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bread  Paska Easter  Bread is a bread which is made and eaten on
Easter in the Easter European countries like Poland, Ukraine and
Slovakia. Over the years, the tradition passed to other
continents and now it is an Easter food  in US, Canada and UK
also.  The basic recipe of Paska bread consists of butter, eggs,
and sugar. It is then glazed with egg and water mixture. It may
contain a swirl of white and yellow which represents the
Christian faith. Yellow symbolizes the Christ in Christian faith
and white as the Holy Spirit. This bread may also have
maraschino cherries to represent royal jewels to honor the
resurrection of Jesus. This Easter food is served with
 "hrudka", or  syrek which is a bland sweet custard.  Paska
Easter bread is made with little variations in  America and
Ukraine. The Americans  Iced Easter Bread  make  Paska with
flour, cream, butter, sugar, eggs and yeast. Sometimes a bread
spread made cottage cheese and egg yolks is spre