Egg Legends And Lore Recipe
Yield: 1 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
EGG INFORMATION
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LEGENDS AND LORE
1. Ancient Egyptians believed their god Ptah emerged from an egg laid by
the almighty Chaos Goose, creator of the sun and moon.
2. Because it symbolizes new life, many consider the egg an aphrodisiac.
3. German and Slav peasants rubbed a mixture of eggs, bread and flour on
their plows hoping to improve the harvest.
4. To ensure a big family, a 17th-century French bride would crack an egg
on her new homes doorstep before entering.
5. In the 19th century, builders in Bombay, India, put an egg and milk
into the foundations of new structures to protect them from harm.
6. The Bible claims fowl originated before the egg in the excerpt "And
God said Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that
hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth....".
7. One thoughtful woman who, when asked by a child which came first,
replied "Chickens. Because God would never lay an egg."
THE EASTER CONNECTION
Even before Christian times people colored, blessed or exchanged eggs as
part of the rites of spring to welcome the suns awakening from its long
winter sleep. Early Christians adopted the egg, which represented the
renewal of life, as a symbol of Christs resurrection from the grave.
Several folk tales explain the origin of dyeing Easter eggs. One legend
from Poland recounts how the Virgin Mary herself painted boiled eggs in
bright colors to please the infant Jesus.
People around the world celebrate Easter or new beginnings with eggs.
Eastern Europeans may exchange eggs bearing the letters "XB" for
:Christ is Risen". Russians exchange a decorated egg and three kisses.
Chines people present a red hard-boiled egg with congratulations when a
child is born. And German immigrants to the U.S. introduced the tradition
of the Easter bunny delivering colored eggs to children.
Source: Modern Maturity magazine, March-April 1996; typos by Dorothy
Flatman 1996
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1. Ancient Egyptians believed their god Ptah emerged from an egg laid by
the almighty Chaos Goose, creator of the sun and moon.
2. Because it symbolizes new life, many consider the egg an aphrodisiac.
3. German and Slav peasants rubbed a mixture of eggs, bread and flour on
their plows hoping to improve the harvest.
4. To ensure a big family, a 17th-century French bride would crack an egg
on her new homes doorstep before entering.
5. In the 19th century, builders in Bombay, India, put an egg and milk
into the foundations of new structures to protect them from harm.
6. The Bible claims fowl originated before the egg in the excerpt "And
God said Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that
hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth....".
7. One thoughtful woman who, when asked by a child which came first,
replied "Chickens. Because God would never lay an egg."
THE EASTER CONNECTION
Even before Christian times people colored, blessed or exchanged eggs as
part of the rites of spring to welcome the suns awakening from its long
winter sleep. Early Christians adopted the egg, which represented the
renewal of life, as a symbol of Christs resurrection from the grave.
Several folk tales explain the origin of dyeing Easter eggs. One legend
from Poland recounts how the Virgin Mary herself painted boiled eggs in
bright colors to please the infant Jesus.
People around the world celebrate Easter or new beginnings with eggs.
Eastern Europeans may exchange eggs bearing the letters "XB" for
:Christ is Risen". Russians exchange a decorated egg and three kisses.
Chines people present a red hard-boiled egg with congratulations when a
child is born. And German immigrants to the U.S. introduced the tradition
of the Easter bunny delivering colored eggs to children.
Source: Modern Maturity magazine, March-April 1996; typos by Dorothy
Flatman 1996
Source from luhu.jp