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love_katz

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8. Many of the customs practiced on Easter...

Thu Mar 28, 2013, 04:36 PM

Mar 2013

were brought to this country by the Germans.

They brought old customs from pre-christian times. Pork was often eaten in Germany, and pork was often eaten as a festival food.

It is no surprise, then, that we have bunnies, egg hunts, sweets and ham as part of the celebration.

Those customs are from the old ways...they have nothing specifically to do with christian beliefs about a resurrection. The church could not get the people to drop their old customs, so they just renamed them, and gave the customs a grudging blessing.

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Ham on Easter? An Interesting Tradition. [View all] MineralMan Mar 2013 OP

It's not an accident that ex post 1492 geek tragedy Mar 2013 #1

Actually, many don't celebrate Easter. And I do turkey glowing Mar 2013 #2

As it's one of the times it needn't be special ordered, we eat lamb on Easter. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #3

I'm cooking rack of lamb for Easter. MineralMan Mar 2013 #5

That's what we had, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2013 #34

Korban pesach-- it's what's for dinner. Gormy Cuss Mar 2013 #37

Since the kids grew up & moved away, we don't "do" holiday meals SoCalDem Mar 2013 #4

During the Inquisition TlalocW Mar 2013 #6

Interesting. The ham meant you weren't a Jew. MineralMan Mar 2013 #9

And then there are the bacon-filled chocolate bunnies Silent3 Mar 2013 #7

+1 LOL LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #13

I'm thinking about baked rabbit. No. not for Easter, just thinking that I haven't had it since I demosincebirth Mar 2013 #29

Many of the customs practiced on Easter... love_katz Mar 2013 #8

That was the way of the Catholic Church TlalocW Mar 2013 #14

Same with the Kabaa. UnrepentantLiberal Mar 2013 #21

Depends on the country Retrograde Mar 2013 #10

It's a seasonal spring food for the northern hemisphere. politicat Mar 2013 #11

The "gras" in mardi gras is the fat from the last winter pig Recursion Mar 2013 #12

Bacon grease? demosincebirth Mar 2013 #30

Better than ham for easter? Why, rabbit of course! Kip Humphrey Mar 2013 #15

I have tried every year to serve Easter Bunny Stew, MineralMan Mar 2013 #16

We are going to our fave restaurant and tap room for an Easter Brunch! CTyankee Mar 2013 #17

Lapin Ragout zipplewrath Mar 2013 #18

Serve them hasenpfeffer JHB Mar 2013 #22

Every Christian I know eats lamb on Easter and it's likely that Jesus Cleita Mar 2013 #19

I love how much I learn on DU mainer Mar 2013 #20

As others have posted, Jenoch Mar 2013 #23

Mexican dinner on Easter, at our house, was home made pork tamales, chicken and cheese enchiladas, demosincebirth Mar 2013 #31

I love Mexican food, Jenoch Mar 2013 #35

My mother used to make 'em from scratch. She had a Metate and ground her corn to make "la maza" demosincebirth Mar 2013 #36

My mother was a good cook Jenoch Mar 2013 #38

I just like ham. Zax2me Mar 2013 #24

I make ham on Christmas and Easter Freddie Mar 2013 #25

I was taught that it symbolizes our freedom from the Old Testament Laws. They were fulfilled by jwirr Mar 2013 #26

I like Ham better than Turkey Demo_Chris Mar 2013 #27

We just eat ham because we like it. Shrike47 Mar 2013 #28

The worshippers of the mother goddess Demeter Generic Other Mar 2013 #32

I am going to my sister's house for Easter and we both hate ham. smirkymonkey Mar 2013 #33