak, so those beautifully decorated “pysanki” (Easter eggs) were part of his tradition, as was bringing a basket of Easter foods to church to be blessed. Alas, we are far from any of his Ruthenian churches here.

 

[Nanny_PK]

Thanks a bunch you guys for your posts. They all gave me warm & fuzzie feelings.

2 years ago on Thanksgiving my dad passed away, and 3 weeks ago, I lost my mom.

At her funeral at the cemeteray, I looked at her coffin and said, no more Easter dinners, no more Christmas dinners, no more Thanksgiving dinners… mommy… I have no one now.

My mom was the only person I had whom I celebrated these meals with being that so many relatives have passed or are so old they cannot attend.

I remember the Easter eggs, the Easter braided bread with the egg in it, the roasted lamb on the spit, the little pig on the spit, the many buffet dishes my mom would have out to feed 40-50 people. The roasting spit meals were my dad’s expertise…

The cakes, pies, cookies and all sort of Italian pastries… such memories!

The Easter baskets for the kids, their cute little Easter outfits, oh, the joy on their faces.

Thanks you all for your traditions. Please contine to contribute to this thread…

& Best Regards to all,
~ Pam ~

I’m so sorry you’re feeling blue about your traditions being gone – but they don’t have to be. Establish some of your own. I’m guessing you’re single??? Maybe find a nice elderly couple in your parish and invite them to your home for Easter brunch. Find some friends who are your age who can’t go home for Easter for whatever reason. I’ll go home for Saturday but come home Saturday afternoon to attend the Easter vigil so I’m usually on my own Sunday afternoon. Maybe get a group together whose family is far away and can’t make it home. Find a nursing home and see if they have something special planned for their residents and maybe spend time with them that way. That would be a great way to honor your parents’ memory.

 

[CB_Catholic]

Nice post! Thank you!!!

We too always had pasta. Easter, Christmas, Thanksgiving, you name it. And it wasn’t only one pasta dish, there are at least 2 or 3.

I love your tradition you posted… this one also bought back so many great memories, especially when you mentioned the kites. I forgot about them!!

God Bless your mom and may the Lord keep her here for many years to come.

Happy Easter & Best Regards
Pam

Thank you for the blessing for my Mother. I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother, I know it must be hard for you, this being the first holiday without her. My she rest in peace, and may God comfort you in your loss. I will say a prayer for you and for her.

 

[jilly4ski]

Thank you also for your post. I remember years ago my mom also had the ham. It was my brothers job to decorate it with the pinapple slices and cloves.

Have a great Easter to you and yours…

Best regards
Pam

Oh, I forgot the carrot cake decorated to look like a bunny. If you want the recipe/directions just ask, respond or pm me. It is really easy and really yummy.

 

[sunny0009]

Ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies, rolls, jello, pierogi, polish sausage and sauerkraut. And it wouldn’t be Easter without lamb butter! Hubby and I were just saying we need to take a ride down the thruway to Buffalo to get good sausage and the lamb butter…

 

[monicatholic]

*At her funeral at the cemeteray, I looked at her coffin and said, no more Easter dinners, no more Christmas dinners, no more Thanksgiving dinners… mommy… I have no one now.

My mom was the only person I had whom I celebrated these meals with being that so many relatives have passed or are so old they cannot attend. *

are you in michigan or ohio? come to our house. i certaianly can’t cook meals like the ones you describe, but we do our best. and we always have an extra plate for a guest.

 

[Marysann]

I will be serving ham. We always have have for Easter. When we lived in Israel we could buy pork, but we couldn’t get good ham. That was always a problem at Easter time. We had good friends who were Evangelical Christians, and this was one thing that we agreed on. We decided that the custom of eating ham on Easter was so important that it was actually in the Apostle’s Creed. You all know the part," He rose again from the dead, and we all celebrated by eating ham!" Happy Easter!

 

[Phemie]

Before I tell y’all mine, I have to add a disclaimer: We’re cajun.

Easter Saturday we have a big crawfish boil with my mom’s side of the family. We also have fried catfish and boudain balls. If you leave hungry, it’s your own fault

On my dad’s side of the family on Easter Sunday we used to roast a pig – yes, a pig out in the backyard on a spit. We haven’t done that in years because the families that did it have all gotten much older and are no longer able to do it. I miss those days!!!

I want to come to your house for Easter dinner!

Usually I have a baked glazed ham, mashed & scalloped potatoes & a couple of vegetables. This year I’m heading out of town for a drama festival so I’m afraid DH is on his own for Easter dinner. He’ll probably spend it with friends who are the only family we have around.

 

[jakasaki]

Our Easters are generally quiet, though our younger daughter and SIL are in town now while in grad school, so there will at least be 4 of us.

I usually do a ham, basted with orange juice and studded with cloves, potatoes, carrots and a second vegetable, homemade bread and a lemon meringue pie for dessert. Sometimes, we go out for an Easter brunch (when the girls were little, we went to a restaurant that charged children just .10 per lb. of their weight!) I actually enjoy cooking, though.

When I was growing up in Massachusetts, we always shared Easter with cousins, either at their home or ours, and the day included tons of wonderful food and an Easter egg hunt (those plastic eggs filled with chocolate, jellybeans, etc.) I remember some very chilly Easters up there, though!

My husband’s background is Slovak, so those beautifully decorated “pysanki” (Easter eggs) were part of his tradition, as was bringing a basket of Easter foods to church to be blessed. Alas, we are far from any of his Ruthenian churches here.

Lovely post Dixieagle and thank you.

I remember as a kid the pysanki Easter Eggs, very colorful, from our next door neighbor who was Yugoslavian and she was best friends with my parents.

She lived alone here in the states & didn’t have anyone, so she always celebrated holidays with our family.

Thank you for bringing this memory back to me.

Have a great Easter & Best Regards
Pam

 

[jakasaki]

I’m so sorry you’re feeling blue about your traditions being gone – but they don’t have to be. Establish some of your own. I’m guessing you’re single??? Maybe find a nice elderly couple in your parish and invite them to your home for Easter brunch. Find some friends who are your age who can’t go home for Easter for whatever reason. I’ll go home for Saturday but come home Saturday afternoon to attend the Easter vigil so I’m usually on my own Sunday afternoon. Maybe get a group together whose family is far away and can’t make it home. Find a nursing home and see if they have something special planned for their residents and maybe spend time with them that way. That would be a great way to honor your parents’ memory.

Thank you for your encouranging words. I will start some new traditions, but not this year. I appreciate with an open heart your kind post…

Thanks much ~ ~

 

[jakasaki]

Thank you for the blessing for my Mother. I am so sorry to hear of the loss of your Mother, I know it must be hard for you, this being the first holiday without her. My she rest in peace, and may God comfort you in your loss. I will say a prayer for you and for her.

Thank you CB Catholic ~ Mom’s name is Helen. And yes my dear, it’s very hard for me.

Thank you for your post!

 

[jakasaki]

Oh, I forgot the carrot cake decorated to look like a bunny. If you want the recipe/directions just ask, respond or pm me. It is really easy and really yummy.

Yes Jilly, I would very much like to have your carrot cake recipe. Please PM it to me or you can email it to me. My email contact is in my profile.

Thanks much!

 

[jakasaki]

Ham, scalloped potatoes, veggies, rolls, jello, pierogi, polish sausage and sauerkraut. And it wouldn’t be Easter without lamb butter! Hubby and I were just saying we need to take a ride down the thruway to Buffalo to get good sausage and the lamb butter…

My immediate family is Greek Orthodox via Greek & Italian heretige, and my Catholic Family is Polish & Italian.

And yes, since we all got together, we too had the pirogies and kielbasa sausages. Yummy!!!

But lamb butter??? Never heard of that. What is it?

 

[jakasaki]

*At her funeral at the cemeteray, I looked at her coffin and said, no more Easter dinners, no more Christmas dinners, no more Thanksgiving dinners… mommy… I have no one now.

My mom was the only person I had whom I celebrated these meals with being that so many relatives have passed or are so old they cannot attend. *

are you in michigan or ohio? come to our house. i certaianly can’t cook meals like the ones you describe, but we do our best. and we always have an extra plate for a guest.

Thanks for the invite, but I’m in New York. But this line in your post touched me…

and we always have an extra plate for a guest.

Growing up in my mothers house she always would set up a “place setting” for a person who might show up during dinner time. And it didn’t matter if it was a holiday or any day of the week.

 

[jakasaki]

I will be serving ham. We always have have for Easter. When we lived in Israel we could buy pork, but we couldn’t get good ham. That was always a problem at Easter time. We had good friends who were Evangelical Christians, and this was one thing that we agreed on. We decided that the custom of eating ham on Easter was so important that it was actually in the Apostle’s Creed. You all know the part," He rose again from the dead, and we all celebrated by eating ham!" Happy Easter!

Happy Easter to you and yours. Thank you kindly for your post.

 

[dixieagle]

Thank you CB Catholic ~ Mom’s name is Helen. And yes my dear, it’s very hard for me.

Thank you for your post!

No matter our age, the loss of our mother is very difficult. Mine passed away in 2006, and she is still a very strong presence in my life. Quite often I will her her voice in my head, as I know just what she would say in a given circumstance. I still want to pick up the phone to share news with her.

I will remember you, and your dear mother Helen in my prayers this Easter.

 

[Lormar]

Jakasaki

My heart goes out to you. Believe me when I tell you, I know how you feel. Offer it to Our Lord and His Blessed Mother. Many who are in danger of being lost are in great need of our prayers and sacrifices.

And reading this thread has reduced me to tears remembering my own family. My mother could cook and bake and do anything. She had so many talents.

This thread also made me remember how much family means. But, like you Jakasaki, my family is gone and I live very far from home. Sometimes I think of meals and special dishes only my mother could cook…on Easter, it was always Leg of Lamb, roasted potatoes and carrots, Lamb cake and other deserts.

God bless all of you, at Easter and always!

 

[sunny0009]

My immediate family is Greek Orthodox via Greek & Italian heretige, and my Catholic Family is Polish & Italian.

And yes, since we all got together, we too had the pirogies and kielbasa sausages. Yummy!!!

But lamb butter??? Never heard of that. What is it?

Lamb butter is just butter molded into a lamb. It has peppercorn eyes, a pastel ribbon around its neck and usually a little flag on its tail that says “alleluia”. We’ve had one at Easter for as long as I can remember.

 

[baltobetsy]

Yes Jilly, I would very much like to have your carrot cake recipe. Please PM it to me or you can email it to me. My email contact is in my profile.

Thanks much!

Phooey on email - post it right here.

Betsy

 

[jilly4ski]

Phooey on email - post it right here.

Betsy

Carrot (Bunny) Cake

1 1/2 Cups granulated sugar
1 cup cooking oil
1 tps. vanilla
3 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1 1/4 tsp baking soda
2 1/2 tsp cinnamine
2 1/4 cups raw grated carrots
1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)

In a large bowl blend sugar, oil, and vanilla, add eggs and beat well. In another bowl stir together flour, salt, soda and cinnamine. Add the two mixtures together and mix.
Fold in carrots and walnuts. Pour batter into a greased and floured 2 9-inch rounds. Bake at 350degrees for 45-50 mins

Cream cheese frosting
4 oz cream cheese softened
2 cups powdered sugar
2 tablespoons softened butter.

beat together until smooth.

(when using the 2 rounds would probably want to double this frosting recipe)

For decorating the cake, cut the rounds in half, and set 3 halfs up on end so you create a mound.
the left over half cut it so you have 2/3 and 1/3 (or some similar faction even 1/2 would work), you will want to cut these pieces in half you you can put them next to each other (1/3 and 1/3 together and 1/6 and 1/6 together).

Then put the narrow ends butting up to the cake mound on opposite sides. the larger one is the head and the smaller one is the tail.

Then frost, (we sometimes frost between layer but you need a lot of frosting for that.) we use paper and cut out ears and color the insides pink. them my mom used to take coconut and color it green for grass and lay it around the bunny. Then she took egg shaped candies and placed them around the bunny, She used chocolate eggs (dove or russlestover) for the eyes and a jelly bean (pink) for the nose.

Enjoy!