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Easter
Yes, its the Easter season again. A joyous religious celebration, and
also a time of Easter eggs, and the Easter Bunny. Many of the traditions of Easter have their origins in ancient spring
celebrations, and here we take a brief look at those traditions, with an
emphasis on Easter foods for a low carb diet.
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Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime.
-- Martin Luther
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History of Easter
Many of the traditions of Easter have their origins in ancient spring celebrations.
Eostre was the Saxon Goddess of dawn, spring, and new beginnings. Her symbols included the rabbit, which she empowered to lay eggs, once a year, at the beginning of spring. The English Easter and German Ostern are named after the spring festival held in her
honor, which celebrated the renewal of life after the long dark winter.
Date of Easter 2004 - 2010
Originally, Easter
was celebrated at the time of the Jewish Passover. Over the years, the
Christian church developed its own method of calculating Easter. When
the calendar was reformed, the Western churches based their Easter dates on
the new Gregorian calendar, while the Eastern churches continued to base
their dates on the old, Julian calendar. The table below gives the date
of the first full moon after the March Equinox, and the dates of the
Jewish Passover and Eastern and Western Easter for the years 2004 - 2010.
Easter Eggs
Most
ancient cultures saw eggs as an emblem of life, and many had myths about the
universe being born out of a giant egg. Eggs were dyed and eaten in
Spring festivals in ancient times over much of Europe and the Middle East. In
Christian Europe, eggs continued to be dyed in springtime as part of Easter
rituals, although the eggs were now seen as a symbol of the
resurrection.
Easter Foods
Traditional foods for the Easter feast reflect the Spring season.
White lambs are gamboling in the fields, and roast lamb is part of the
traditional Easter feast in many countries. Pork that was slaughtered
and cured at the end of autumn is now ready for eating as ham, and so
ham may also appear in a traditional Easter feast.
Paskhas
There are many types of this dish named Paskha, but the
general ingredients are the same: farmers' cheese, butter, heavy cream,
sugar, eggs and sour creams. The desserts, which have appeared on Russian
Easter Day breakfast tables since 17th century, are a traditional treat
served to celebrate the end of Lent, breaking the seven-week fast of
vegetarian-only foods.
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