So whats for Easter dinner?

ssmom,

We had our Easter dinner yesterday, because our oldest son had a 5 hour drive back home today. We had our traditional ham, "cheesy potatoes," the usual rolls and vegetables, and of course jello-with-Cool-Whip-and-strawberries!

Today we had ham again, at our annual church brunch between services, with blueberry pancakes, yum!

Your cake is bee-yoo-tiful! I sometimes make a bunny cake for Easter, but didn't get to it this year. (Slice one round cake layer in half, stick the halves together with frosting and stand up on cut edge, cut out a notch for the head and use it as a tail, and don't forget to add the bunny ears and whiskers!)

A blessed and joyous Easter to all!

Julie

P.S. I see you added more photos! Your second bunny cake is the one we usually make. Cute!

We started the day with early Mass, then home and into our sweats for a lazy day. Planned to go to the coast, but it's cold and drizzly there, just like here today.

No to peeps or jelly beans. Chocolate is good, but I failed to get any this year.

Our holidays are not what they used to be, before our sweet daughter passed away. But my surviving kids, 14 and 18, let me know this morning that they are not too old for baskets and candy -- so I need to get it together and get back into the fun traditions. The Easter cakes look terrific ssmom. You put me to shame!

We will have a yummy dinner -- honey glazed ham, roasted taters, onions and yams...but I forgot dessert! Can we have some of that bunny cake?

Easter blessings to all--
from the soggy Northwest

Coffee cake this morning, then mass, then a trip to Jamba Juice. Then about an hour of BP. The curves and sliders hurt. Now some egg sandwiches. For dinner, who knows?

I think this thing is kinda creepy looking my wife's family tradition is the lamb cake:

Baked Ham. BBQ Chicken. Sweet corn , mashed potatoes with gravy , butter beans , collard greens with fat back , pumpkin pie and sweet tea.

And then I watched Davidson knock out the Hoyas!

I'm roasting a rabbit tonight.

Bye bye Georgetown!

What is fat back?

Fatback is the layer of fat along the back of a pig.
Also sometimes known as salt pork.
Traditionally used in southern style cooking.

You're going to need some ice cold sweeeeet tea after looking at those pic's!

For those who have never had em',
Collard greens:


and butter beans:


Nuuuuuummmmmmmmmmmmmmyyyy!!!!

Rabbit, its? No MOOSE RECIPE for the day?

There was baked ham, green beans, brocoli casserole of some sort, German potato salad, meatballs, and lots of chocolate and lots of cookies.

Some German potato salad, meatballs, and casserole made it back to Cape with me. The rest got sent home with mom and a little sent with my grandpa. Also, grandma made me take all the chocolate and a bunch of the cookies. Grandma told me to tell her what I wanted sent with me and I told her "all of the German potato salad" but it didn't happen

Really doesn't matter what it was that got sent.. other than the candy, it's all homemade by grandma!

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Originally posted by biggerpapi:
I think this thing is kinda creepy looking my wife's family tradition is the lamb cake:

In my family, it's not Easter without one.

The highlight of the dinner is the ceremonious cutting the ears off to reveal "with toothpicks or without"....the skill of the baker is thus revealed!



We had spiral-cut honey baked ham, broccoli almondine, roasted potatoes, lettuce and arugula salad, and orzo salad. It was delicious. Oh, and lamb cake! And chocolate! And dyed eggs!

By the way, we had more snow on the ground today than we had on Christmas!

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Originally posted by play baseball:
By the way, we had more snow on the ground today than we had on Christmas!

We didn't have much sticking down here, but it was snowing. I said He got his holidays mixed up.. 55 and sunny on Christmas day and snowing on Easter.

Perfect Easter feast for Jerseyson and I today.

Drove 3 hours down to College Park, MD to watch the Tarheels play the Terps. Dinner was a bag of peanuts, hotdog and 19 UNC runs scored.

Doesn't get much better than that.

We had Green Enchiladas!!

Happy Easter to all!

I started this morning baking a few apple pies before mass. Then it was home, sweats, read the paper and make deviled eggs. At 3:00 it was off to my sister's for baked ham, broccoli, corn, green bean casserole, shells and cheese, and some raw veggies. For dessert, the pies, brownies, and ice cream. Finally, my sister beat me in Scrabble.... A nice day overall. (I'll beat her next time).

That fat back looks like a heart attack waiting to happen.....
Never had it but I have eaten scrapple

scrapple....scrabble....scramble.....

Yum-yum!



Where I'm at, KBR goes all out for the troops with a big tasty spread. Unfortunately for my nephew stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, the food there is provided by a different company. Last time we talked about it, he was eating MREs. My co-workers there eat exclusively at the Subway or the one limited menu restaurant on base.

Okay, ours was totally untraditional this year.
Our oldest came home from a four game road trip early Sun. AM - like landed at 2:00AM drove home two hours - I slept on the couch so I could see him when he got home - NICE! We had a chit-chat and then both went to bed. He woke up by 10:00am - we are like - hey how come you woke up so early? He is "hey usually I'm up by six, that was sleeping in!" This was the first time since he left that it was just our family with no buddies.
I have to say it was soOOOOO nice for us! We just laid back, had a late breakfast, listened to cool stories from the road trip, played Wii as a family - that was so fun!!!! I actually rocked at bowling, but the best part was it was just US!!!
We went to late service , crowded but fulfilling.
Menu was this:
New York Steak (mom marinated) cut it like butta!
Sauteed mushrooms - OMD - Good!
Salad
Dad's famous Potatoe Salad
Asparagus
Biscuits w/butter & honey

Choc/extraChoc/ Brownies with vanilla ice cream.


Untraditional, but what the boys wanted - comfort all the way!

We all did not want our oldest to leave today, we MISS his fun loving personality, his smile, and just about everything about him- you really don't know how much ya miss them until you see them again - and they have to go!

Hot dog, peanuts and water...

Oh, and lots of sunscreen.

Bullwinkle Jr had a game in AZ.

At my wifes sisters

GREAT APPETIZERS:
artichoke/asparagus dip by Lynne
onion/garlic sourcream dip by Terri

MEAL"
Spiral Ham by Terri
special taters--roasted with onions and garlic by Terri
great Patti Salad
great angel flake rolls from Lynne
glazed carrots from sister in law Nicola
super green beans--I have no idea but they were good

NOTE: all three sisters cook like no other--they each have specialties and WOW is it good

DESSERT:
Vanilla Mousse which was "to kill"
Fudge Brownies
Girl Scout Cookies , a gift from 6 year old niece Bridget


BOTTOM LINE: great fun and we also celebrated Brother Rays daughter HANNAH making HS Varsity Ladies Lacrosse as a sophomore

AND ALL DAY NCAA HOOPS ON THE TV !!!!!

Very Untraditional this year, but very special.

One of my many Irish cousins and his family are taking their holidays in Orlando this year. Hadn't seen Seamus in over twenty years and, of course, had never met his wife of twelve years or their boys (10 & 6). It was a magical day, filled with great memories and creating new ones.

....and I went with chicken parmigian, roast potatoes, and strawberry cheesecake.

Spiral ham
scalloped potatoes
green salad
deviled eggs
veggie platter
munchies with dips
baskin robins ice cream cake for my sons 18th birthday
daughter here from out of town (easter baskets still and they are 26 and 18 LOL' )
I got an easter basket from my daughter, its nice when they get old enough to start giving a little
with their own money
beautiful weahter, sat in the sun soaking up the rays,4 years now without my parents still all of us trying to get our bearings, but its getting a little easier , now its my generations turn to keep it all going. all in all a nice day. cherish all the time with my family.

Yes sirreeee Sam Krak you am!

We had Crawfish etoufee and crawfish stew. We also had old fashioned potato salad (sliced boiled eggs, sliced boiled potatoes, with grilled onions on top)and cole slaw. We also had all sorts of appetizers and of course, deserts.

Howzit cousins. Well lets see.... we ate papaya, ahi poke, Kalua pig, (so good it broke da mouth) fried fish with macadamia nut sauce, rice, an we suck um up many da kine mai tais.
Shoots and mahalos, lataz brah.

Worked 10 hours, but was able to ensure that 750 "guests" had the meal of their lives and my wonderful, generous boss was able to bank a "few" bucks. The food and decor was amazing decorated to the hilt in Easter pastels. The chocolate fountain spouted lilac colored chocolate. It was all WOW and a great day!

gotta say, the Moose had the day I wish I could have had! although the traditional Easter brunch was delicious, we would have loved nothing more than to be sitting in the sun, munching seeds and watching a game... sigh. Instead we were watching a fresh 10 inches of snow slooooooooowly melt. Will it never end!??

sizzlepop,

Im jealous. I lived there for 2 years, my daugter was born there. love the islands ,everything about it including the food.

Our Easter menu this year was very non-traditional. We had had a very hectic week prior to Easter and we were not in the mood to cook the tradional ham, potato salad, collard greens, etc. Instead, my wife cooked a huge pot of Redbeans with Rice, Candied Yams, and cornbread. She puts ground beef and hot Hillshire sausages in her Redbeans. Man, you talking about some good eating! Makes you want to slap your Momma!! (SMILE)