BS: Happy Easter

Subject: BS: Happy Easter
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 03:09 AM

and Good Health everybody

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 03:14 AM

It’s not Easter until Sunday. Easter is the celebration of Christ’s resurrection on the third day after the crucifixion, and is the Sunday after Good Friday.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 03:18 AM

Thanks Dick.

From me and all at Gnome Towers too. Whether you celebrate any of the religious festivals or simply the coming of spring and better weather, have a good 'un :-)

and if you are Antipodean, have a good Autumn!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Rain Dog
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 03:41 AM

Spring made a brief visit here this week.

Yesterday when I walked along the seafront and out the pier, it was overcast,cold and windy. Forecast is for sleet showers on Monday.

There were not many others out yesterday. They had more sense.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Helen
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 03:43 AM

Thanks DtG,

Autumn weather is the best of the year here in East Coast Oz, IMHO. Beautiful sunny weather, no cold winds. Better than spring. Not too hot, not too cold. Perfect!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:02 AM

Thank you for the Happy Easter wishes. I too wish everyone a Happy Easter and good health. I so much enjoy giving and receiving cheery Easter cards, and giving the little family across the street some chocolate bunnies (and a bottle of wine for the mum and dad)
There are lambs and calves in our fields now.
It's turned rather chilly here after a short 'heatwave' (well, 24 degrees). However, I still think that in addition to religious sentiments, the joy of Easter is also about the arrival of Spring and saying cheerio to the evils of winter - ice, snow and miserable dark grey skies.

This year especially, we need all the good wishes we can get our hands on.
And lots of chocolate too!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:04 AM

And loads of hot cross buns.
And buttered crumpets.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:09 AM

Happy Easter for tomorrow, Backwoodsman,
Scholars have provided estimates in the range 30–33 AD, with Rainer Riesner stating that "the fourteenth of Nisan (7 April) of the year A.D. 30 is, apparently in the opinion of the majority of contemporary scholars as well, far and away the most likely date of the crucifixion of Jesus."

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: fat B****rd
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:17 AM

All the best, everybody. Enjoy and take care whatever the season :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:23 AM

Thanks Dick, Happy Easter for tomorrow to you too! ;-)

Senoufou - hope you enjoy the buttered crumpets! Already had mine!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:35 AM

Thank you Backwoodsman! Husband has really got into hot cross buns this year. He's not too keen on chocolate (or crumpets).
Being Muslim, he doesn't celebrate Easter, and he tells me that Ramadan starts in two weeks, so fasting during daylight hours, and not even any kind of fluids. I couldn't do that.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:37 AM

Lurpack slightly salted butter goes very well with hot cross buns!!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Helen
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:44 AM

Hubby is attempting to make hot cross buns to take to the family lunch tomorrow. Or the final product might be cinnamon scrolls. I guess we'll figure it out tomorrow morning.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 04:52 AM

”Lurpack slightly salted butter goes very well with hot cross buns!!”

Oh yes indeedy! Any other kind would be an insult!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 06:01 AM

My Mum, a master cook, insisted on making hot cross buns one Easter, I suggested that she left it to the bakers!!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Jos
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 06:14 AM

I got some sourdough crumpets (yeah, very trendy) from Aldi. They cost about twice as much as the cheaper ones - but are definitely worth it.
(I'm not too bothered which butter, as long as it's real butter and not some kind of "spread", and as long as there's plenty of it.)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 06:21 AM

If the butter doesn’t run down your chin, you haven’t got enough on it...

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Backwoodsman
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 06:23 AM

And don’t forget the Marmite - got to have butter and Marmite running down your chin! ;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Jos
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 07:01 AM

I might occasionally have marmite on crumpets, but NEVER on hot cross buns.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 07:34 AM

My mum was lifelong brand-loyal to Lurpak. I've always regarded it as heavy-duty Danish grease. In Cornwall we have Trewithen Dairy which makes superb butter from local milk. It's a long time since we bought any other butter. Margarine has not been permitted to cross our threshold for at least 25 years, and that includes anything calling itself low fat or pretending to be buttery via its name. Unsalted only for us. There's enough salt in the crumpets already! We're fans of M&S luxury hot cross buns, and we avoid any with weird added flavours. Mrs Steve makes a gorgeous simnel cake every Easter and I've bought a nice piece of fillet-end lamb shoulder from a local butcher with his own farm. I'll roast it slowly tomorrow. I think we each have a small Cadbury's mini-egg Easter egg, the ones you can get for a quid.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Jos
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 09:06 AM

When I was a child we had Easter eggs with chocolates or sweets INSIDE them.
I refuse to buy Easter eggs that are just an empty hollow chocolate egg with a little bag of sweets or chocolate bar in the bottom of the box.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Mrrzy
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 09:51 AM

Lurpak sounds like a Vulcan weapon.

Easter and Halloween are my two As Much Chocolate As You Like holidays.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 10:21 AM

When buttering and jamming toast, if you can hear it you don't have enough butter or jam!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: leeneia
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 11:08 AM

Because of the covid quarantine, we are not having an Easter vigil service in church tonight. We Lutherans are joining the local Catholics to have a small bonfire in the parking lot, and we will stay in our cars. After some praying and singing, we will all go home to re-connect on Zoom.

A friend of our has a small home on a big, wooded lot, and the firewood comes from downed trees of his.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Tattie Bogle
Date: 03 Apr 21 - 07:39 PM

Well it is now Easter Sunday in the UK, so Happy Easter one and all, and enjoy your buns, crumpets, butter and eggs, and any great Easter egg hunts or rolling ceremonies.
I really love hot cross buns, and you can get them pretty well all year round now, which is very pleasing, but I do much prefer the traditional recipe ones. I don’t need cranberries, oranges, sunflower or sesame seeds, Marmite, cheese or any other alien additives in them! Just the usual mixed dried fruit and plenty of spice, thank you!

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 04 Apr 21 - 07:04 AM

Happy Easter to you all.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Donuel
Date: 04 Apr 21 - 07:56 AM

Most trees are in their Sunday best all dressed up in their white blossoms this Easter. The bunnies seem to still be in isolation.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Jon Freeman
Date: 04 Apr 21 - 08:56 AM

Not here but there is a cherry plum up the field track that's in blossom. Blackthorn could well start putting on its display later this week.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Jos
Date: 04 Apr 21 - 10:12 AM

The blackthorn in my garden is flowering, and so is my greengage. I'm hoping the promised frost and icy winds don't stop them setting fruit.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: keberoxu
Date: 04 Apr 21 - 01:20 PM

Happy Easter from western Massachusetts,
where I have seen numerous robins,
and more squirrels than rabbits.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Apr 23 - 07:06 PM

Am I right in presuming that
it is already Easter for the Oz Mudcatters??

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Little Robyn
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 12:35 AM

It sure is, and in New Zealand as well.
Robyn

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Senoufou
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 02:10 AM

Happy Easter to all on Mudcat. Our ancient village church (built 800 years ago) is now crammed with beautiful flower arrangements. The village ladies spent most of yesterday doing the decorations for Easter Day.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 03:19 AM

Happy Easter everyone. Chicken for us today. I suggested rabbit but was overruled:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 07:11 AM

One of the happiest Easter songs I have come across

Hristos Voskrese

Enjoy :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Donuel
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 07:24 AM

Good health from all the eggs, chocolate rabbits and marshmallow peeps.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 10:01 AM

We're having lamb. Shoulder on the bone. As it weighs over 9lb I'm suspecting that it's hogget. Quick hot blast then six hours at 120°C should do it. Two and a half to go. Smells great, especially with the fresh rosemary sprigs on it.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Dave the Gnome
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 10:34 AM

Aye. Easter is usually too early for spring lamb. It certainly is round here as even the early lambs are too small for slaughter. Hoggets from last year are perfect now. Enjoy :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: leeneia
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 04:24 PM

We had the Easter Sunday service this morning, followed by a community meal. At the end, there were the pastor, pastor's wife and me, looking disconsolately at leftover food and a floor with crumbs. I said, "Do you ever get tired of being the grown-ups?" "We hear you," they said.

Just now I drafted the Potluck Manifesto. It contains useful information and prickly issues, such as:

At the end of the meal, do not slip out, leaving your leftover food behind.

Please do not allow children to walk about, eating food and leaving a trail of crumbs. There are no wicked witches here, and they do not need to be Hansel and Gretel.

During the meal do not be the neatnik who throws away the lids, plastic wrap, plastic boxes and other things that people need to take their side dishes back home.

At the end of the meal, tables need wiping, floors need sweeping, trash needs to go, and all food needs to be dealt with. Please help out.

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I'd like to slip in a comment about people aged 30 to 40 who sit yacking and oblivious while people 70 and 80 sweep around their chairs, but I can't risk hurting any feelings.

Subject: RE: BS: Happy Easter
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 09 Apr 23 - 05:52 PM

The lamb/hogget was superb, Dave. Fell off the bone. It was a beast all right but it fed six of us lustily and there's more than enough cold for five of us tomorrow with a jacket spud. There's a depth of flavour that you don't get with so-called spring lamb, which you normally don't get until June anyway when you don't really want a massive roast. By that time I want thin-cut loin chops that I can barbie in a few minutes...