Easter Cascarones Tradition
Ines Franco continues the cascarones tradition (continued from Events page)
cascarones with their friends that are not familiar with this tradition.  We made 2 dozen cascarones and 1 dozen regular hard boiled Easter eggs. Also, we have a lot of plastic eggs filled with candy. My husband thinks I go a little overboard when it comes to the holidays. I think he is right. Ha ha!

We had to make them since I have never seen any "for sale" here in MA. Have a great weekend!

Cheers, Ines
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(photo above: Jessica and Kayla with their Easter Baskets)
Recuerdo:
Cascarones: When I was a about 5 years old while we were painting boiled eggs for Easter, I asked my dad if they used to color eggs in Terlingua when he was growing up.  He told me that they made cascarones.  They emptied eggs through a small hole at the end of the egg, washed them out, dried them, and filled them with home-made confetti.  Then on Easter they would try to catch someone by surprise and break a cascaron on their head.  With the help of my mother we had fun learning to make some "cascarones."

A recuerdo by Antonio Franco  Tell us your stories about cascarones or other Easter customs.
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Find out how cascarones originated in China and how they came to Mexico.  Read about  cascarones in San Antonio around Easter and Fiesta time here.
Warning: DO NOT WATCH THE VIDEO ON THE RIGHT. 
THAT IS NOT THE WAY TO MAKE CASCARONES,
 YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
How to make cascarones
How NOT to make cascarones
Whatever method you choose, when you make cascarones
 take pictures and send them to us to post them here.