Easter

PC - Dublin · Post by **PC - Dublin** » Sun 08 Apr, 2012 3:36 pm

Wishing everyone here a very Happy Easter, 2012.

majorhoundii · Post by **majorhoundii** » Sun 08 Apr, 2012 4:02 pm

Steve Jones wrote: raveydavey wrote: On a related note, what's on at Easter that is interesting you?Does anyone have any plans to get out and about and enjoy the break, perhaps something different or unusual, or even inspiring? Well I went to the Pace Egg plays at Hebden Bridge and heptonstall.The former is done by the lads from Calder High School at Midgeley and was very good,whilst the latter is always done by the Heptonstall Players and is great and hilarious! Mike Harding sings a song about Pace Egging on the Topic Album "Deep Lancashire""We're jolly boys, we do no harm,""Wherever we may go""And we come a pace egging as you very well do know"is the chorus.

fenmike · Post by **fenmike** » Thu 12 Apr, 2012 9:04 am

My family also decorates hard boiled eggs at Easter. It's a tradition which we try to carry on! It's also fun! We prepare easter baskets for the children and I have to search for it in the garden. We put serenata c hocolat ( http://www.serenatachocolates.com ), easter eggs, fruits and a little toy inside it Unfortunately this year was a bit busy, but normally we do this every year.

Bruno · Post by **Bruno** » Thu 12 Apr, 2012 3:12 pm

majorhoundii wrote: Isn't "May" hawthorn, or is it blackthorn? Off topic I'm afraid, but the mention of blackthorn has provoked me into recommending that all the boozers amongst you should look out for the distinctive blackthorn blossom at this time of year, and memorise the bush/tree positions until the end of October. This is because the blackthorn's fruit is the sloe, which I pick every year (mine are in Rothwell) to make Sloe Gin.You need to pick the sloes (they look like big blackcurrants and often have an electric blue 'bloom' on them), preferably after the first frost of the year, I usually make it bonfire week. Make a positive ID of the bush by spotting both the sloes and the long, very sharp thorns which give the bush its name.Take the berries home, wash them, pierce the skins in some way (traditionally with a wooden skewer or needle, however, I find it easier to simply roll them over the spiky side of a cheese grater) and half fill a glass container with them. It can be any kind of container, a kilner jar with a rubber sealed lid is probably easiest, but an old bottle with a screw top will be fine. Put in a couple of ounces of granulated sugar for each half litre the container holds, and fill up with cheap gin. Any sort of gin will do, it doesn't need to be a big name, you're after the alcohol, not the flavour.Leave the containers for two to three months, shaking them vigourously on a daily basis, and then filter your finished product in whatever way you can manage (through muslin cloth is good) into clean bottles. Taste it and add a bit more sugar if it's not sweet enough for your taste. You can drink it straight away, but it will improve with keeping, if you can save it nearly a year then it makes a great treat for the following Christmas, it should finish up in the region of 24% alcohol by volume.Dead simple, relatively cheap, and absolutely gorgeous!

leedslily · Post by **leedslily** » Thu 12 Apr, 2012 4:09 pm

I'll second the above recommendation! Made my first bottle this year and opened it for Christmas - didn't last very long, suffice to say.And on the post before that - I also decorate eggs for Easter, but in my Durham granny's traditional way, by wrapping them in onion skin with flowers, leaves etc and then boiling:http://www.indigogroup.co.uk/durhamdial ... ggs-221017

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Fri 22 Mar, 2013 12:34 pm

It must be Easter time again.The snow is here

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Fri 22 Mar, 2013 1:31 pm

Think our frogs are about to spawn tooThat ~#@**'ing cat keeps bringing them in

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 22 Mar, 2013 6:40 pm

Phill_dvsn wrote: It must be Easter time again.The snow is here That made me .

Leodian · Post by **Leodian** » Fri 22 Mar, 2013 6:46 pm

Jogon wrote: Think our frogs are about to spawn tooThat ~#@**'ing cat keeps bringing them in Regarding the frogs they must be late spawning this year as I'm sure frogs have normally spawned by early March. Everything is timing differently though this year (perhaps the usually early flowering plants knew that bad weather was coming!) as for example many snowdrops were a bit late and are still in flower. I don't know for sure but it must be uncommon to see snowdrops, crocuses and daffodils all out together.Poor thing Jogon saying that about the cat.

Steve Jones · Post by **Steve Jones** » Fri 22 Mar, 2013 9:41 pm

well I will be going here as usual:http://www.hebdenbridge.co.uk/news/2013/053.html2 pm play is good,they aren't too "refreshed" by then