| Elmars - Happy Easter!! |
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| Wednesday, 20 April 2011 15:38 | |||
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From the team at Elmar's in the Valley, we would like to wish you and your family a Happy Easter! If you are thinking of visiting Elmar's in the Valley over the Easter/ANZAC Day Long Weekend, please take note of the following trading hours; Friday 22 April (Good Friday) - CLOSED Saturday 23 April (Easter Saturday) - Open for lunch and dinner from 11am Sunday 24 April (Easter Sunday) - Open for lunch and dinner from 11am Monday 25 April (Easter Monday) - Open for lunch only from 12pm Tuesday 26 April (ANZAC Day Public Holiday) - Open for lunch only from 12pm Bookings are highly recommended over this period. THANK YOU! As a special thank you for your continued support, we have teamed up with our friends at Viva! Photography to offer you a little thank you gift...use it for yourself, or share it with Mum for Mothers Day! If you would like to receive this special offer, please reply to this email by Sunday 24th April with your name, postal address & contact number and we'll pop the gift in the post WIN WIN WIN We would like to announce the winner of our Easter competition...congratulations to Sandi Elliott, you have won a hamper full of delicious Easter goodies! We wish you a safe and pleasant Easter break and look forward to seeing you soon! Regards The team at Elmar's in the Valley Try out these traditional Easter Ideas this long weekend... Hot Cross Buns Hot cross buns are sweet, spiced buns made with dried fruit and leavened with yeast. A cross, the symbol of Christ, is placed on top of the buns, either with pastry or a simple mixture of flour and water. The buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday, however in Australia they are available in bakeries and stores many weeks before Easter. A recent variation on the traditional fruit bun has become popular in Australia. A chocolate version is made with the same spiced mixture, but cocoa is added to the dough and chocolate chips replace the dried fruit. Easter Eggs Eggs, symbolising new life, have long been associated with the Easter festival. Chocolate Easter eggs, are a favourite part of Easter in Australia. Some families and community groups organise Easter egg hunts for children in parks and recreational areas. Easter eggs are traditionally eaten on Easter Sunday, however stores start stocking Easter treats well before the Easter holiday period. The Easter Bunny Early on Easter Sunday morning, the Easter Bunny 'delivers' chocolate Easter eggs to children in Australia, as he does in many parts of the world. The rabbit and the hare have long been associated with fertility, and have therefore been associated with spring and spring festivals. The rabbit as a symbol of Easter seems to have originated in Germany where it was first recorded in writings in the 16th century. The first edible Easter bunnies, made from sugared pastry, were made in Germany in the 19th century. The Easter Bilby Rabbits are an introduced species in Australia and are unpopular because of the damage they do to the land. In 1991 a campaign was started by the Anti-Rabbit Research Foundation to replace the Easter Bunny with the Easter Bilby (an endangered species). Author Jeni Bright wrote a children's story called Burra Nimu the Easter Bilby to support the campaign.
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