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Clare fish and chip shop
opening times
Tuesday
12.00 - 2.00 5.00 - 8.00
Wednesday 12.00 - 2.00 5.00 - 9.00
Thursday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 9.00
Friday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 10.00
Saturday
12.00 - 2.00 4.30 - 9.00
Tel: 01787 277285
FAMILY BUTCHERS
5, Market Hill, Clare, Nr. Sudbury, Suffolk
Telephone : Clare (01787) 277294
MEAT GAME POULTRY EGGS
DELICATESSEN CHEESES PIES
Always a fine selection of Locally
Sourced Products
J.R.Humphrey & Sons
Est 1984
Orders being taken now for Easter
LOCAL GAME & SMOKED HAMS
Simnel Cake is a rich fruit cake
covered with a layer of Marzipan.
There are 11 marzipan balls put
around the top of the cake that
represent the 11 faithful disciples
of Jesus. The cake is also has a layer of Marzipan in the middle
of it! It is traditionally eaten on Mothering Sunday in the U.K.
which is always on the middle Sunday of
Lent
. Simnel Cakes
were first made by servant girls and maids to take home to
their mothers on Mothering Sunday.
Good Friday
April 14
Easter Monday
April 17
Early May Bank Holiday
May 1
Spring Bank Holiday
May 29
Hot Cross Buns are eaten in the
U.K. On Good Friday.
They are yeast dough buns with
currants and raisins in them. They
were eaten all year round in pagan, pre-Christian times, the
bun represented the moon and the four quarters, the four
seasons. Christians took over this yummy tradition and
changed the meaning so the cross represented the cross that
Jesus died on.
Easter Eggs have become integral to
the celebration of Easter today.
However, the tradition of painting
hard-boiled eggs during springtime
pre-dates Christianity. In many
cultures around the world, the egg
is a symbol of new life, fertility and rebirth.
Some claim that the Easter egg has pagan roots even the word
Easter is said to have to come to us from the “Norsemen’s
Eostur, and Ostar, and the pagan goddess Eostre, all of which
involve the season of the growing sun and new birth”
For Christians, the Easter egg is symbolic of the resurrection of
Jesus Christ. Painting Easter eggs is an especially beloved
tradition in the Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches where
the eggs are dyed red to represent the blood of Jesus Christ
that was shed on the cross. Easter eggs are blessed by the
priest at the end of the Paschal vigil and distributed to the
congregants. The hard shell of the egg represents the sealed
Tomb of Christ, and cracking the shell represents Jesus’
resurrection from the dead. Moreover, historically Christians
would abstain from eating eggs and meat during Lent, and
Easter was the first chance to eat eggs after a long period of
abstinence. (Orthodox Christians continue to abstain from eggs
during Lent.)
Easter egg hunts and egg rolling are two popular egg-related
traditions. An egg hunt involves hiding eggs outside for
children to run around and find on Easter morning. Eggs are
rolled as a symbolic re-enactment of the rolling away of the
stone from Christ’s tomb. In the United States, the Easter Egg
Roll is an annual event that is held on the White House lawn
each Monday after Easter.
Easter Dates
Easter Foods