The Easter Basket of special foods (described below) is arranged on Holy Saturday and taken to church, where the parish priest performs a special blessing ceremony with prayers and sprinkling with Holy Water. Some churches perform their basket blessing on Easter Sunday, after the Morning Resurrection Liturgy.
While Christians are getting ready to celebrate Easter, the Jewish people are preparing for Passover.
Passover commemorates the formative experience of the Jewish people, and their transformation from scattered tribes indentured in Egypt, to a nation on the road of redemption.
I have some wonderful Jewish friends preparing to celebrate the Passover Holiday.
I have previously prepared and posted several Passover recipes, but today I am providing pictures and links for your convenience.
I have been baking Easter Paska for several years now using this favorite recipe my family loves.
Lately, I have been experimenting with other paska recipes to compare the taste and texture to my original paska.
The amount of work to prepare any paska is the same, but each recipe has a minor difference, hence the paskas differ in texture; however, they ALL are absolutely delicious.
The whole process of decorating a pysanka, consists of twelve basic steps listed in this post. I have chosen a very basic egg design for the first egg, and if you purchased an egg decorating kit, you will find several other designs to choose from for your next projects.