And so started our family's 2009 Easter Festivities!
Easter is so much fun here. Simple and relaxed -- and FUN. Not like the nightmare of my youth, when Easter Celebration consisted of Sunday Mass when I was threatened into playing the organ for the choir (my parents were members) and shook with terror every time I had to play. {shudder}
![Easter Loot](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3D1svmxEUhIWF3sF8_eVElF_I44hhNKdbBsmO5jrHE8xC1mIxw8shgBHEveZUyJLUt73rcUQx84mLwopCpwp6_T2hh-FvC4ee19U-fa0MHYeYOOqDyM5zSM_1AwTKqUgiLfQOL86q9n4/s320/easterhunt.jpg)
I still felt sick from my illness of last week, but I had to do dinner, right?! (Pestilence to all who usurp my position in my kitchen!!!) Nothing elaborate: ham, pineapple sauce, steamed broccoli, smashed potatoes, and home-made fries.
![Bacon Weave Ham Before Cooking](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu9d8qnPYROWkwtUA7KtIlsuHUBI3hQYJM_WmqeQn6k2dn_Trvt0NVe0DupuqcHfxsIsNEcmWry7HTzSUDuQx4MOcDuGZWCYs1Uzj_Z4bYVori4FV7D2-toqumHAR554_rU1FTnVEj3a4/s320/easterbaconweavebef.jpg)
![Bacon Weave Ham After Cooking](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifxh11PR3Z_ra26p2j14UI7z8MZToNazbGAU9YkVL41QrUoRA2th1An8D9arLF3167bwbL6JVz5RGSMtO5Fyg4kgOI-kNrbe20xnqitfNZ5Z2RhQlDyFsv3mdiIGrjb7pAvWG4OWdmyZ8/s320/easterbaconweaveaft.jpg)
In 3 short hours, our wonderful dinner looked like this...
![Easter Dinner](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTWbdKYm0DZCyac4vEWI0BvZuAc2OEsP_4nR0tYAUi6IoUMTvDf8jWu0bL4X6jXe9MBTfMof0henjoNbZHvj30JbEIgI4yMW5yybO34eZnwLbdlNHHJxmz1FSEpMR1vwh59A4XNPo91uQ/s320/easterdinner.jpg)
The gluttons of my family -- okay, all of us -- had 2 dinners. Yeah, *2 dinners*. We watched the Futurama Movie, Bender's Game, in between. Then the kids and Roomie had ice cream for dessert.
We are enjoying leftovers today. :)
Hope you all had a great Easter!
I sure would've been a happy camper at your house - looks delicious! Now that Easter has come and gone it's time for me to switch of the seasonal decor yet again!
ReplyDeleteThat looks sooooo incredible! Seriously, I can almost smell the bacon through the computer screen...
ReplyDeleteHope you had a fabulous Easter with your beautifully sweet family!
Did you start with a Toupe type ham?
ReplyDeleteYou put sugar, pineapple juice, and 7-up on top of ham? Do any of the chefs in your family have a sweet tooth, or what? :-) At least you're putting your Trailer Park Boys cookbook to good use!
ReplyDeleteI'm sure a bacon weave can go with most things. It's the right shape to cover waffles, or you can make a square pizza to hold it!
I still can't get over the bacon weave from the last time. This one's a work of art!
ReplyDeleteAgree with Su. That ham is truly a work of art!
ReplyDeleteThat bacon weave? I am transfixed. My kids are little bacon freaks! They would love that.
ReplyDelete@Kari:
ReplyDeleteI love your new decor! :)
@Jen Hill:
Thanks, Jen! The house smelled like bacon for the next 2 days. lol And thanks so much for the stumble! :)
@kyooty:
Yup, a toupe ham. I don't buy toupe... but that's what the hubby brought home. Made bacon-ing much easier. :)
@Albert:
It's a recipe passed down though my mom. It's a really nice glaze.
@Su + @musing:
Thanks! :)
@Janet:
I highly recommend it! If you want to do just the bacon weave, 400F for 15-20 minutes. If you want to do the weave on ham, just email me, and I'll give you my recipe. :)
Oh martha... what a beautiful bacon weave!
ReplyDeleteBeacon weave is delicious lol :)
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