Americans are decorating potatoes for Easter. This is some depression era bullshit.

@godpod Motherfucker, are you daring to complain *because they have potatoes*? Asking for ALL OF IRELAND.

#mastodaoine

@godpod I thought this was not possibly true (sorry for doubting your omniscience… but you already know that), but then I found this…

https://www.wptv.com/decorated-easter-potatoes-are-fun-alternative-eggs

Decorated Easter potatoes are a fun, cost-effective alternative to dyed eggs

If the price of eggs has you down (or love the idea of a less-fragile option for decorating with kids), consider this alternative.

WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm

@juandesant @godpod CBC news also reports USAians decorating pebbles and marshmallows.

Where egg? Egg gone. Trump take egg.

https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7510497

Eggs are so expensive that some Americans are decorating potatoes this Easter

CBC Lite

@juandesant @godpod You gotta be kidding me! But this article is obviously #nottheonion. How can anyone still think that this is normal!?

@godpod

Wow all that winning must be tiresome.

@godpod @juandesant Yeah, these are strange traditions. Imagine they would decorate eggs.
@jknodlseder let’s not get started on the concept of an egg-laying rabbit… what were you thinking, @godpod!
@godpod it's just short term pain for long term....tolerance to even worse pain.

@godpod

This is only month number three.

@glutto @godpod

...right?

Feels like year three...and we're just getting started.

@godpod

You meant republicans, right?

"Americans are decorating republicans for Easter......"

@alextone @godpod Americans are decapitating republicans for Easter? Oh, sorry 😹

@godpod Great idea ⚡ yellow corn.. green beans or salad .. pink or blue mashed

potatoes ! I used to have blue pink and green bread baked and sliced for special party sandwiches...

@godpod
"Vegan Egg Alternative - more and more families are painting potatoes for Easter"

But this is a SATIRE website...

https://www.der-postillon.com/2024/03/osterkartoffeln.html

Vegane Eier-Alternative: Immer mehr Familien bemalen zu Ostern Kartoffeln

München (dpo) - Vegan liegt auch zu Ostern voll im Trend: Laut einer neuen Erhebung bemalen immer mehr Familien über die Feiertage Kartoffe...

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@godpod In my town they're doing an "Egg Hunt" where you check shop windows for a little paintings of eggs, take photos and email them...somewhere? I dunno. It's kind of cute.

@godpod

It's Election time in Australia. It's traditional don't elect Potato Head season (for all those who celebrate) where one paints the symbolic and sacrificial potatoes in bright and distracting colours.

#AusPol #Dutton #PotatoHead

@godpod

They could have chosen carrots to keep those mad bunnies happy

@chestas @godpod
They tried carrots.
None survived the delivery.
@godpod They would be using rocks, for sure.
@godpod Under an unequal distribution of wealth they do have practice
https://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/recipes/squirrel/squirrel-pot-pie
Squirrel Pot Pie

Squirrel pot pie can be made by boiling or pressure cooking squirrels seasoned the same as in dumplings. Remove from the bone. make pie crust from your favorite recipe and line a small to medium square cake pan. Mix squirrel meat with one can of corn, one can of peas, one medium diced onion and one cup of diced cooked potatoes and pour this filling on top of your crust. Cover top of filling with another crust. Punch holes in the top crust and cook until crust is golden brown. Then serve and enjoy.

Missouri Department of Conservation
@godpod The long-standing paleo-christian tradition of decorating a tuber from a different continent
@godpod most people can keep a few hens. Its big city people who cant. You'd think NYCers could put a coop on their high rise roofs 🤷 start a farming co-op!
@godpod Avian flu has had a devastating impacts on chicken farms. Millions of egg-layers dead from the disease or culled. It will take a while before the chicken population to get back up to normal numbers. In the meantime, an egg shortage.
@AskPippa @godpod
True but local. Without the Trump tradewars the shortage would be easily compensated by import.
@AskPippa @godpod longer because the cartel of companies that provide pullets to these farmers are keeping them in short supply to price gouge.
@godpod better than those damn, plastic, dollar store eggs...
@godpod Sadly inevitable, given the reelection of Darth Pumpkin!