Easter Symbols
Cake in a shape of ram is made, and means renewal of life.
The habit of eating eggs has probably something to do with fasting
when eggs were not allowed, and people could not wait till fasting
ends. It symbolizing the origin of life and strength.
Easter rabbit can be found already in Bible shown as a white rabbit
at Virgin Maria's feet as a symbol of clearness of physical temptation.
Easter sick is made from osier, and symbolizes spring becoming younger.
To hit someone with the stick means that this young nature is put
one life being. Girls will be then young, fresh, healthy and happy. |
| Some of the recipes Easter
Stuffing (Oooo Errrrrr!!!!):
1-1,5 kg meat ( roasted pork, cooked gammon),
10 eggs,
1/2l milk,
10 white rolls,
nutmeg,
salt,
parsley
Mix yolks in milk will be poured onto cubes cut rolls, grate nutmeg
over it, add both meat cube cut and green parsley., salt. The snow
from white eggs is slightly nix into it.This base is put into a
pan that is grease and sprinkled with crumps. Butter is put on the
top and pan is ready to be put in the oven to bake.
Ram shaped cake:
¼ butter (unsalty),
vanilla sugar,
17dkg sugar,
4 eggs,
15dkg flower,
1 tea spoon of baking powder,
lemon peel,
orange peel,
2 spoons of rum
Butter with sugar mix to make a mouse, when mixing add whole eggs,
flower with baking powder mixed into dough by a spoon, peel and
rum in the end. The form must be greased and sprinkled by flower,
pour the dough and bake about 1 hour. We may use chocolate cover
or icing.
"Mazanec" cake:
1kg flour,
6dkg yeast,
16dkg sugar,
20dkg butter (unsalted),
4 egg yolks,
pinch of salt,
3/8 milk,
baking powder,
raisins,
almonds for decoration.
To make a risen dough we do not use cold ingredients, and we prepare
the yeast melted in a bowl with warm milk. You may put the bowl
with made dough under the covers to help it grow. Mazanec than looks
like a circle bread put on baking paper, decorated with almonds
and a bit of oil is spread for shining.
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