What do you make for Easter dinner?

[smirkymonkey]

We usually have crown roast of pork or pork tenderloin, mashed potatoes and spring asparagus and some other kind of spring vegetable, including a salad. Also, we get a butter lamb for the rolls. And wine. Dessert is whatever anyone wants to bring - no strict tradition there. How about you?

[lkinwi]

1. Ham, fried potatoes with onions, corn pudding casserole, salad, rolls, and cheesecake.

Very artery clogging, but ordered by my 94 year old mother.

[smirkymonkey]

8. Sounds good!

[MissMillie]

2. Usually lamb

but ham makes an appearance from time to time.

Either mashed potatoes (w/ lamb and gravy) or candied sweet potatoes (w/ ham).

ALWAYS a salad (not just for Easter, but for all Sunday dinners).

Whatever green veg is on sale.

Rolls are usually on the table.

Dessert is usually pie, but then again, that's a Sunday dinner thing. Sometimes we do a brownie sundae, because fruit can be expensive (especially if you're spending money on lamb).

[smirkymonkey]

9. That is very traditional. The only reason we never had lamb is because my dad didn't

like it. My mother was the only one who did. We only have one brother who does and the rest of us don't which is why we go with pork, but lamb is the traditional Easter dinner choice.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

3. Ham, potatoes au gratin, a veggie tbd! 😋

[smirkymonkey]

10. Yum! This is the time of year for asparagus, if you like it!

It is probably my favorite vegetable, although I love anything green.

[redwitch]

4. This year is ham and

Scalloped potatoes
Asparagus roasted with garlic olive oil and Parmesan
Carrots with a butter dill sauce
Broccoli mushroom casserole

Juniors cheesecake with fresh berry compote
Cupcakes with chocolate and toasted coconut

Coffee and tea
Prosecco
Beer

[smirkymonkey]

11. Sounds delicious!

Very gourmet! Especially the veggie dishes!

[Shrike47]

5. Asparagus for spring! And ham or prime rib, potatoes gruyere, salad, raspberry mousse pie.

The calories run wild.

[smirkymonkey]

12. Yum! Raspberry mousse pie sounds heavenly!

I am inspired! I love raspberries and I love mousses - I am going to have to look that up!

[PJMcK]

6. Left-overs

Reheated.




(snark)

[smirkymonkey]

13. Aw! Come on, you can do better than that.

I know that was snark, but I am sure you will have a great dinner anyway!

[PJMcK]

16. But it's the truth!

Tomorrow morning, my fiancee is going back to the city while I'm staying in the mountains. We made Beef Bourguignon the other night and it was fantastic. Actually, we made way too much for the two of us. It was probably enough for six so I've got a couple of pots full of the goodies.

I'm planning on feasting on the left-overs in front of a fire while sipping red wine and pondering the fate of the Universe.

[smirkymonkey]

25. Oh, well if it's Beef Bourguignon, then that sounds delicious!

That is one of my favorite dishes! Enjoy!

[PJMcK]

48. And you, too! (n/t)

[IADEMO2004]

49. Left-overs

Reheated

alone

Happy family Easters have slipped away.

but the left-overs are good.

[FloridaBlues]

7. Leg of lamb,minted roasted carrots, salad and biscuits

[smirkymonkey]

14. Sounds lovely!

A perfect, traditional Easter feast!

[Freddie]

15. Glazed spiral ham

Hash brown casserole ("funeral potatoes&quot
Roasted asparagus
Mixed veggies
Coleslaw (bought-it's better than mine)
Cheesecake
Brownies and ice cream (requested by granddaughter)

My brother (I love him to pieces) will spend the whole meal talking about how he doesn't eat carbs while eating rolls and drinking beer.

[smirkymonkey]

26. Have a happy Easter, despite your brother!

[Runningdawg]

17. We are Natives who don't celebrate Easter but we have the traditional Spring Lunch

Wild onions and scrambled eggs
Calf fries
Corn soup
Fry Bread
Grape Dumplings for desert

[smirkymonkey]

27. That sounds delicious anyway. I am not religious, but we still like to have

a traditional dinner. Grape dumplings sound wonderful!

[Yonnie3]

18. Easter dinner is today (Saturday) for us

TJ works night shift Sunday night so we will have a nice meal today.

A spiral cut ham
Dinner rolls are rising
Sweet potatoes

I'm headed to the store in a while and will see what veggies and fruit catch my eye.

It's not tradition a here, the ham was on sale. I will make stock from the bone and scraps. I see many pots of beans in the future!

[smirkymonkey]

28. Sounds wonderful! Have a Happy Easter Eve Dinner!

[becca da bakkah]

19. What Do I Make For Easter Dinner?.....

....I make everyone sick, that's what! Man, that joke never gets old.

[smirkymonkey]

29. There's always one, isn't there!

[becca da bakkah]

46. And I'm Usually "That" One!...

....my warped sense of humor coming out. As for Easter dinner, we do have a ham, but I prefer to save that for breakfast, in a quiche, or on the side with over-sleazy eggs. But I'm leaning more towards.....drum roll, please...Crab Enchiladas! With green sauce, sour cream, and jack cheese on top. And fresh avocado on the side. I've had my fill of "traditional" Easter dinners all my life. I want something different, but tasty.

This is starting to sound like it belongs in the Cooking & Baking Group!

[Ron Obvious]

20. Broiled bunny. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

30. Oh, you are bad!

[TheSmarterDog]

50. Ah! A traditionalist, then.

[PasadenaTrudy]

21. It's just another Sunday

for us Atheists.

[smirkymonkey]

31. I'm actually an atheist too, but I still celebrate the traditions I grew up

with. I see it as more of a Spring Celebration. There is really nothing religious about it in our family except that it falls on Easter Sunday.

[RainCaster]

22. First year alone, probably a burger

The kids are off at school, wife having a well deserved holiday with girlfriends. I'll cook up a pound of bacon, then smoke a burger patty to go with it. Rocket, Dijon, Irish cheddar and tomato complete the picture.

[smirkymonkey]

32. I'm sorry you will be on your own, but I hope you enjoy your burger!

Hopefully you can find a good movie to watch to go with it!

[tonedevil]

23. Ham...

the secret is wrap that bargain ham in bread dough, around here there is a three frozen loaves package that works perfect, and bake it for several hours. It will be as moist, tender, and flavorful as a ham three times the price. I always think there should be some asparagus on the table as well.

[smirkymonkey]

33. Asparagus is essential! It wouldn't be Easter without asparagus.

It's my favorite vegetable! Your ham sounds delicious!

[llmart]

24. How can anybody eat lamb?

I would never be able to get that cute little face out of my mind. Cut down in the prime of life. Poor little thing.

[smirkymonkey]

34. Not a lamb fan myself.

we have a little lamb shaped butter, but that is as far as we go.

[SeattleVet]

40. It's not the face you're eating!

Well, that is, unless you are a part of an Italian family, then it *is* the face...and the rest of the head. It's called capuzzelle, and my grandmother used to make it.

[llmart]

42. I realize that but...

when I hear "leg of lamb" all I can think about is killing a little lamb and cutting its little leg off(:

[SeattleVet]

43. Reminds me of the old Sam Gross cartoon...

[llmart]

44. Now, that made me laugh!!

[Farmer-Rick]

59. They are not little lambs by the time they are off to the slaughter house

Most American raised lamb is about a year old sometimes as old as 15 months. While lamb from outside the country can be as old as 24 to 30 months old. My lambs, a cross between Katahdin and Dorper hair sheep.....raised only for their meat, are about 12 months old and weigh on average 120 pounds. They are pasture raised and pampered.

But some lambs are kept to build up the herd, so a lot of them live their full lives of about 12 years.

[llmart]

60. Still can't do it.

They have the sweetest faces and they're still babies as far as I'm concerned.

It's not something I ever ate growing up, so guess I never cooked it for that reason to start with. I'm not a rabid vegetarian or anything but I really eat next to no meat.

I feel the same way about veal.

[sprinkleeninow]

62. After my own heart.

Used to eat lamb, veal, duck. No more for years now. What the heck was I thinking.

Husband's family had a thing for lamb although Swedish, not Greek. A former Greek priest's presbytera invited us for holiday dinners and I just ate the non lamb dishes. As discreetly as possible.

Husband's uncle roasted a whole dressed lamb on a spit one summer pool party.

I would love to be able to become vegetarian. Almost came close one time.

It's a discipline.

[Glorfindel]

35. I have learned two new food items from this thread.

"Butter lamb" and "calf fries." The butter lamb looks cute, but I won't be sampling calf fries anytime soon. I'll be eating Easter dinner with my sister-in-law and her family. I'm sure there will be ham, deviled eggs, some kind of potatoes, and asparagus (I hope), plus other dishes TBD. My sister-in-law is a great cook, and so is her daughter, my niece.

[smirkymonkey]

51. What are "calf fries" anyway? Is that veal?

A butter lamb is just butter in the shape of a lamb. Kind of corny, but it's always been a tradition.



Apparently it's a Polish/Eastern European tradition. We aren't Polish or Eastern European, but I think my mother picked up a lot of Polish traditions from an old boyfriend because we used to have quite a few Polish meals for dinner.

[SeattleVet]

63. Another term for 'calf fries' is..

Rocky Mountain Oysters.

[smirkymonkey]

68. Ewww! Don't think I would go for those.

Thanks for explaining!

[Ohiogal]

36. No ham this year

I've always served it in years past, but my hubby doesn't like it and said he just couldn't eat it any more.

So we're having roast beef for the boys and stuffed salmon for hubby and me! Very UNtraditional!

Also asparagus, potato casserole, Easter bread (hubby makes), lime-pear gelatin salad

Ice cream. Fudge truffles. Wine.

[smirkymonkey]

53. I would be perfectly happy with salmon or some other kind of fish.

The one tradition I insist on is asparagus! Sounds great!

[enid602]

37. Shank

Lamb shank with garlic, with whole carrots, potatoes and onions cooking in the juice.

[Bayard]

38. Wish we could get lamb here.

I love it. Slow roasted with balsamic vinegar.

[SeattleVet]

39. I usually do a rabbit.

Either on the rotisserie (self-basting!) or in the slow cooker with a tomato-based sauce (rabbit cacciatore).

Unfortunately, I'm not going to have a chance to get one done this year, though.

[smirkymonkey]

54. I like rabbit. I feel very guilty about eating it though and rarely do.

Why won't you get a chance to do one this year?

[SeattleVet]

64. Busy today, and tomorrow we'll be going to a friend's house.

It'a also our Anniversary tomorrow (year, we got married on April Fools' Day...the *one* day of the year that neither of us could ever forget!), and I just won't have the time to do it justice.

I have one in the freezer that is destined for the smoker in the next few weeks when I smoke a 14-pound brisket, duck, and pork butt. I can 'fill the gaps' with the rabbit and some sausages.

[Tanuki]

65. Don't you feel as if you might be eating the Easter Bunny?

[SeattleVet]

74. If I wasn't supposed to eat him, why did they make him out of meat?

[OilemFirchen]

41. Baked chicken, matzo ball soup, potato kugel, peas...

hard-boiled eggs in salt water, a lamb shank, horseradish, parsley, and tons of charoseth and matzo.

[SeattleVet]

45. What?? No Pesach Ham?

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-lopez/the-passover-ham_b_511437.html

[OilemFirchen]

66. We had a guy in the neighborhood who claimed to sell kosher hams.

He was actually a mohel, but liked to gussy up his resume' a bit.

[smirkymonkey]

55. We are having a Passover lunch at work on Tuesday. One of our team members is Jewish and

our company/team is big on inclusiveness so we often have celebrations of different cultures so we are ordering a Passover lunch/dinner w/ charoset, kugel, tzimmes, brisket, turkey, vegetables, potato pancakes w/ the works and chocolate covered matzos.

[LeftInTX]

47. Fajitas, sausage and BBQ chicken

In-laws are Mexican. Casual BBQ is traditional Easter dinner around here. (I wouldn't be surprised if white people have smoked brisket and steak, which are variations on a theme)

[smirkymonkey]

56. That sounds great!

Have a great dinner w/ your in-laws!

[lapfog_1]

52. Hawaiian Pizza

[smirkymonkey]

57. Nooooooo!

[FirstLight]

58. since this weekend is the "in-between paychecks" weekend...

We won't be doing anything too big. I might just have to make spaghetti, depending on what's in the freezer!

[sprinkleeninow]

61. Reservations. 😁 🐇🐤

[smirkymonkey]

69. Good idea!

[irisblue]

67. I'm trying carne guisada this year.

I'm plannning on some for Sunday, some of the 'Latin style stew' for Taco Tuesday street style tacos. A friend sent me pics of some street tacos from a place in Santa Fe, and I've been looking up recipes.
New thing to try. 🍴

[smirkymonkey]

70. Sounds delicious!

Everyone's food sounds do good! It would be great if we could all do a big pot-luck dinner.

[sprinkleeninow]

73. Wish we could have a big ole block party of sorts

when finally delivered from the oppressive state of affairs. 😌

Anyway, a joyous Easter and a peace-filled day to all regardless.

~sprink
💙🇺🇸🌊

[vercetti2021]

71. Green bean casserole

That's my go to every holiday. Truly the only good thing I can make lol outside of desserts.

[Codeine]

72. Easter was never a holiday for me growing up.

I mean, not a real holiday, just chocolate bunnies and some colored eggs, no big meal and certainly no religious stuff. When I got older I was genuinely surprised to discover that’s it’s actually a Big Deal for most people.

It’s nothing I’ve ever paid even the slightest attention to as an adult. My big holiday is Thanksgiving, and to a slightly lesser degree Halloween.

[Still Blue in PDX]

75. I had a peanut butter and banana sandwich on Dave's Killer Bread. n/t

[exboyfil]

76. Buttermilk Chicken Breast

A lot lighter than ham.

[kimbutgar]

77. Corned beef and cabbage

Was in Italy on St. Patrick’s Day decided this would be a good Easter dinner.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

78. hasenpfeffer

https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/25843/hasenpfeffer-rabbit-stew/

[rsdsharp]

79. We had

A spiral cut glazed ham
Poppy seed noodles
Scalloped pineapple
Roasted asparagus
Dinner rolls
Dessert was vanilla cupcakes with vanilla frosting decorated with jelly beans or Peeps. (We have a six year old grand daughter).

I wanted to do:

Two roasted spatchcocked chickens; one plain and one with thin sliced onions under the skin
Roasted rosemary potatoes
Roasted asparagus
Dinner rolls.

I was overruled.

[smirkymonkey]

80. Sounds very gourmet!

I would have voted for your dinner! I'm not a big ham fan.

[woodsprite]

81. We ended up having

Precooked ham (sliced down and baked with brown sugar, orange juice, and cloves)
Carrots au gratin
Green beans w/ dried cherries
Cole slaw
Sweet potatoes
Hawaiian rolls

It was a busy day with church, playing handbells, choir, etc. We ended up having a late lunch, didn't want a ton for dinner, so we'll be doing leftovers tonight.

[SCantiGOP]

82. I made reservations

Excellent meal.