Break-Fast: Culinary Traditions around Europe

For Christians, Easter Sunday falls on April 17 this year, whilst Russian and Greek Orthodox will celebrate their Easter a week later, on April 24; so what of culinary traditions at this time of re-birth and celebration? The wholesomeness of hard-boiled ice cream, as eaten by millions in Catholic Central and Eastern Europe these days, is more than questionable. Even the Russians, completely unsuspicious of squeamishness in digestive matters, follow an age-old rule at Easter, "Whoever eats more than three Easter eggs sleeps on the divan." And preferably with the window wide open.