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EASTER DELICACIES

Spring inseparably linked people in consciousness with a train of easter events. Farewell to winter is a Pancake week, Мясопустная week, Прощеное Sunday. A Palm Sunday - live fluffy silver on thin branches краснотала, on warm hillocks the earth was bared and mother-and-stepmother is already sprinkled by yellow colours. And, at last, resolute crisis of all life - Light Christ's Sunday. There is Easter early, to streams, there is late, green, to needles of a young grass and the first leaflets, but always this celebration of spring and a clearing up life.

 

Easter is preceded by a strict post. Present rupture with traditions has led to that we at times do not know absolutely simple things. That not fasting - not разговляется. That the post is not only restrictions in food, but change of all system of a life, time of clarification from the collected sins, abstention, a repentance, destruction. Refusal of food, "утучняющей a body", only facilitates to a shower work, as well as refusal of other whims and idle entertainments. Many in general believe, that the post is a refusal from meat. Actually the post forbids all products of an animal origin: milk and all dairy, eggs, animal fats, and in other days both white sugar, and vegetable oil. Fish is resolved in Sunday and holidays. " For Easter (recollects in the book "Summer Господне" Ivan Shmelev will cook compote to do potato cutlets with prunes and шепталой, fast pies with milk mushrooms, маковый bread with beautiful curls of a sugar poppy, pink steering-wheels, jellied nuts, bagels and the rolls, the candied almonds, a fruit candy mountain ash, halvah "… Fish is resolved in Sunday and holidays. In the beginning and the post end there are days especially strict: a sourcrout, a radish, bread, and even at all" foods were not and ествы not держано ". Such diet was held by all people, from are small to are great, and not only diet, but also long prayful standings which filled up all free time from work.

Last week before Easter - the Holy Week. Under legends, this week on Friday the Christ has been crucified. The Christ has died on the Cross, being absolutely innocent and innocent. But the god to kill it is impossible. It has revived also the revival has won death. The victim for people it has rescued them from a devil captivity. Therefore for a holiday Light Christ's Sundays all Christians sing: "the Christ has revived from dead, смертию death having trampled, and real in a coffin a stomach having granted!"
In Passionate Thursday during service is read by "twelve Gospel" - from this service and bears home a passionate candle, a sacred spark which again light all icon lamps in the house. Bear a spark in paper кулечке that the wind has not put out.
And in houses preparations for Easter in the meantime begin. On Thursday usually paint Easter eggs who in a simple way, with an onions peel, who special paints and who paints with a thin brush.
This day carries also the name of Pure Thursday. But it does not mean, that it is necessary to wash and clean the house: to the Holy Week beginning all is washed already up - cleaned. On Pure Thursday early in the morning wash - have a shower bath, soared in a bath, bathe in an ice-hole who more safely. The water scooped till a dawn, was considered as the curative. On Thursday reserved можжевеловые branches to clear air in the house, carts carried a juniper in temples by Easter.

The beauty of orthodox easter service touches even people of strangers, but that makes its essence deep and personal experience can be hardly probable transferred words - for each person is its own spiritual experience, the important part of his life. He says goodbye to a shroud on evening service of Great Friday and accompanies its carrying out with religious procession on matins of Great Saturday.
On Great Saturday after a liturgy святят Easter cakes, Easter and red Easter eggs. Certainly, prepare them in advance, usually on Friday. After consecration the people disperse to have a rest, after all night is necessary sleepless.

EASTER CAKE HOUSE
1 kg of a flour, 50 г yeast, 1 glass of milk, 10 egg yolks, 3 egg whites, 1,5 glasses of sugar, 200 г a butter, 100 г raisin, 1 item a cognac spoon, 1 item a spoon of candied fruits, 3 ч. Spoons of a lemon dried peel (or 1 ч. A spoon of ground cardamom), 1/2 ч. Spoons of a grated nutmeg, 1 ч. A spoon of saffron-yellow tincture, 3-4 ч. Spoons of vanilla sugar, salt.

To dissolve yeast in 1/2 glasses of warm milk, to pour 100 г torments, to stir and leave for 15-20 minutes In 1/2 glasses of boiling milk to make 100 г torments and quickly to stir a wooden rake before reception of elastic weight. Both mixes to connect, cover and put for lifting at 1 o'clock in a warm place. Egg yolks, sugar and сольрастереть in homogeneous weight and to shake up until white. Half of this weight to pour out in опару, to add 250 г torments, замесить the dough and to allow to it to approach, then to pour in second half of egg weight, to add 500 more г torments and to knead the dough until it will not lag behind hands. In the ready dough to pour in in the small portions the kindled butter, to knead it, to add spices, cognac and to allow to approach again. After that to besiege the dough to initial volume, to add 2/3 raisins and candied fruits, preliminary having rolled in them in a flour, and to allow to approach once again. To fill with the test two forms to half of volume. When it will rise, to strew from above remained raisin and to bake in an oven.


EASTER CAKE БЕЗОПАРНЫЙ
1кг torments, 1,5 glasses of water, 50 г yeast, 2 eggs, 125 г a butter, 1/2 glasses of sugar, 100 г raisin, a handful of candied fruits, cardamom, cinnamon, salt; for глазури:1 egg, 2-3 items of a spoon of milk.

Замесить since evening the abrupt dough from a flour, warm water, yeast, eggs, a butter, sugar, salt, the raisin, candied fruits small cut by cubes, pounded cardamom and корицы. To cover with a towel and to leave till the morning to rise. Then to lay out the dough for a table, again it is good to knead, divide on two parts, to lay out in the oiled low forms. When the dough will enough rise (a surface will disappear continuous bubbles), to grease pounded with milk яйцом to bake about 50 mines.


EASTER CAKE IMPERIAL
1,2 kg of a flour, 3 glasses of cream, 50 г yeast, 200 г a butter, 1 glass of sugar, 15 egg yolks, 10 grains of cardamom, 1 nutmeg, 2 items of a spoon of almonds, on 100 г candied fruits and raisin.

From 1 glass of cream, yeast and half of flour замесить dense опару. When опара will rise, to add pounded with a butter and sugar egg yolks, a flour, cream, the pounded cardamom, the grated nutmeg, the chopped almonds, small cut candied fruits and raisin. The dough is good for beating out and leaving to rise on 1,5-2 ч. Then again to knead, put in small forms, having filled them to half. To allow to the test to rise to 3/4 heights of the form and to put to bake in an oven.

 

… But at midnight will abate a creature and a flesh
Having caught hearing spring
That only - only распогодь,
It will be possible to overcome death
усильем Sundays.

 

By the night again all in a temple: in half twelfth will begin полунощница, and at midnight candles - fire sea will be lighted, and in air easter ringing of church bells will float. The Christ has revived! Each time this kind message - as for the first time, amazes each time, how two thousand years ago. Easter - the big holiday which lasts the whole week, These days are filled by various games, entertainments, circulation on a visit. For Easter it is accepted to congratulate each other on revival Christ's, христосоваться and to exchange крашеными eggs. Earlier for Easter everywhere it was authorised to call in bells, the continuous peal therefore sounded, supporting joyful, celebratory mood.

 

Driving of eggs for what in advance special fillets prepared was exclusively easter entertainment and egg of the special form got out skilled players - that easily broke other eggs, and itself remains is whole.
Easter did not happen without a swing. Hardly probable not in each court yard arranged a swing for children, and in a traditional place (on the rural area) were in good time driven columns, were hung cords, were attached boards - a public swing was erected. For Easter quite often visited cemeteries. On tombs left крашеные eggs, it is a little bread.
For Easter in a new fashion, houses are festively cleaned and shined both temples, and. Everywhere flowers, all is bright, in each house treat and are treated. The good mistress still has in good time sown oats in a wide flat dish, and by Easter it has ascended, has turned green and among this bright gentle grass multi-coloured eggs are especially beautifully spread out. Special art - in time to expose to light hyacinths and crocuses that it is exact by Easter have blossomed. It is possible to buy, of course, on the holiday's eve, but the it is more interesting: will blossom or not?

 

Never so arrival of the spring, a new life sharply is not felt. The Christ has revived!

 

Irina Rusina

 

24.04.03

 

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