It’s easy to make Mexican eggshells – cascarones
Tagged: MexicoPosted on: March 26th, 2007“Easters coming. Get ready to wish your friends luck by breaking cascarones ”” colored and decorated eggs filled with confetti ”” over their heads.
It’s an old Mexican and Southwestern tradition that probably originated in Italy, or maybe Austria or France.
It’s said that Carlotta, whose husband, Maximilian, briefly reigned as emperor of Mexico, brought the custom of elaborately decorated eggs to the New World. Except those eggs were filled with perfume, usually given to a lady by a gentleman, and were not meant to be broken.”
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