Fake Banana

Tonight, I am making cascarones for Easter Sunday. In Corpus Christi you can buy a couple of dozen for $5. Anytime I have told someone in the Northwest about the cascarones and it's tradition I get a blank stare then a "that's cool!". Every single one of my childhood Easter's are filled with the memories of the confetti eggs. When Brian and I were in Texas for Easter 4 years ago, Brian was so stoked/surprised about the cascarones.

I can't wait for Sunday!

history of cascarones - Many cultures have a tradition of colored eggs, especially around Easter. In Mexico it's common to see colored eggs thrown at fiestas during carnaval, just before lent. They're not hard boiled like the eggs in the US Easter egg tradition. Instead they're eggs that have been hollowed out and have a surprise filling - called cascarones. It's a tradition that's said to originate in Italy, when men would toss hollow eggs filled with perfume at women they were attracted to. In Mexico, you can still see this behavior among young men and women.