A place to share planning, recipes, and celebrations!
Passover starts Apr 1
Western Easter is April 5, Eastern Orthodox Easter is April 12
Nowruz is March 21 (except in India, where Parsi Navroz will be in August)
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Not sure what I’ll make for Pi Day (3/14).
I am making Barmbrack for St Paddy’s. I’ll also make colcannon and some Irish mains that week.
I’ll buy Zeppole di San Giuseppe for San Giuseppe Day (March 19)
I’ll make some Persian dishes the week of Nowruz.
Persian/ Iranian recipes
The last week of Lent, leading up to Western Easter, I plan to make a Swiss green soup on Holy Thu.
I will buy Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday. I’ll also serve fish on Good Friday. I have not decided on the prep yet.
Western Easter, I will make roast lamb.
Eastern Easter, I will make roast lamb again, and a leek filo pie / prasopita. I’ll also bake mini Tsoureki.
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Clever new recipe for excess matzoh — Arayes!
Though tbh I’ll probably just top the sheet with kebab filling — like lahmacun — instead of trying to fold it over. It’s hard enough to stuff pita 
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Georgina Hayden’s Cypriot Kleftiko, which uses lamb shoulder.
Greek Easter Mezes by Irene Matys, Cypriot Cdn food writer
I have only ordered Arayes. Delicious.
Easter crept up quickly!
Two travel Easters for me: family the first weekend, and then Greek Easter with my friend’s family the following weekend.
Just booked my tickets, so of course now I’m thinking about what food to carry with me 
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Easter weekend ideas – for apps, maybe a main, and something sweet for the various kids and my aunt:
– Salmon mousse or tuna spuma with crostini or pita chips
– Quiche or Tortilla Espanola
– Puff pastry spirals or puffs (kheema? shredded Kerala-style beef? Bombay sandwich / masala potato?)
– Apero bread / savory cheese quickbread of some sort (the spinach version adapted from Chetna Makan went over very well last year)
– Hot milk sponge cakes – sandwiched with jam or as a swiss roll (have to test the latter out first)
– Gravlax for my aunt
Greek Easter ideas – for snacks for while the lamb roasts, plus something sweet for the hostess:
– Gougeres with something dippy (not sure how they’ll like the fish dips, have to ask my friend)
– Gravlax with crostini and lemon spread
– Kheema puffs or spirals (I think they might enjoy like the kyma / kheema crossover)
– Deviled eggs
– Cardamom coffee tiger cake (for the hostess)
Still noodling.
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There’s a reason American National Black Forest Day is not International Black Forest Day, or the German National Black Forest Day. LOL (There does not appear to be an official Black Forest Torte Day celebrated in Germany)
No idea who would schedule Black Forest Day 8 days before Easter, in the middle of Lent (occasionally Easter is early enough that March 28th is after Easter), at the same time people are stocking up on matzoh and searching for their flourless Pesach dessert recipes.
https://www.nationaldaycalendar.com/national-day/national-black-forest-cake-day-march-28
Should I let AI know that Frasier has nothing to do with taxes or the Fraser Valley in British Columbia?
All of it sounds delicious!
some nice Easter recipes here
Easter #1 will be fairly simple. I’m leaving towards German Easter Bread , rack of lamb, possibly a small torta pasqualina made with spinach, roast potatoes, and baked beans. .
Probably a purchased dessert.
I have no idea what’s for Easter dinner (we’ll be just arriving in Tampa, FL) but the kiddo’s Easter basket includes: a Pokemon handbook, a boba tea kit, some fruity probiotic sodas, a canned boba tea, fruity marshmallow eggs, an Oreo chocolate egg, Kit Kat bunnies, fun-size Hershey’s cookies 'n cream bars, a mini basketball (OK, it actually doesn’t fit), chocolate-covered cookie dough bites, a LEGO bunny and racecar, and a bath bomb.
Our Easter Bunny identifies as “she/her” 
She has fun putting these surprises together, even if she overdoes it. She had vowed to reduce the number of sweets, but we know where good intentions lead.
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I promised Sunshine a Turkey for Easter Dinner, as she didn’t get one for Thanksgiving (due to health issues).
So my Easter Dinner will be:
Turkey
Stuffing
Sweet Potatoes with butter and brown sugar
Peas
Corn
Gravy
Rolls - Homemade, if I can’t find any at the store I like.
Apple pie (heated) with vanilla ice cream
As a side note, I need to start defrosting the turkey (breast) on Friday – so I can cook it on Sunday.
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Sorry to leave your reply hanging. I moved my comment over to the dedicated Easter thread rather than derail What’s for Dinner with side tangents.
My mistake, as well – maybe the mods can move my post.
Please and Thank You!!
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You will be close to Tarpon Springs, if you’d like to enjoy some Greek stuff and a short day trip. It’s a little worn but it has some charm. While the restaurants don’t serve mindblowing Greek food, the food is as good as most mid range Greek restaurants you might find in Toronto or Montreal.
I haven’t been in ages. It’s a bit like Toronto Greek restaurants, that some restos do some things better than others, many places are hit or miss, as opposed to all around awesome.
recent Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/NorthPinellasCounty/comments/1m0rgum/best_greek_food_in_tarpon/
Even though Greek Easter is on the 12th, the restaurants and bakeries will have some Greek Easter things like Eastet bread and koulourakia / twisted butter cookie available this weekend.
Hope you guys have a wonderful time! I know I wish I had ordered a Cuban sandwich in Tampa. LOL.
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Traditionally we have separate threads for holidays and holiday planning. But I’m sure Dan and anyone else participating can decide where their content best fits, as I did.
I’ll spare the WFD crew the details of my pokémon purchasing
I made Koulourakia this morning, a Greek butter cookie.
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That’s the plan! I’m almost hesitant to post anything about our trip before it happens because every time I do, something causes it to get canceled! Semper Gumby
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My mom is enthusiastic like you. Loves a good holiday with stuff to prepare for and gift surprises!
I’m intrigued by the boba.
(Cold) Cadbury’s cream eggs are my favorite, I just wish they came in minis!
I also love marzipan – a friend of mine was on the hunt for marzipan eggs in nyc this week, but those are a specialty item here (marzipan fruit is easily found in India this time of year, though 
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I have spent Easter with extended family since college days, and the “important” family tradition there is that my uncle would hide Cadbury’s mini chocolate eggs for the “kids” to find (we were all in college by then).
He refused to show us the ones that we had not found, and would tease / taunt us at every family gathering thereafter with “5 (or whatever) still left to go…!” . One year, the last egg was found at Christmas or New Year, I forget which (when a fire was being lit – and only because it was in / around the fireplace).
After he died, his son took over hiding the eggs for us as a bittersweet continuation of tradition – his kids were too small to actually hunt, so we’d do it “for them” until they were old enough. Nowadays there are two teenagers and a little kid, and the rest of us “help” them by calling out hints (mostly because it really irritates their uncle who thinks they should have to “suffer and struggle” the way we did ).
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