Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter
Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter
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Why didn't we do that before but for vegan reasons?
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Most Americans aren't vegan. Also, the egg is symbolic for fertility and much of Easter traditions are based on the pagan Ester traditions, which celebrated spring and fertility. Hence the eggs and bunnies. I think it might also be because of how they're dyed and how that might not work on potatoes. Maybe it'll be a new tradition though.
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idk man potatoes get me pretty fertile myself...
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And any red-blooded being with taste, true. But I don't think European pagans knew they existed when Ester was a thing. If they had, it very well might have been a staple in Easter too.
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Oh absolutely not they had no clue, but honestly Christianity utilised so many pagan traditions as well as Norse and Greek gods why not chuck in some South American food into the mix at this point, finalise the gumbo-ification of western religon!!
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Mmm. Gumbo. My only guess is that by 1492 the Catholics forgot what syncretism was.
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