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Sham El-Nessim

Egyptians of every faith picnic by the Nile with salted fish, spring onions and coloured eggs.

Bulgarian orthodox Easter Eggs.
Photo: Ikonact, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

What is eaten for Sham El-Nessim

Sham El-Nessim is the Egyptian spring festival, kept on the Monday after Coptic Easter by Muslims and Christians alike. Its roots go back to ancient Egypt. Families spend the day outdoors in parks and along the Nile. The food has barely changed: feseekh, grey mullet that has been fermented and salted, eaten with spring onions, lettuce and bread. Milder smoked herring is the choice of those who find feseekh too strong. Boiled eggs are coloured, and lupin beans are eaten as a snack.

The dishes

FesikhFermented salted mullet, the dish of the day.Boiled eggColoured for the picnic.

Also part of it, and being written: Lupin bean (Soaked and salted, sold as a snack along the river.), Scallion (Eaten raw with the fish.).

More dishes made for Sham El-Nessim

Easter egg 🇷🇺 Russia and 5 moreEggs dyed or decorated for Easter, symbolizing resurrection and new life Sweet or dessert, Breakfast, Snacks Pickled herringFish or seafood 🇳🇱 Netherlands and 5 moreHerring preserved in salt and vinegar, eaten across Northern and Eastern Europe Sausage or cured food, Snacks, Lunch
About this page

Written by the Thali desk with AI assistance. Background: "Sham Ennessim" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from family to family and place to place. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

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