Cascarones....

Growing up making cascarones was an Easter tradition in my family. I can still vividly remember making them with my siblings. Over the course of many weeks my mom would crack just the top part off of the shell when cooking with eggs. She'd rinse and save these eggshells until we had dozens of them. About a week before Easter she'd round us all up and we'd paint and decorate the eggshells. After they dried we'd fill them up with confetti then seal the tops with squared tissue paper. The cascarones were cracked on our heads at Easter. It was all about sneaking up on someone and cracking that confetti filled egg on their head. LOL What wasn't too fun is when my cousins would fill theirs up with gitter or sand. The glitter sometimes took weeks to wash off...it was a big pain in the ass.


Every Easter was spent at my late uncle Tony's ranch just outside San Antonio. We had a major Easter egg hunt, sack races, egg toss competions, wheel barrow races, volleyball games, and my dad's lemon roll game. There was always lots of food and fun to be had by everyone. AHHH those were some good times. As of today I still try to keep the tradition going with my kids even if others are unaccustomed to the whole cascarone idea.

The boys dyeing their eggs:

Just two of the four dozen we made....ignore the messy table! : D
Let the fun begin...Easter 2009

Gabe running from Dad

Smashing daddy's head....