Prague Easter Meals and Easter Specials 2021 - a podcast by Taste of Prague Food Tours

Czech Easter is a spring holiday that is still bound by a lot of
traditions, although the religious aspect of it has subsided in time given
the fact that Czechs don’t really do organized religion very much.
(According to the latest census, only about 11% of the Czechs said they
were actively religious.)

The most peculiar tradition - and one that is the hardest to explain to
foreign guests of our Prague food tours without raised eyebrows or bursts
of laughter - is the pomlázka, where men whip the women on their behinds
with whips made of willow branches. This still goes on - if the 21st
Century has arrived, the Czechs haven’t got the memo. This post is not
about that, so if you want to here more about this weirdness - or “rich
cultural heritage” depending on where you stand on it, click here to read
our blog post about it.

In any case, there are also many traditional Czech Easter meals, usually
revolving around lamb, eggs, and spring, so while we don’t do religion, we
at least eat as if we did. The classics include lamb of any kind, egg
salads, stuffing with nettles or wild garlic. Also, loads of baking is
involved - sweet bread on the form of lamb, or the classic “mazanec”, which
is a challah-like sweet bread with raisins, almonds and lots of butter.

But where can you get a meal like that without having to spend the whole
weekend making it… and probably failing at it? Well, you’re in luck - we
have set up a small overview of Easter menus and specials by Prague
restaurants that we like. Since this is early 2021, these are all offered
for take out and can be ordered online and delivered to your home. So here
we go!

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