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Blessed Be the Food

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[[File:Dziewczynki ze święconką.jpg|thumb|Two girls from the Cracovian countryside , carrying baskets of blessed food on the Holy Saturday of 1937]]
On Holy Saturday many Polish people go to church carrying baskets of food to have it blessed by a priest. They eat this blessed food (known as ''``święconka"'', pronounced {{pron|shfyen-tsawn-kah}}) the next morning as part of their Easter breakfast. I once made a little poll among the Readers of the Polish version of this blog, asking them what kinds of food they put in their Easter baskets. 100% of those who responded said they filled theirs with meat products, eggs and salt. 75% added bread and other baked goods as well, while 50%, horseradish and garden crest (Poles prefer it to the closely related watercress). 39% of those polled also put butter or chocolate in their baskets, 25% mentioned fruits, and only 13%, water.