Eggs and Easter
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| 15:18 UK time, Thursday, 1 April 2010
Hi Emilio,
What a lovely, mouth-watering final blog. We have a long weekend coming up in Britain for Easter, and eggs traditionally play a big part in Easter celebrations, so I'll be thinking of you and your yummy tortilla as I get stuck into yet more chocolate Easter eggs and Easter cakes!
Yes, even with my super-sweet tooth, I sometimes crave something savoury, especially after overdoing it on the sugar front.
It's been lovely getting to know you and your gorgeous dog, Urko.
Thanks for being our first blogger in our new blogging system.
Good luck with all your endeavours - whether they're public speaking, running with the bulls, learning English, creating typical Spanish dishes or using new technology!
All the best,
Nuala
vocabulary
a long weekend - a longer weekend than usual. For example, in Britain, our usual weekend is Saturday and Sunday (the usual days when businesses, banks and offices are closed), but a long weekend is when people have a public holiday on a usual working day, so that their weekend is Friday, Saturday and Sunday or Saturday and Sunday and Monday
Easter - a Christian religious holiday to celebrate Jesus Christ's return to life after he was killed. Also a public holiday in many countries, and associated with non-religious activities celebrating the arrival of Spring, often using eggs as a symbol of new life
get stuck into - do something (here eating lots of chocolate) with a lot of enthusiasm
super - very
savoury - not sweet
overdoing it - doing something too much
endeavours - things you try to do
Comment number 1.
At 2nd Apr 2010, Alvaro wrote:Hi, I'm 脕lvaro from Per煤. Here we are not accustomed to eat Easter Eggs but nowadays supermarkets are bringing some "new" products so since this moths we're having Easter Eggs. I hear from a teacher that Easter Eggs are homemade (in England) but here we only have them in supermarkets; anyway, here in Per煤 we just follow the "fish diet". You know: just eating fish on thursday and friday cause eating meat is a sin. Another point is that we don't call theese holidays "easter" but "Saint Week" (Semana santa).
I would like to try Easter Eggs but i'm afraid i have to follow the rules so just fish for me please.
Well have a nice Easter! =)
good bye
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Comment number 2.
At 2nd Apr 2010, drawde1 wrote:BE HONEST I DON`T THINK THIS FOOD LIKE ME BUT I AM IMPROVING MY ENGLISH WITH NEW WORDS AND PHRASE VERBS.
THE IDEA TO EAT CHOCOLATE WITH EGGS INTO IT DOESNOT TASTE....
I FROM SOUTH AMERICA
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Comment number 3.
At 2nd Apr 2010, Cristina from Buenos Aires wrote:Hi Nuala,
Since today is a holiday, I could sit and read some blogs.
So, I was tented to tell you how we celebrate Easter.
We call it "semana santa" (Saint week) the previous week before Easter. However, the only holiday here is Friday (apart from the usual Saturdays and Sundays). Thursday, instead, it's an optional holiday. Private offices and shops work as usual. Public offices, buildings and Banks are closed.
I'm not a religious person but I still follow some traditions. For example, on Friday we eat fish and on Sunday we have a family gathering and we all eat chocolate eggs or bunnies and the traditional round Easter cake with a hole in the centre.
Hope you spend a happy and peaceful Easter.
Fondly,
Cris
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Comment number 4.
At 3rd Apr 2010, Emelina wrote:Hey!
I'm Emelina from Peru.I'm a teacher. I love English and I can say it's my passion for sure. I am doing an English course and my teacher asked to go on this web site and practice writing. Glad I can do it and learn a lot of vocabulary when I read the comments.
Thanks Nuala for writing the vocabulary. I hope I can try one of the English desserts some day.I bet they are delicious!!!. We have Easter chocolate eggs in supermarkets. It is not commom people make them in their houses. I teach kids and they love getting them on Easter time so I get some every Easter.
On these days we eat fish.This is our main dish on this special holiday.
Happy Easter!
Emelina
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Comment number 5.
At 3rd Apr 2010, mariella wrote:Hi I鈥檓 Mariella an English teacher from Peru, and I鈥檓 very glad to know this web site and read and share some ideas with other teacher and students too. I like Easter eggs they鈥檙e really yummy since I enjoy eating chocolate but here in Peru it鈥檚 not a tradition eating Easter eggs during The Easter week. We celebrate this Christian festival in different way; it begins with the Domingo de Ramos (Palm Sunday) when people go to mass and carry palm leaves to be blessed by the priest, on Holy Thursday people go to visit the churches until they have visited seven of them. Priests often wash the feet of 12 altar boys and end with Domingo de Resurrection (Easter Sunday). During these days people usually eat different kind of dishes made of fish.
Have a happy Easter and attend to mass!
Mariella
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Comment number 6.
At 5th Apr 2010, soccer99 wrote:Hi I'm J眉rgen from Germany. Here we have a long weekend too (Friday- Monday). We have some traditions, which we are following. So on Friday I had fish for dinner, because we don't eat meat on this day. On easter Sunday we had dinner with my whole family, so it's good to come together. Also we make children small presents with some sweeties, of course eggs and pocket money. Regards
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Comment number 7.
At 7th Apr 2010, Daria wrote:Hello Nuala, happy Easter! Although it's already gone and I'm already late here:)But I'm sure you've got plenty of chocolate eggs, cakes and all these sweet thing that usually remain after holidays and are eaten for one or two weeks. In my house sweets don't live for so long:)
Wish you good start after long weekend,
Daria
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