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== “Filled with Heavenly Fattiness” ==

But wait: how come this typically Polish custom of blessing food for Easter was born before Poland even adopted Christianity? Well, as with many “typically Polish” traditions, it didn’t originate in Poland as much as it survived in Poland while it was forgotten pretty much elsewhere. In the past, the blessing of food was a&nbsp;thing throughout Christian Europe. It started in the 8th century, quite logically, with the blessing of a&nbsp;roasted lamb. In the 10th century people started to bless other holiday foods as well: ham, cheese, bread, butter, milk and honey. As time passed, the range of blessed foodstuffs expanded: eggs were added in the 11th century; in the 13th, it was fish; in the 16th, salt, horseradish, herbs, oil, poultry, wine and beer; and in the 18th century, fruits.<ref>M. Pisarzak (1976), p. 230</ref>