Now you have all your candy, here are some interesting facts for you:
– This year, Americans will spend $2.1 billion on Easter candy. That’s 120 million pounds of the stuff.
– There should be no shortage of key Easter confections: 16 billion jelly beans and 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies have been made for the holiday.
– In the category of good to know: seventy six percent of Americans think you should eat chocolate bunny ears first.
Make your favorite deviled egg recipe – cut deviled egg top off and fill – put “cap” back on and finish with raisins for eyes and a piece of a Cheetos for the beak. Very cool Easter diner surprise!
Decorated Hard Boiled Egg
Easter eggs:
1. Boil eggs.
2. Crack shell by tapping it lightly against hard surface. Make sure you do not crack it too hard as desired effect will not happen.
3. Dip in colored water (food color). Keep submerged for twice the time the instructions say to allow the egg to take coloring inside the egg.
4. Peel shell off and serve or serve as they are and let your guests find the surprise inside.
With flour: In a jar, mix one part flour with three parts warm water. Shake well to combine ingredients. Whisk a little into the lumpy gravy and simmer until flour taste is gone.
With Strainer: Pass the gravy through a strainer and remove lumps.
With Blender: Whiz it in a regular blender or with an immersion blender until lumps are gone.
During the 15-day celebration of Chinese New Year, children and adults alike will take part in dances, feasts, and parades, all meant to clear the way for a happy and prosperous year ahead. One tradition families enjoy is writing and displaying chun lian, simple expressions of wishes for good fortune in the coming year. Your own well-wishers can easily create these colorful, fortune-filled paper cookies for their friends and family.
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