Easter is associated with traditional dishes such as spinach, fish, ham and Easter eggs. This is certainly put into practice, as shown by a current igloo trend survey among 1,015 respondents*. Accordingly, more than half eat spinach on Maundy Thursday, at least occasionally.
For 28 percent of respondents it is always on the table that day, for another 29 percent at least occasionally. However, spinach is not a tradition for four in ten people, especially not for 18 to 29 year olds. Every second person in this age group does not eat spinach on Maundy Thursday. Looking at the regions, green vegetables are not mainly eaten in Vienna, Vorarlberg and Tyrol. However, people in Carinthia and Styria eat too much spinach.
Fish less common on Good Friday
The fish on Good Friday is slightly less common. However, the survey shows that 22 percent of Austrians eat fish at least occasionally; for more than one in five people (22 percent) the tradition is fixed. According to iglo, more fish is eaten during Lent than normal. “During Lent 2023, 19 percent more frozen fish was purchased than during the year,” said Iris Ruschak, marketing director at iglo, in a press release.
*For the study, 1,015 Austrians between the ages of 18 and 69 were interviewed online by Integrated Market and Opinion Research. They are representative of the target group.
Source: Krone
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