Traditional Easter Food Around the Globe
Published · Easter Gifts
The chocolate Easter bunny has become a modern symbol for Easter, but this religious holiday has a wealth of old traditions in many nations that are still observed and maybe even more delicious! Easter rituals around the world vary from eating sweet hot-cross buns here in the UK, to oranges in Norway and more strongly to rodent buffets (anyone up for it?) in Columbia.
To tickle your taste buds, we have compiled a list of Easter traditional food from countries around the globe .
Moldova :
Traditionally, people take to church painted eggs, with the most popular color being red - symbolizing Christ’s blood. At home, people eat ‘pasca’, a traditional Easter sweet bread and stuffed lamb.Greece :
Painted red eggs served on ‘tsoureki’, an intricate sweet bread.Germany:
It is traditional to spend Easter Sunday with the family, starting out the day at church where you bring a 'Gebackene Osterlammin' basket, a baked cake in the form of a lamb. The lamb is placed on the steps of the altar and after the service, the Priest blesses the pile of baskets and this is taken back home to share with the family, normally on Easter Monday.Italy :
Smoked ham, roasted meats, hard boiled eggs and pickled horseradish.France :
Like many others, the French prefer to serve lamb at Easter and eggs.Hungary :
Smoked ham, roasted meats, hard boiled eggs and pickled horseradish.Norway :
Funny enough, the Norwegians food of choice at Easter is something that does not even grow in their country - oranges, that are eaten raw or baked in cakes.Australia :
Easter chocolate hot-cross buns and Easter bilbies.Paraguay :
Eating chocolates are very important during Easter Sunday celebrations, families gather and give out chocolate eggs to each other; there is normally one huge chocolate egg in the middle of the table that is broken and shared at the end of the meal.One traditional Paraguayan food that is prepared and given out on the days before Easter is 'Chipa', baked cheese-flavored rolls, that during Easter are baked in animal forms to give out to neighbors, this is known as Chipa Lopi in Guarani.
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