Regina coeli laetare, alleluia, Quia quem meruisti portare, alleluia. Resurrexit, sicut dixit, alleluia. Ora pro nobis Deum, alleluia.
Yep, it’s Holy Week dear Foxy fans, when after 40 days fasting, prayer, and penance, we get to worship at the altar of CHOCOLATE and stuff our faces with EASTER EGGS.
Now, I have a confession – well, surely it’s fitting isn’t it? – I have neither fasted nor prayed, although I do often get down on my knees for other activities.
And, to be fair I leave Palm Sunday, Spy Wednesday and Maundy Thursday to the God-bothering experts. I am planning on having a Massive but not Last, Supper tonight – Indian Cottage Tandoori anyone? – and after the red wine fuelled banquet I will probably need the four-day weekend to get over it, too.
But, I hear you ask, what is my favourite EASTER EGG this year? (OK, it’s a pathetic attempt to get my man, Desperate Dan – the Southern softie who’s hard in all the right places – to turn off his PlayStation and get down to the shops for my Easter treat, but come on it’s worth a pop.)
Now, apparently, the most expensive edible EASTER EGG is an Easter Bunny made with chocolate and precious stones. The award-winning chocolatier Martin Chiffers bashes out the 40cm long and 5kg bunnies, with two pure diamond eyes, for about £45,000.
Choccywoccydoodah is also in on the act, with a triple Faberge-style number for £25,000 a pop. Made entirely of Belgian chocolate luxury, the triple pack comes in at a not inconsiderable £75,000. No BOGOF deals here…
For those of you with shallower pockets, the Golden Speckled Egg, created by maître chocolatier William Curley, comes in at “just” £7,000. But there are no jewels on the inside, instead the chocolate envelops the egg’s outer shell, while the leaves of edible gold are applied on the outside to make it more “exciting”.
Of course, Danny-boy might think he can get away with a 99p Lidl special. Well, he could try, but all I’ll say is that he’ll need more than a smattering of Latin to save him from an Easter crucifixion…
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