Why do Bunnies 🐇 Bring The Easter 🐣 Eggs

J O Y E U X 🐣P Â Q U E S 🐣T O U T🐣L E🌷M O N D E

Yesterday I went Easter 🐣 Egg Hunting 🐇

Everyone else had the same idea. 

It was packed out there. Large golden egg 

From LOUIS FOUQUET.

Even larger EGG 🥚 Ladurée’s finest

Chef JULIEN ALVAREZ.

Mignon/Cute !

ALAIN DUCASSE’S SUPER Large egg - size of a 5-year child 👦 (no price tag shown)

Very big sewing 🧵 themed egg 

From PIERRE MARCOLINI.

Flat eggs from Pierre Hermé,

Left me flat…

Very pretty entremet by Ladurée combining ‘mac and cheese eggs’.

(FYI, An entremet in Medieval French cuisine referred to dishes served between the courses of the meal, often illusion foods and edible scenic displays. The term additionally referred to performances and entertainments presented between the courses).

So why does a bunny 🐰 deliver the Easter 🐣 eggs??

C/O JAQUES GENIN

Easter Bunny's origins goes back to the 18th century when the Easter Bunny was thought to have been first introduced in the Pennsylvania Dutch area in America by German immigrants. 

They bought with them the story of the egg-laying hare named 'Osterhase' or 'Oschter Haws'. 

Egg-laying rabbits would give brightly colored eggs as gifts to well-behaved children 🧒 👦 

As part of the ritual, children created nests 🪺 for the bunny to lay eggs 🥚 in. 

This tradition eventually spread across the whole of North America.  

Since ancient times, eggs 🥚 and RABBITS 🐇 have been a symbol of fertility, while spring has been a symbol of rebirth. 

So even though rabbits don't lay eggs, the association of these symbols was almost natural.