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DH if from the Chicago area and is of Polish descent. I am of English/Irish descent and a military brat, currently living in the land of denial. (That's another thread)
We decided when we started having children we wanted to pass down some ethnic traditions to our children.
Every year for Easter we make fresh Polish sausage.
I bake an Easter bread that takes all day but is worth it. We have these with the hard boiled eggs for Easter breakfast.
We just finished making the sausage. To say the house reeks of garlic would be an understatment. PHEW!!
We go to church Easter morning and come home to our traditional Polish Easter breakfast. We are kind enough not to have the breakfast before church for the garlic reason stated above.
My husbands Mother and Father looked forward to this tradition every year. Actually it was the last meal my FIL had before he died. He was in his last days with cancer the week of Easter.
We flew in with sausage and bread in hand. He knew his days were numbered and did not want to miss this meal. He ate his sausage and bread four days before Easter and died the next day. MIL still enjoys this tradition. We started this for our children and having FIL and MIL enjoy was a bonus.
It's funny - when you are young and start your own traditions, it is hard to imagine they can live on for so many years.
Any other Easter traditions anyone else would like to share?
PS
a side extra thank you to Lewski709 - we are burning the clean cotton candle you sent for the candle exchange. I can't believe it is actually taking the garlic smell away. WOW who would have thought???
We decided when we started having children we wanted to pass down some ethnic traditions to our children.
Every year for Easter we make fresh Polish sausage.
I bake an Easter bread that takes all day but is worth it. We have these with the hard boiled eggs for Easter breakfast.
We just finished making the sausage. To say the house reeks of garlic would be an understatment. PHEW!!
We go to church Easter morning and come home to our traditional Polish Easter breakfast. We are kind enough not to have the breakfast before church for the garlic reason stated above.
My husbands Mother and Father looked forward to this tradition every year. Actually it was the last meal my FIL had before he died. He was in his last days with cancer the week of Easter.
We flew in with sausage and bread in hand. He knew his days were numbered and did not want to miss this meal. He ate his sausage and bread four days before Easter and died the next day. MIL still enjoys this tradition. We started this for our children and having FIL and MIL enjoy was a bonus.
It's funny - when you are young and start your own traditions, it is hard to imagine they can live on for so many years.
Any other Easter traditions anyone else would like to share?
PS
a side extra thank you to Lewski709 - we are burning the clean cotton candle you sent for the candle exchange. I can't believe it is actually taking the garlic smell away. WOW who would have thought???
