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Chocolate bunnies resisting time
Do you remember... do you remember that holiday that was celebrated a month and a half ago?
๐ค I know it was quite a while ago, but I have a draft waiting since then with a topic related to that date. Easter and Easter decorations, and it seems that today it is finally arriving here on my blog to be written and published. Incredible, isn't it? On April 1st, as if it were an April Fool's joke (but it wasn't a joke hahaha), the admin of this community posted that monthly topic, along with a hope/promise to contribute to it with her collection. Oopsie, nothing since then in the collectors community from my side. Not even the topic for May, which was obviously skipped, as I couldn't be around and prepare a post or check the possible entries.
But better late than never. And I want to bring you a new theme for June, so even though this post may seem very out of season and outdated, I really have to keep my word and show you the Easter decoration that is typical for my family.
For the first time in many years, we were able to find the time to travel to our hometown and be with our parents for this holiday. The traditions and customs that were celebrated when I was a child myself are still there, preserved from oblivion. It was very nice to see and participate again in these preparations for the holiday and share the traditional Easter Eve dinner with all of them.
A traditional dinner includes boiled ham, boiled eggs, fresh green vegetables like spring onions or lettuce, radish, beetroot, grated horseradish, and bread. My parents always prepare their ham in the winter and save it for Easter. A day or two before Easter, they soak it in water and cook it on Friday night (or Saturday morning). It usually cooks for a couple of hours, if it is a large piece for a large family. When the ham is done and taken out of the water to drain, pre-washed eggs are added. About fifteen minutes of cooking is enough for them. The boiled eggs in this case get that ham flavour too.
Besides the traditional dishes, one of the most important features of the Easter holidays is the painted eggs. As small, we used to get them as gifts along with some chocolate bunnies or sweets.
So, the eggs that would be dyed are cooked separately. It is also a special tradition and there are many ways to dye and decorate Easter eggs. There have been a few wonderful posts with Easter eggs (thanks @bibana, @duskobgd and @qwerrie) showing how it can become art. We usually put grass or flower petals in stockings to leave a mark on the eggshell, and dye them in onion skins or red paint. My sister usually combines several colours, not just the traditional red. There are also stickers for Easter eggs, which my mother-in-law used this year.
I know, our Easter eggs are not real pieces af artwork, but they were prepared with joy and eaten with joy as well! Still, there are other kinds of decorations that are not suitable for consumption... for example, wooden decorations or eggs of other materials that are hung from willow branches.
These wooden birds, nests and little eggs are the same ones that my family has had for more than four decades, and they are still here to prove their longevity.
This blue chocolate bunny is also proving the same!!! We got it when I was small, and I guess we were too sorry to eat it. So it was preserved in this form, and every year my mom finds this bunny and places it as a decoration. Although he is a bit injured (no surprise he is a bit injured after so many years), he is otherwise healthy and alive. She calls it Methuselah Easter Bunny. ๐
A younger relative of this Metuselah Easter Bunny lives in Spain. A lot younger bunny, although as my son grows - and he is not so small anymore - this example also adds to his number of years...
My son was sorry to eat it, so it stayed untouched.
The following images show the decoration my sister placed. She put the willow branches in a vase and hung these cardboard/paper Easter eggs.
I see she also got some different decorations for the holiday. Maybe they are not new, I don't know, but for me they are new - I see them for the first time.
All these photos you see in this post were taken during the Easter holidays spent at my parents' and sister's home (except the Spanish chocolate bunny of my son), but I still have my Easter decoration here in Spain. Don't worry, I will not post about them now haha, maybe I will be able to make a post about it next year ๐.
Soon I will have to start preparing the next month's topic ๐ so I finish here my official entry for last month April's theme.
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What a beautiful family tradition and how incredible the story of the "Methuselah" bunny is. It is heartwarming to see how those wooden decorations and keepsakes keep the essence of childhood untouched after so many decades.
For a good and quality post, it's never too late ๐
I'm glad you are managed to find time and that you spent Easter with your parents, in your hometown, among friends and family.
May passed without a theme, I hope you have a theme for June (and I hope I will have at least a few pieces for example of my collection๐ ).
Good afternoon @mipiano... has May already passed? Time sometimes passes too quickly. ๐ซฃ I loved seeing the Easter table prepared probably just as it was when you were a little girl. ๐
I am very glad that this year you had the opportunity to meet with your parents, it must have been some very beautiful family days. I'm also very happy to see you here again.
I loved the decorations, especially those wooden birds, nests and small eggs... A very interesting initiative for someone who comes from another tradition. It's true, there have been very good publications. ๐
Waiting for the new initiative, I wish you a happy Sunday afternoon and a nice start to the week.
A hug!! ๐ค
boiled eggs 15 minutes ? ๐ฒ i never boil them longer then 5 i dislike hard boiled eggs . I do like the easter decorations but we don't really celebrate it , working people only enjoy the 2 days off these days .
Maybe we start to painting eggs again when my granddaughter is old enough to do that.
What beautiful decorations! I never imagined they celebrated Easter like that, itโs wonderful, absolutely everything, and Iโm so glad you shared this because I love learning about other cultures and countries... The painted eggs... pure art!!! Looking forward to the next post... Iโm looking forward to the next post... ๐
We were also glad to go for Easter, everyone was surprised (hopefully positively hahaha) when we told them that we were coming.
For June's theme, I think you will have a contribution ๐. Let's see it tomorrow ๐ค
Good evening @enraizar. Yeah, I think a monster that eats months came and unfortunately it was hungry so it ate May in one bite. That's life ๐คทโโ
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Thank you, and I don't forget your banknotes contribution and las torrijas ๐
Happy two minutes that is left of Sunday, and I wish you a successful week too! I hope you will have a collection of the items that will come for June... :))
Yeah, for hard-boiled eggs that have to last for several days during Easter, we usually boil them for a bit longer. It is maybe a bit less than fifteen minutes, but more than ten.
Here in Spain, there are more days off, usually from Maundy Thursday to Easter Monday and the school break is the whole week after Easter, until the next Monday. :))
It would be fun for her, when she is old enough, you can try and see whether it is something that you all enjoy.
I am very glad you liked these decorations and traditions. Well, there are more things connected to Easter but here I focused just on decoration so this is what came :D
If you mean the next monthly theme...? I am working on it hahaha ๐ fingers crossed it arrives tomorrow in the evening ๐
...or you mean the next post about Easter decoration... which will not arrive before next year Easter? ๐
Tema mensual... tema mensual... pista? Algรบn dato?๐
A ver, a ver, sin pistas. Everything in its time... tomorrow is soon. Oops, it is already today, time is a tricky thing ๐ (feliz lunes ๐คฃ)
No tengo muchas colecciones, pero de algรบn modo por las comunidades estarรฉ, posiblemente pintando... jajaja hasta maรฑana!!!๐
The Methuselah bunny is a thing we joke about, but yes, every year my mother says she found the survivor chocolate bunny Methuselah and so we laugh about it. ๐
It was a nice Easter we had... like going back to childhood time indeed. ๐
A lo mejor tendrรกs tu contribuciรณn; yo sรฉ que tรบ siempre encuentras la maneraโฆ khm, khm, ยฟy los vinilos? ๐ค๐
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Cierto!! Casi lo olvido... no, no lo olvido jajaja
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Broma lo de los vinilos ๐๐ค
Buenas noches ๐ค
Pero es algo que tengo pendiente!! Tengo las direcciones apuntadas.
Buenas noches, dulces sueรฑos๐
Ahora hay cosas mucho mรกs importantes ๐
Oh, mira la hora, sรญ que hay que ir a dormir ahora de verdad jajaja
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Descansa!!!๐
The day after Easter is when I stock up on all that unsold chocolate becomes discounted 50% off! Admittedly, the day after Halloween too. Chocolate has always been a weakness and my dentist knows it.
!LOL
๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฏ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ฒ๐ณซ๐ณค๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณฆโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณช๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณญ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณคโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ :โ)
๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณช๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณฆ :โ)
Good morning @mipiano, I am very curious to know if I will have something for the June initiative. What will it be? ๐ค
Happy start to the week. ๐ค
Buenos dรญas @enraizar
I think (hope) you will have something.๐
Querรญa hacer/terminar la publicaciรณn hoy, como es el dรญa 1 pero se me complicรณ un poco todo haciendo y mandando facturas, (con migraรฑa ๐ค) y tendrรฉ que ir a dar clases ahora hasta las 21h. Pues ya veremos si llego jaja๐
Feliz comienzo de la semana ๐ค
Awesome. Enjoyed watching your visuals. ๐ Too late to wish you a Happy Easter day ๐ ๐๐
Que bonitos diseรฑos tienen toda esa artesanรญa y comida que la hacen tan familiar e รญntima... creo que recuerdo cuando hablaste de ese viaje meses atrรกs..
Un cรกlido saludo!
When I saw that you mentioned me in your blog and started reading, I was convinced I'd show up somewhere in the first paragraph because of how late I've been replying to your themes, likeee, always, hihi. :D
Your Easter table looked so beautiful this year, both the decorations and the food. I don't think I've ever tried that kind of cooked ham before, it instantly reminds me of Tom and Jerry. ๐ฅฐ
And yes, it just wouldn't be IT without fresh green onions. I know the main focus here is on the decoration (which are absolutely adorable, especially the old little yellow wooden chicks and the bunny with the carrot), but food is foood!
Good night @mipiano, I hope the migraine has gone away. I have not yet started with the invoices, I want to advance other things before Wednesday when I have an appointment with Sacra in Madrid.
About the collection... I'm still intrigued. ๐ค
A very big hug. ๐ค Rest!!
If there's anything magical about Easter celebrations, it's that they're a moment of togetherness with family and loved ones.
It's so lovely to see that table where the diversity of food comes together with personal creativity.
If there's one thing we never forget, it's when we painted our first Easter egg. For any parent, it's seeing their child's creativity, even if it's just painted on an eggshell. Sometimes they even keep it at home, just like a painter frames their canvas.
Greetings from Cuba.
The egg/stocking thingy is what I learned from my better half, as you know, she is from Croatia. Results: super nice! Red and Blue see makes, with unions and white and brown eggs. No paint needed.
With my mom, we painted the eggs with some paint, I suppose water paint or something. The stocking thingy isnt too Dutch.
๐ Hahaha, so these chocolate bunnies wouldn't survive if you were nearby? ๐
One of my nieces really likes chocolates and all kinds of sweets, like a lot, but she has always had healthy teeth. We don't know how she managed that ๐คทโโ
Thank you :)
Well, we can save the wish for the next year's Easter ;))
Son tradiciones y costumbres bonitas, sรญ. Fue casi una sorpresa para mi familia cuando les dijimos que venimos para la Pascua :)
Well, it was because of those wonderful Esater eggs :))
But I am glad that the tag made you bring your book collection hahaha
I completely agree with you @abrunet, the togetherness with the family is the most valuable thing. Preserving some traditions and showing them to our children is also very important ๐
Thank you very much and greetings back to you!!
Yeah, the little flowers and leaves in stockings are typical of those areas, as are the onion shells. I haven't painted eggs for years already, since my son lost interest in preparing them with his mom ๐ With more people around and more family members, it is more interesting ;)
๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฌ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณซ๐ณค๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณฆ.โ ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโธฎโ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณช๐ณ๐ณช๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ โโ๐ฒ
Yes, with three pills ๐
Enjoy the meeting with Sacra, my greetings to her and have a good time!
Until now, you already know what it is ๐
Good night ๐๐ค
๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฏ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณคโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฏ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณข๐ณฆ.โ ๐ฒ๐ณฏ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณฏ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณฌ๐ณ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณฏ ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณข ๐ณข๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ :โ(
๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณฅ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณซ๐ณค๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฎ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณฆ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณช๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆโนโ ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณฆ ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ณข๐ณฅ๐ณ ๐ณฆ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค๐ณฆ.โ ๐ฒ๐ณฏ ๐ณ ๐ณฅ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณ๐ณค ๐ณ๐ณฆ๐ณฆ.โ