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Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] chickennuggies@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

idk man potatoes get me pretty fertile myself...

[–] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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.

[–] chickennuggies@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

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!!

[–] CicadaSpectre@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Mmm. Gumbo. My only guess is that by 1492 the Catholics forgot what syncretism was.