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During the weeks before Easter, special Easter bread is sold (in German: Osterbrot, listen ⓘ). This is made with yeast dough, raisins, and almond splinters. Usually, it is cut in slices and spread with butter. People enjoy it either for breakfast or for tea time (in German: Kaffee und Kuchen, lit. ' coffee and cake ').
Paska (Ukrainian: пáска, romanized: páska; Georgian: პასკა, romanized: paska, literally: "Easter" [ˈpʼaskʼa]; Romanian: pască; ultimately from Imperial Aramaic: פסחא, romanized: pasḥā, literally: "Passover") [1] is a traditional Easter bread particularly spread in Central and Eastern European countries [2] [3] with cultural connections to the ancient Byzantine Empire ...
Usually, Easter Fires are kept burning over hours until dawn (roughly around 6 o'clock) and cause therefore a special atmosphere during the whole Easter Night with their bright lights in the dark and the omnipresent smell of smoke. Typical German Easter bread. During the weeks before Easter, special Easter bread is sold (in German: Osterbrot).
In Germany, during the weeks before Easter, special Easter bread is sold (in German: Osterbrot). This is made with yeast dough, raisins, and almond splinters. Usually, it is cut in slices and spread with butter. People enjoy it either for breakfast or for tea time (in German: Kaffee und Kuchen, literally ″coffee and cake″).
Pan de Pascua, or Easter Bread, is left by the kids. It's a traditional Christmas treat of sponge cake flavored with candied fruit, ginger, and honey. ... Germany German children write letters to ...
Often what is meant by traditional Easter cakes are sweet yeasted doughs, enriched with eggs and butter. These holiday breads have been made for centuries before the invention of modern baking powder. They were sometimes shaped like animals - in Germany the cakes were shaped like hares, a symbol of Ēostre, and a precursor of the modern Easter ...
In Germany, as in America and elsewhere, traditions surrounding the Easter Bunny grew more elaborate with time, featuring chocolate bunnies and chocolate eggs, as well as toys.
Easter, central religious feast in the Christian liturgical year; Paskha, an Easter dish served in several Slavic countries; Paska (bread), an Easter bread served in Ukraine; Christian observance of Passover, a holiday celebrated by a small number of Christians; German spelling of Pasha; Pascha (brothel), a large brothel in Cologne, Germany