Do you eat eggs on Easter?

**Nanc952** · 04-07-2007, 08:42 PM

I know all have Easter egg hunts for the kids but I was alway taught that you had to eat at least one egg on Easter for the new beginning.
Egg means new life and so does Easter. Was anyone else ever told this or is this something just for our area?

**Advertisement** · 04-07-2007 08:42 PM

**Eyore** · 04-07-2007, 08:58 PM

I've never heard that before. As for eating eggs on Easter, well it just depends on my mood for a hard boiled egg.

**Rosina823** · 04-07-2007, 09:16 PM

Never heard that but when we were little we would always color an easter egg dark red and take it to my grandmas house.I forgot why lol but it had special meaning to it.Im sure Misty or Mama would remember cause they are know it alls lol..

**freeby4me** · 04-08-2007, 05:04 AM

didnt even boil eggs here! I used the plastic eggs and filled them with candy. I want to get some of the dyeing kits on sale though and stock up on them. It would be fun to do with the eggs when we do potato salad or something

**tsquared** · 04-08-2007, 05:25 AM

Never heard that...........and thank goodness i didnt cause i think eggs are the nastiest things to eat.............

**nanajoanie** · 04-08-2007, 07:51 AM

Never heard of that before. Personally I can't stand hard boiled eggs. I prefer poached or soft boiled and had them last night for supper. My boys never ate the hard boiled eggs at Easter either but they made a mess of them tossing them around.

**kidzpca** · 04-08-2007, 08:20 AM

Originally Posted by Nanc952

I know all have Easter egg hunts for the kids but I was alway taught that you had to eat at least one egg on Easter for the new beginning.
Egg means new life and so does Easter. Was anyone else ever told this or is this something just for our area?

yes I was taught this too.

***buttrfli*** · 04-08-2007, 08:23 AM

never heard of it, but we have eggs for breakfast almost everyday (well DH does lol)

I don't like boiled eggs tho... ick!

**cuddlebugg** · 04-08-2007, 09:17 AM

We always have deviled eggs with Easter dinner.

**tough guy** · 04-08-2007, 10:29 AM

when i was little, we would color the eggs and my mom would end up making egg salad or something out of them. Now that I am older we have deviled eggs but this yr. its pickled eggs

**MistyWolf** · 04-08-2007, 10:29 AM

When I was a kid, we got our basket blessed on Holy Saturday and it contained our meal that we were to eat on Easter Sunday. We always put a red egg in there to symbolize the body and blood of Jesus. On Easter Sunday, my dad would cut that egg and we would eat it. Do I still do this? .. No, but it's a big tradition for Byzantine Catholics.

Thread: Do you eat eggs on Easter?

Thread Tools

Display