I spent my Easter vacation away in a small Transylvanian town where I have relatives. I'll call it Village T. It’s technically a small town, but like many around the country, it has shrunk in recent times as many young people left to find work elsewhere.
Nevertheless, the place is beautiful, and celebrating Easter there is special. There are many Easter rituals besides the food (going to church at midnight and on Sunday morning, visiting neighbors, going to the cemetery on the second Easter day – we have three days of Easter – or the following Monday, and so on). There's certainly plenty of material to write about. I also took many photos.
This article is about our traditional Easter foods, since many people wonder about dishes that are served on major holidays around the world. I tried to snap enough pictures for you to get an idea what our Easter meals look like. And by "our" I mean both region-specific (Transylvania) and country-specific (Romania).
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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the article :)
It is amazing the way food can help tell details of a region. Well done.
OK:)
oh yes please . I am a keen baker and would love the recipe.
Cheese and onion pie sounds great!
The Daniela cake is one of my favorites. I think it's a local recipe. I'll have to ask my aunt again.
Interestingly, we had oven baked lamb steaks one night this week. Delicious.
I was interested in the word Pasca which is like our Paschal / Easter word. And especially your Daniela cake . And yes I do bake on Good Friday a cheese and onion pie which was my Beswick family tradition.
I'll be getting back to this page next Easter. TY.xx
Well, now you know something :) Thank you for your words, Veronica!
Mira, this is just amazing and exactly what I would have wished to read. I love reading about other cultures and how they celebrate.
The food looks wonderful. Especially those bread and cake pictures. Ty for postng. know NOTHING about the food from your land.
I haven't had Scottish haggis, but I do wish to try it sometime. I'll be visiting Scotland in 2016 or 2017, so maybe then :)
We don't have special drinks. We should, but we don't. It's mostly soda and plum brandy. In the cities people also buy fruit juices.
Mira, Everything looks inviting, even the cooking and serving ware! What do you think of Scotland's haggis in comparison to Romanian Easter lamb haggis?
What do you have for drinks?