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Easter food traditions question?

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PassingStranger · 18/04/2025 17:03

Does anyone have fish on good friday?
Does anyone not have hot cross buns or easter eggs.

No.buns here, no fish, abit of chocolate though.

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Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/04/2025 17:10

Fridays are generally fish and chip day, but today, we went off piste and had a chicken noodle dish. I have, however, enjoyed traditional Easter home made hot cross buns and home made Simnel cake. No chocolate eggs here, but I will probably have a few squares of hazelnut choc later this evening.

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PassingStranger · 18/04/2025 17:11

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/04/2025 17:10

Fridays are generally fish and chip day, but today, we went off piste and had a chicken noodle dish. I have, however, enjoyed traditional Easter home made hot cross buns and home made Simnel cake. No chocolate eggs here, but I will probably have a few squares of hazelnut choc later this evening.

Simnel cake I remember that.

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Pascha · 18/04/2025 17:13

No fish planned but then we haven't done anything about dinner yet so it might end up there by default I suppose. Nobody here likes hot cross buns and as for chocolate, there's a box of Bendicks bittermints in the fridge. That might do later with a glass of whisky.

Thegreatestoftheseislove · 18/04/2025 17:17

PassingStranger · 18/04/2025 17:11

Simnel cake I remember that.

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I love the marzipan, and can tolerate the dried fruit just for the marzipan fix.

GlitteryUnicornSparkles · 18/04/2025 17:41

Yes we’re doing fish & chips from the chippy tonight and I’ve bought Easter Eggs for Sunday. The only hot cross buns I’ll eat are M&S Extremely Chocolatey Hot Cross Buns, they are elite!! I’ll be sad when easter is over and they no longer stock them.

I tried to give up chocolate for lent but failed 2 weeks in!

Sheeparemyfriends · 18/04/2025 17:41

Full House here. F&Cs, hot cross buns and simnel cake on Sunday after the roast lamb

suburburban · 18/04/2025 17:43

Yes having fish tonight and would always on GF. We always do most Fridays anyway

Dartmoorcheffy · 18/04/2025 17:43

We are having lamb on Sunday. Hot x buns are an all year round thing in this house anyway, and we pretty much have fish every Friday (tonight is king prawn and mussels in a lobster sauce with linguine)

Mypoorbody · 18/04/2025 17:50

(I’m a practicing Catholic) Generally fish today yes, but today vegetarian by chance. I’ve been having HCB and can’t fully fast, minimise food, HCB was delicious after church this afternoon.

Easter starts after mass tomorrow evening and looking forward to chocolate which is the only one of the things I stopped that I managed to completely keep up.
Yes to roast lamb in the evening

JoyousEagle · 18/04/2025 17:52

We’re having fish tonight, but I actually wasn’t aware this was an Easter thing so it’s just a coincidence.

reluctantbrit · 18/04/2025 17:53

Hot Cross buns today until Monday
As DD hates fish we go with a Good Friday recipe from my home country, a sweet yeast pancake normally but it's actually moved to tomorrow
Lamb for Easter Sunday
large Easter Eggs aren't a thing DH and I grew up with, we had lots of small bunnies, small eggs etc so that's what DD also gets.

harijes · 18/04/2025 17:54

Fish tonight.

hot cross buns yes.

gammon and roasties and green veg Sunday.

we cannot ever eat lamb at lambing time.

Fgdvevfvdvfbdv · 18/04/2025 17:58

We don’t have fish on Good Friday.

Have hot cross buns in the run up to Easter.

Roast lamb dinner Easter Sunday.

Lots of chocolate eggs!

Auburngal · 18/04/2025 18:00

Today it’s the local butchers’ faggots - miles better than the Brains’ ones.

Sunday, usually a repeat of Xmas dinner. In the years past, I got a free or very cheap turkey after Xmas, when worked at the supermarket. I’m against shopping on BD, so it’s roast beef. Though got Xmas pud (post Xmas bargain) and cheeseboard.

Hate roast lamb. Love it in other cuisines

pilates · 18/04/2025 18:15

No fish on Friday but roast lamb on Sunday.

BoldBlueZebra · 18/04/2025 18:25

We had fish today and have an Easter egg for Sunday and I’m already at least a dozen hot cross buns in - no lamb for us though we don’t like it

RedHelenB · 18/04/2025 20:21

Fish and chips a d hot cross buns on Good Friday. Easter eggs and roast lamb on Easter Sunday.

user1492538376 · 18/04/2025 20:23

Ive eaten my own bodyweight in chocolate today - plus Eggs Benedict.

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 18/04/2025 20:24

Umm. My tradition is any desert you make in the few week around Easter must include mini eggs. So far we have had mini egg pavlova, mini egg brownies and min egg cheese cake. Yum.

merryhouse · 18/04/2025 20:36

Always fish and chips on Good Friday. It was S2's (21st) birthday last year and he insisted we stick to tradition - though we made it a bit special by going to the chippy's new Restaurant rather than takeaway.

Hot Cross Buns for breakfast. My mum used to do the second prove in the fridge and get up ridiculously early. This year H made them yesterday and we reheated them.

Roast lamb on Easter Sunday.

Never had a Simnel cake as a child. Started doing it when the kids were young, once they vaguely appreciated fruit cakes, and S2 (again) likes to continue. His girlfriend doesn't like fruitcake though so we may make some chocolate nests or something as well.

alphabetti · 18/04/2025 20:37

My family are not traditional so never grew up with traditional easter traditions however we did used to get loads of easter eggs so that’s what i remember easter was about - loads of chocolate!

Not tempted to have fish and chips on good friday as the queues always seem huge. I did buy a half leg of lamb and will have that with roast potatoes and salad on sunday. Will do an egg hunt in garden if weather good if not will hide the eggs inside. I did randomly give my daughter fishfingers beans and toast for her tea so guess that counts as a fish meal for today haha

RosesAndHellebores · 18/04/2025 20:41

On Good Friday we have, and have had, a simple meal. Always fish, usually plaice, plainly grilled, with new potatoes and brocoli, hot x buns for breakfast today and tomorrow but not for me because I don't eat wheat. It's an abstemious day because Jesus died.

Saturday we tend to avoid meat or anything too rich. Tomorrow we'll have salmon. It's a vigil day prior to the resurrection. We would not go out or have people round.

Sunday is joyous and we have a feast. Usually lamb with all the trimmings and a chocolate pudding with berries, all served with good wine because we although we never manage to keep up no wine/alcohol in Lent, we do adhere during Holy Week.

We are practicing Christians. The DC were not given chocolate eggs before Easter Sunday and usually no sweets on Good Friday or Holy Saturday.

Genevieva · 18/04/2025 20:43

Where I come from its traditional to collect cockles on Good Friday, dowse them in vinegar and eat then with your tea. We have often taken the kids, but we didn’t this year. We did have freshly caught mackerel though, and we’ll have fish pie tomorrow, roast lamb for Sunday lunch, then we do a very complicated Easter egg hunt around the surrounding countryside that takes over the entire afternoon. I’ve made a simnel cake. Not sure when we’ll eat it.

lavenderlou · 18/04/2025 20:45

I always do fish on Good Griday. Tonight we had salmon. I had a hot cross bun at lunchtime and my Mum made a Simnel cake. We don't open the chocolate until Sunday.

Mikart · 18/04/2025 21:01

I do nothing different at Easter. No lamb,hot cross buns...it's just another weekend to us.