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[jay]

I have children at home, but I'm not a fan of Santa or the Easter Bunny...

Would it be considered disrespectful of various religions to serve rabbit for Easter dinner? (maybe breaded cutlets, in a nice roux...)

Comments

[sinboy.livejournal.com]

Well, people eat chocolate bunnies. I perosnaly wouldn't mind, but somehow I think other might be a bit put off by real rabbit.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Not to mention Playboy bunnies... (grin)

Ah nice

[greeklady.livejournal.com]

That sounds yummy! I haven't had rabbit in years. yeah go ahead and educate your children on the origin of the holiday and have a nice rabbit for dinner. Culture is good for them.

Yeah...

[the-ogre.livejournal.com]

...it'll piss off all those nice xtians who have no clue that the Easter Bunny is a holdover from earlier pagan traditions.

But rabbit, cooked properly, is yummy. Why would you care?

Re: Yeah...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

(grin) actually, I'm one of the xtians, worried that I'd be disrespectful of pagan traditions (making light of fertility symbols, that sort of thing).

[hopeforyou.livejournal.com]

I think the RabbitWarren would protest...Personally, I'm not against eating a Rabbit, but I think we may differ on definition here. ;-)

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't mind agreeing with your definition ;-)

[elynne.livejournal.com]

If you're up to explaining to the kids why they're eating Easter Bunny, go for it. :) I personally consider it far more ironic that lamb is (from my understanding) a traditional Easter food...

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

My 11-year-old has a similarly-twisted attitude towards the commercial holiday and loves the idea... my younger two (ages 5 and 7) are duly horrified (and curious...).

[lizw.livejournal.com]

Rabbit and lamb are both traditional Easter foods in Europe, particularly on the Continent, I think precisely *because* of their religious connotations. Rabbits/hares were sacred to several goddesses involved in spring rites, so one would sacrifice them to her at the spring ritual and eat them afterwards. Christianity introduced the lamb association, I think (the Lamb of God and all that), so I guess people just replaced the one animal with the other and carried on much as before, with the sacrificial aspect becoming spiritualised in the Easter liturgy.

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

Really? Thanks for that information... so rather than being somehow disrespectful of pagan traditions, it would be compatible, or at least non-offensive.

My parents are aghast at the idea, just as they are about our no-Santa policy. "You're depriving them of their childhood!" Sigh...