Polish Easter Recipes: Preparing a Traditional Ethnic Menu

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From Easter breads, ham to horseradish and beets, Poles as well as others of Central European heritage are busy preparing ethnic delicacies for Sunday's Easter menu and basket blessings. For a variety of traditional Polish Easter recipes, click here.

Slovak Easter Folk Art - Woven Willow Whips and Straw Eggs

 

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Slovak Easter traditions are definitely quite unique! They basically consist of guys chasing girls around with switches weaved from willow branches and also pouring buckets of cold water on them. The girls then reward the guys with beautiful decorated Easter eggs, and other treats like home-made kolache and shots of slivovica, the East-European plum brandy.

Source: http://www.slovakcooking.com/2011/blog/slovak-folk-art/

Fasiangy - Svätý Kríž (Video)

Today's Slovak Fašiangy celebration tribute takes us to Svätý Kríž  in‎ Liptovský Mikuláš (County), Žilina Region, Slovakia. The merriment includes chlebíčky (sandwiches), grilled smoked sausages, music and even a dancing nun!

It's not Fasiangy without Sišky (Slovak Donuts)

Sišky or pampúchy (Slovak donuts) are commonly served during Slovak carnival or Mardi Gras celebrations. Here's a recipe from our friend, Lubos Brieda's Slovak cooking blog. It also includes the Slovak fairy tale (rozprávka) which tells the story of a small pampúch, pampúšik.  Enjoy the story and recipe here: http://www.slovakcooking.com/2011/recipes/homemade-donuts-sisky/