[[File:Dziewczynki ze święconką.jpg|thumb|Two girls from Cracovian countryside carrying baskets of blessed food on 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 (ham, sausages, etc.), 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.
== What Goes in the Basket? ==
Niestety liczebność próby Sadly, the size of the sample (''n''=8) nie pozwala, by uznać ją za reprezentatywną dla ogółu Polakówdidn't allow to consider it representative of the whole of Poland's population. Zamiast więc robić badania statystyczneSo rather than conducting statistical research, zobaczmy jakie informacje na ten temat możemy znaleźć w Internecielet's see what information about the contents of a typical Polish Easter basket we can find in the Internet. Na koniec Wielkiego Postu przypada zawsze wysyp porad typu „co włożyć do koszyczka wielkanocnego?”At the end of Lent, publikowanych zwykle przez parafiePolish-language websites (especially those parishes, sieci handlowe i portale internetowesupermarket chains and web portals) fill with tips about what to put in one's Easter basket. Rzućmy okiem na kilka z nichI took a look at a few of them.<ref name=interia>{{Cyt