Poll: Does your spring holiday table have decorative foods?

[LuvOrlando]

So cute but the hidden toothpicks could be a thing

 

[RedAngie]

I envy y’all your festive butter sculptures...such wonders are simply not available here. I do blame @RedAngie for ever introducing the concept of butter lambs to my consciousness. I was actually a pretty content person before I knew they existed.

I don’t recall posting about butter lambs before, but if disturbed you, it was worth it.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/what-is-an-easter-butter-lamb/



If you have trouble finding one, there are EZ DIY models,



I haven’t had one in about five years, ever since Keller’s switch from lambs to butter bunnies. I should check the Polish deli about 10 miles away.

 

[RedAngie]

I’ve made a Bunny Butt cake before and I’m thinking of doing it again this Easter.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I occasionally make cute food, but not specifically for Easter. MIL is usually the host for our holidays, so if I'm in charge of bringing apps, I might make something cute, and I also just do fun foods like that as snacks once in a while when I watch my friend's kids.

 

[LuvOrlando]

I found a few places online that say scooping room temp butter into a silicone mold then freezing it before popping it out works nicely. I would try to mold butter but I already need to explain the googly eyes so that's enough for one holiday.

 

[ronandannette]

Just too stinkin' cute for me to not do this, I see celery, dip, mini tomatoes & cucumber.View attachment 749140

Well, if the WEF keeps insisting we all eat bugs to save the planet, I'd be down for these.

I don’t recall posting about butter lambs before, but if disturbed you, it was worth it.

https://www.tasteofhome.com/article/what-is-an-easter-butter-lamb/

If you have trouble finding one, there are EZ DIY models,

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I haven’t had one in about five years, ever since Keller’s switch from lambs to butter bunnies. I should check the Polish deli about 10 miles away.

Drat you RedAngie, you're still just taunting me. Butter in Canada only comes in single-wrapped 1lb. bricks, not sticks.

At least I can still gloat over take comfort in this little (giant) local Easter gem:

 

[RedAngie]

Drat you RedAngie, you're still just taunting me. Butter in Canada only comes in single-wrapped 1lb. bricks, not sticks.

At least I can still gloat over take comfort in this little (giant) local Easter gem:

Well, use thicker wooden dowels instead of flimsy toothpicks for a DIY butter lamb.

So do recipes in Canada call for “a cup of butter” or by weight? Do you need to questimate and hope you cut the giant brick accurately?

I’ll concede the giant Alberta egg is better than mine

 

[ronandannette]

Well, use thicker wooden dowels instead of flimsy toothpicks for a DIY butter lamb.

So do recipes in Canada call for “a cup of butter” or by weight? Do you need to questimate and hope you cut the giant brick accurately?

I’ll concede the giant Alberta egg is better than mine

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Duh Angie...everybody knows there are two cups to a pound; cut it in half for a cup, cut the halves in half for a half-cup, and so on all the way down to cutting it in 32 equal squares for a tablespoon. And recipes are in imperial measure (cups, oz., tbsp., pinches, dashes, etc.). What do we look like - Europeans? Does anybody actually know how much melted butter is in 500ml? Nice work on the eggs, by the way. A little puny maybe, but nice.

 

[TipsyTraveler]

Ah yes, every year I make a traditional lamb cake as the centerpiece for my spring holiday table. I’ve tried a few different techniques over the years in my quest to perfect the recipe. I have a good feeling that this is going to be the year I really nail it.

 

[Babs Johnson]

Butter lambs were big in my Polish community when I was growing up. On the Saturday before Easter we’d take various foods, eggs, rye bread, the butter lamb, etc. in a basket to church to be blessed.

 

[LuvOrlando]

Butter lambs were big in my Polish community when I was growing up. On the Saturday before Easter we’d take various foods, eggs, rye bread, the butter lamb, etc. in a basket to church to be blessed.

Back in NYC there were ornate candy eggs with scenes in them and also some sort of very intricate bread sculptures, not really sure of the culture since NYC was a melting pot but the bread sculptures were gorgeous, too $$$ for my lane but gorgeous. Just don't see them anymore, a lost art I guess. They were in the Polish leaning bakeries so probably originated from around the same part of the world.

 

[Mrs. Ciz]

Ah yes, every year I make a traditional lamb cake as the centerpiece for my spring holiday table. I’ve tried a few different techniques over the years in my quest to perfect the recipe. I have a good feeling that this is going to be the year I really nail it.

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Your lamb cakes just made my day! The buck toothed one made me cackle!

 

[nw6675]

So....inquiring minds want to know - what exactly did you decide to make?