Skull of Civil War Soldier to be Auctioned

[Eva Elisabeth]

(06-05-2014 08:56 AM)L Verge Wrote:  Eva,

See Post #15 that I added later that had a more spiced-up recipe. I think the idea is basically symbolic - much like some weddings hand out the wedding cake slices in little packages to take home and dream upon.

I'm like you, however, and wonder if there is a spice connected with the death ritual. More research.

Thanks Laurie! I was thinking of something symbolic like the bitter herbs in Easter bread to commemorate the bitterness of the event and days (thus the receipe with caraway seeds and cardamon would make more sense to me). Or a background like eating cruller fried in lots of oil on carnival (Mardi Gras) to have a last calories fiesta before the coming 40 days of fastening - still in winter, and in medieval times with more hard physical labor much more a challenge than nowadays.