1. Eat ham at Easter.
American food at Easter is also very distinctive, mainly mutton and ham. It is said that the habit of eating ham was brought by British immigrants. At first, the British used ham to show their contempt for the blood contained in Jewish taboo meat products; Today, it has developed into a traditional food for Easter. However, nowadays people often eat canned Easter food at Easter.
2. Eat rabbit-shaped food at Easter.
Another symbol of Easter is the rabbit. Because of its powerful reproductive ability, people regard it as the creator of new life. During the festival, adults will vividly tell children that Easter eggs will hatch into rabbits. Many families will also put some eggs on the garden lawn for children to play the game of finding eggs. Easter rabbits and eggs have also become popular commodities during the festival. Shopping centers sell all kinds of rabbit and egg-shaped goods, and small food stores and candy stores are full of rabbits and eggs made of chocolate. These "food rabbits" are cute and have eggs of different shapes. They taste sweet and are suitable for giving to friends.
3. Eat mutton at Easter.
In many European countries, the lamb is the main course of Easter, because when offering the lamb, people can remember that Moses led the Israelites out of Egypt through the blood of the lamb, and this lamb (later called the Passover Lamb) is the predecessor of Jesus: he is the holy lamb of God, and through the blood he left on the cross, human beings can be purified from sin and freed from the slavery of the devil. Besides mutton, there is also the custom of eating leg of lamb. According to legend, God once ordered Abraham to kill his only son Isaac as a sacrifice to test his loyalty. Abraham was in great pain, and finally he decided to do what God wanted. Just as he raised his knife to his son, God sent an angel to stop him. Abraham offered a ram as a sacrifice to God. Since then, it has become a custom to sacrifice sheep to God.
4. Eat bread at Easter.
Bread reminds Christians that Jesus is the living bread of eternal life. In many European countries, people usually bake special Easter bread at Easter and draw the words Jesus Christ, cross or lamb on the bread to commemorate Christ.
Characteristics of Easter food
American food at Easter is also very special, mainly mutton and ham. According to legend, once God ordered Abraham to kill his only son Isaac as a sacrifice to test his loyalty, and Abraham was in great pain. Finally, he decided to do what God wanted. Just as he raised his knife to his son, God sent an angel to stop him. Abraham offered a ram as a sacrifice to God. Later, he sacrificed a sheep. Today, it has developed into a traditional Easter food. However, people often eat Easter canned food at Easter.
Typical Easter foods are mutton, ham, wine and cross bread. Ham is the most common. There are many kinds of hams, and my favorite ones are the bottom two in the picture above. On the left is Honiham, and on the right is Blake Forrest. Black forest ham is suitable for scrambled eggs, fried rice and fried noodles. Honey ham can be baked with pineapple and is the most common food in Canada for Easter.
Easter eggs
As soon as Christmas is over, the candy store is full of Easter chocolate eggs. Those chocolates with the smallest and simplest design are very cheap, and children can buy them with their own pocket money. There are two kinds of eggs on the market during this period. The small one is called Fontaine Sugar, which is a little more than an inch long. There is a thin layer of chocolate on the outside and sweet and soft dough inside, and then it is packaged into various shapes with colored foil paper. The other is an empty egg, which is bigger than a duck egg. There is nothing in it except a chocolate shell. Just break the shell and eat chocolate chips. As Easter approaches, the window of the candy store will be filled with more beautiful eggs than these. At the same time, there are all kinds of small gifts to attract children. It is decorated with a chicken made of fluffy wool, and its mouth and feet are glued to the card. Lucky children may get several such gifts from relatives and friends.
Easter eggs are designed to bring happiness to people-indeed! These eggs are beautiful and decorative. They represent people's good wishes and share the joy of changing seasons with you. Even food is inseparable from chickens, Easter rabbits and chocolate eggs.