He is Risen!

He is Risen!

CAFE SPECIAL OF THE WEEK - Deviled Eggs

Anyone dyeing Easter eggs this year? This was always a favorite and greatly anticipated part of our Easter season each year growing up. I couldn’t wait until I could extend the tradition to my own kids. So when Andy was three and a half and the twins were almost two, I bought a good supply of eggs and put them in the fridge, thinking how I would hard-boil them and introduce the boys to the fine art of egg dyeing.

Before that day came, though, my dear heart, Max, who’s always been an earlier and more cheerful riser than me, came into our bedroom not so chipper . . . or happy. As I recall, his greeting that morning was, “I’ll keep them out of the way while you clean up the mess.”

“Huh? Who? What mess?”

“You need to see for yourself.”
And there they were, my darling twin boys: They’d opened the fridge, pushed a chair over, and when Max arrived they’d already dropped a good two dozen eggs onto the green linoleum. The floor looked like a swirling puke-green ocean with multiple bright yellow eyes peering at me.

Max held them. I mopped the slime.

Thankfully, that episode didn’t become a tradition, and with eggs replaced, hard-boiled, and dyed, we made it through Easter without incident.

This story has little to do with today’s special, but sometimes, moms get to have the pleasure of reminding their children how adorable they were back in the day.

So, how about all those Easter eggs? Why not treat your family to Deviled Eggs?

DEVILED EGGS

1 dozen large eggs, hard-boiled and cooled
¼ cup good mayonnaise (lite okay)
1 – 2 Tbsp. mustard (depending on your taste)
1 – 2 teaspoons vinegar (again depending on taste)
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and pepper to taste
Paprika

Split eggs lengthwise. Remove yolks to a small mixing bowl. Mash thoroughly with a fork. Add all ingredients except paprika. Mix well. Spoon into egg cavities. Sprinkle with paprika. Refrigerate until serving time.

I like to place the filled eggs on a layer of paper towels until time to serve. Then remove paper towels and/or transfer to serving dish.

Q4U: Do you still dye eggs at your house? Any other Easter traditions? Any messy kid stories?

Blessings to you this Easter. He is Risen!

BLESSED EASTER

May you experience the beauty and majesty of all creation on this day of Resuurection.

Christ is risen!

EASTER, 2008

Did you notice how early Easter is this year? I’m sure all you clever people know that Easter is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox, which is March 23 this year (2008).

This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Based on the above, the earliest date that Easter can fall on is March 22, but that is pretty rare.

Here’s the interesting part. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives. And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early—those dear saints who are 95 years old or more! Consider the facts:

The next time Easter will fall on March 23 will be the year 2228—220 years from now. The last time it was this early was 1913. So only those 95 or older were around for that.

The next time Easter will fall on March 22 will be in 2288—277 years from now. The previous date when it fell on March 22 was 1818. Betcha no one today was around then.

No matter what day Easter falls on based on human calculations, I am thankful that Jesus is the SAME yesterday, today, and forever. HE IS RISEN!

A blessed Easter to you and yours.