Easter Dinner

Of course, you know my Easter meal would be cheap because of my parsimony. I did spend money but not much. 

ham, potato salad, purple hull peas, jello salad

brown eggs dyed with food coloring and vinegar

 

 Jello Jigglers = a mess

 

I love the festivity of Jello Egg Jigglers at Easter. However, after a cursory search I could not find the little funnel to pour the Jello into the mold. If you have never seen one of these molds, it has a hinge, opens to release the Jello egg.

 

This was much messier than usual. I spilled enough to fill another egg. Red Jello was all over the counter, too, before I cleaned it up and then took the picture. There would have been yellow and green eggs, but I was not up to dealing with the mess I was making. So, red it is. Next time I make Jello Jiggler eggs, I will locate the little funnel well ahead of time!

 

Jello eggs--black cherry

 

 This meal was only for me. If others were eating, I would have cooked more dishes.

 

**things bought this week

 

ham--free

potatoes-free

eggs-free from my hens

Purple Hull peas, frozen--on sale bought two months ago

Jello--sell-by dates of 2011 and 2012, probably on sale

color--been here for several years

**bananas--on sale

apples--store sale, been here for a month

sweet pickle relish--half-price with coupon and sale, last month

dill pickle relish--half-price with coupon and sale, last year

**celery--sale on Friday

celery seed--very old container, still good

**fruit cocktail--full price yesterday!

 

As you can see, I did not have to purchase much for Easter festivities.

 

When I grew up, Jello salad was on the table for every holiday in a glass bowl shaped like an apple. So, it does not seem like a holiday unless I have a Jello salad with fruit cocktail, apple, and bananas. Mama always bought black cherry Jello and strawberry Jello, mixed in the bowl. I used the black cherry for the Jello Jiggler eggs and strawberry for the salad.

 

We always had ham, potato salad, Purple Hull Pea, green beans, and at least 3 or 4 more items. What foods other than chocolate were constants on Easter when you were growing up? The Jigglers are a recent addition just for fun.