Maybe to mock the Hebrews? The Muslims?

I am not against ham...I LOVE me some ham!

I was just wondering?

No idea why but we usually had it for Easter growing up. Hubby and I grill a leg of lamb these days. No religious reason. We just love lamb and Easter is a good excuse to splurge We'll have roasted potatoes and asparagus with the lamb. Not big on dessert...just good wine

is that pigs were slaughtered in the fall, and the hams cured over the winter and were finally ready in spring. Whatever the reason, I agree, ham is yummy!

for our Easter dinner for two. He won and I have a two pound shoulder roast. I'm thinking I'll brown it, then cook it covered with a little wine and some herbs. Then, for Easter Monday, a couple individual shepherd's pies to heat up when we get home from work (me a couple hours before him).

deviled eggs, maccaroni & cheese, roasted (homegrown) asparagus, green beans (homegrown from last year), slaw or salad, biscuits, fruit plate, dessert (probably a lime pie.)

scrambled eggs, dyed hard boiled eggs, deviled eggs, bacon, kielbasa, mixed fresh fruit, bagels lox and cream cheese, hot cross buns, mimosas, coffee, tea or milk.

Good eating.

Salad will be my contribution

50% is mix of green, orange and red bell peppers
20% seeded cucumber
20% seeded tomato
10% red onion

All diced to about 1/4"

our plans are up in the air due to some scheduling conflicts. The only family we would see are planning an early brunch which we won't be able to make. But we will drop in at some point so I was thinking of just taking something for dessert.

I miss the whole Easter egg hunt and salty ham thing but I hope to have grand kids one day and start the tradition myself.

family tree, so there will just be 4 of us. I have scaled back considerably. We will probably have roasted sweet potatoes, ham, steamed broccoli, roasted (homegrown) asparagus, a fresh fruit plate with brownies (homemade, frozen a couple weeks ago.)

get a crop? yummy

many that have been planted by birds over the years. It takes about 3 years to get a pencil-sized stalk. I love the big, thick, chunky spears that we find in the wild, along the fence rows. Even though Mom has been gone 15 years and Dad for 8 years, it's like a gift they left behind for us to find every spring. We are going to dig some of the extremely large crowns this fall and break them into smaller ones. Mother Earth News said we might wind up with more than we know what to do with. I don't think so! Pickled asparagus is fabulous!

foods - all of my life - has been cream of asparagus soup.

ham steak
sweet potato casserole
sauté green beans
strawberries and whipped cream.

Baby greens salad with strawberries and an herb vinaigrette.

Some soft polenta cooked with lemon and grapefruit zest and grated parm.

Little cornmeal biscuits with honey butter

Cheesecake, and a chocolate buttermilk cake.

.

strawberries. Make that a lot with orange vinaigrette and goat cheese. Grill some scallops and place on top

The polenta with citrus sounds absolutely interesting !!

...grapefruit zest, orange zest, and lemon zest stirred in when it's nearly done, and add butter and parm or grana padana when finished. We used to always have this with peel and eat shrimp and a celeriac remoulade (salad made with celery root and a New Orleans style remoulade dressing) for NewYears. Seemed to go together. I have NO southern roots to guide me, though. Just a lot of cookbooks.

lovage (celery taste) seeds two weeks ago (and nothing's happened)

thanks for the tip on the polenta - gonna try that for sure.

I lived in the french quarter for three years and had the most amazing food ever. But...it must take more that a mere recipe because almost impossible to replicate

Depending on whether the boyfriends will be coming over or not.

Only because I have a corned brisket in the fridge. Low and slow in the oven, with carrots, onion, potatoes. Cabbage will be done on the stove-top.

Happy Sunday!

Got a great recipe from Alton Brown's website, made the brine, soaked the brisket ( huge one, from a rancher up the road) for 10 days,
let it simmer in the crockpot over night and it tastes just like deli corned beef.!!!!
Color me hugely surprised but pleased.
Making a potato salad now and since Mr. Dixie wants cabbage, will cook him up some in the beef broth.

Southern apple dumplings for dessert.

can you tell us what the link is about?