Easter Sunday traditions

[Harry]

Hawaiians have their luau and Americans have their turkey Thanksgiving diner.

Greeks on the pther hand, have their whole Easter lamb on a stick!

It takes about 6 to 8 hours to roast slowly once the charcoal is ready. The trick is for the charcoal to burn slowly and evenly.

One also needs a few strong hands to dig the pit and strap the lamb on the skewer using steel wires.

[Harry]

People tend to fight over the eye balls and the brains (who cares about mad-cow disease)!

[Harry]

My son gets his turn at the crank!

[Harry]

A chicken wing strapped to its back acts as a counterbalance when rotating (alternatively use a whole potato depending on size of lamb)!

Vegetarians feel free to criticise!

[Kim]

I haven't witnessed this myself, but I can recall my parents' very enthusiastic descriptions of driving through small villages in Greece on Easter and seeing many of these roasted lambs in progress. If I remember right, they were even invited to partake with a large group, and joined in with gusto. My home town in California considers itself the barbecue capital of California, so my parents thought it was fantastic. When Greek people feast, they have a lot of fun in the process, too. This was when I first learned that Greek Easter falls at a different time than American Easter -- different religious calendars. My parents were traveling with Greek friends Alexandra and Eftychios, two very memorable Athenians whom I met on a later trip of my own.

Your post brings back a lot of good memories, thank you!

[DALION]

People tend to fight over the eye balls and the brains (who cares about mad-cow disease)!

Mad cow? Don't you mean mad lamb? And, geting back to palms... how about a Mad Fox?

[Patricia-CR]

Very interesting. Thank you for sharing those nice cultural details.

[palmmermaid]

Looks yummy! I love roasted lamb.

[Trópico]

I just ate, yet you made me hungry. Looks delicious.

[MattyB]

Are you sure that's not a Chupacabras?

[aussiearoids]

There is a very large Greek population in Australia , supposedly more Greeks in Melbourne than in Athens .

[Harry]

Actually, it is the Greek Easter celebrations in Costa Rica which are halting the spread of Chubacabras in North America!

Free-range, organic Chubacabras taste great!

[Trópico]

That's why we have an infestation of Chupacabras in Puerto Rico, we prefer the Lechón Asado for Christmas or while driving thru the mountains' sinuous roads