The Passover Thread - Or Pass the Matzah!

[cherylp3]

For those that recall the Chanukkah thread, I thought I would start a Passover thread.

Also if anyone has any online butchers or websites they want to share, I am looking for places to shop online.

Cheryl

 

[lewdyan1]

I wouldn't mind some lunchbox suggestions... It's always a long week for lunches.

 

[cherylp3]

Chicken stir fry: ( It should be ok in microwave)
http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/PESACH-meats/Chicken_Stir_Fry_1_-_meat.html

http://www.cyber-kitchen.com/rfcj/PESACH-meats/Chicken_Stir_Fry_2_-_meat.html

I also like the Sweet Potato Kugel at
http://euler.ecs.umass.edu/pass-veg/#Potato kugel
( my husband loves the granola)

 

[cherylp3]

Bumping this up!

 

[rubyslipperlover]

oy, did you see foodnetwork.com? they list "noodle kugel" as a Passover recipe!

though their Passover desserts looked entriguing. and genuinely kosher for Passover.

 

[JennyMominRI]

oy, did you see foodnetwork.com? they list "noodle kugel" as a Passover recipe!

though their Passover desserts looked entriguing. and genuinely kosher for Passover.

BAHAHAHA..I'm going to attemp my first seder... I'm not stupid enough to make Nudel Kugel. But pretty darned close

 

[rubyslipperlover]

BAHAHAHA..I'm going to attemp my first seder... I'm not stupid enough to make Nudel Kugel. But pretty darned close

if you need any help, Jenny, feel free to ask. I'll be glad to offer any suggestions.


do the supermarkets in your area give away a 5 pound package of matzah if you spend $50 in their store?

we haven't paid for matzah in years.

 

[JennyMominRI]

if you need any help, Jenny, feel free to ask. I'll be glad to offer any suggestions.


do the supermarkets in your area give away a 5 pound package of matzah if you spend $50 in their store?

we haven't paid for matzah in years.

I don't know but I'll keep watch..Last years Vons gave out these little brochures with Seder instructions in them..Luckily I saved them

 

[rubyslipperlover]

we've got a few experts on this board, so feel free.

I already spent a small fortune on Barton's candy. the temp;e sisterhod sells it as a fundraiser.

 

[babar]

this is soooo funny....I'm Catholic and dealing with what's going on, and my boyfriend of 9 years (live together) is Jewish!!

Lot's of interesting discussions going on....

 

[rubyslipperlover]

this is soooo funny....I'm Catholic and dealing with what's going on, and my boyfriend of 9 years (live together) is Jewish!!

Lot's of interesting discussions going on....

I'm sure it's not dull at your house.

 

[babar]

I'm sure it's not dull at your house.

Not at all! But it's all very thoughtful and enlightening...learning about each other and our lives....we never really talked about our spiritual aspects.

 

[rubyslipperlover]

three weeks until the first Seder. oy!

 

[cherylp3]

well I did some shopping at Albertsons I also went shopping at the Kosher Market today and also put in my order. No free $50 down here drat!

Also no Kosher for Passover sprite and celray. I always was able to get those up north. I do have another market I can email.

Jenny: I 'm not sure how far it is from you but there is a Kosher supermarket in Canton Massachusetts ( on the Sharon/Stoughton line aka Cobbs Corner ) called Butcherie 2 they sell premade foods etc..

There is a great starter site at:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default.asp

 

[kpgclark]

This is our first Passover too. I've always been an atheist but I have a Jewish background although our family never celebrated ANY Jewish holidays but instead Christmas, Easter etc. A very long story there but my parents are also atheists. Anywho I joined a Humanistic Judaism group which is a group of people who don't believe in God but want to preserve their Jewishness. They humanize (de-God) all the normal things you'd say on Holidays and so forth. I've been learning about Judaism over the past few months and we're going to try Passover now.

For those who are new to the holiday I found a reform Synagogue that is hosting a Passover Seder geared towards children that we are going to attend. Also our Humanistic group is going to have a dinner. You may want to look around in your neighborhood to see if there are other things going on that you could attend.

So I can't add any information to this thread but I'll be listening. I have no idea what food you aren't supposed to eat and when you have to start and stop doing it. Is there anything other than bread that you can't eat?

 

[cherylp3]

well that depends. Technically, no rice, beans or corn unless you are Sephardic, some vegetarians eat these for passover because of their limited diet.

Also its just not bread its any thing that is levened.

 

[kpgclark]

Beans rice and corn are levened?

 

[cherylp3]

I found some links for this: this is the best explination:
http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mcornsta.html

The Ashkenazic rabbis (probably around 10th or 11th Century AD) in Germany also prohibited what they called kitniot -- basically, anything that was sold in grain-like form or might be confused with grain. Their prohibition included rice, millet, corn, and legumes. When in doubt, prohibit, on the grounds that it is better to be more strict in avoidance of foods than to be less strict and potentially violate the Biblical commandment not to eat leaven. Of course, corn (maize) was not known to Europe at the time, but when the New World crop made its appearance a few centuries later, it was quickly identified as kitniot and thus prohibited for Passover.

Sephardic Jews (from Spain and the Mediterranean areas) did not prohibit rice, millet, corn or legumes. They said there was no danger of confusing them with prohibited grains. So a cheesecake made for a Sephardic family might use cornstarch. I discussed this with a friend who is a Mexican Jew of Ashkenazic heritage; he said it was always difficult at Passover, his Sephardic friends could eat corn tortillas and he could only eat cardboard. (That's an in-joke reference to matzah, unleavened bread.)

Over a thousand years or more, there have been some other local variations, with local customs arose forbidding various other foods on Passover. Sugar is an interesting example of this. In ancient codes, sugar is forbidden on Passover because sugar was often adulterated with flour, which was cheaper. When sugar came in solid cone shapes, and today when sugar is processed by machine, the fear of such adulteration is eliminated and sugar was declared usable for Passover. Another local custom: some families do not use garlic on Passover, but no reason is known.

Potatoes, on the other hand, were never prohibited by anybody ... and hence Passover baking tends to potato starch.

And, it is worth noting, the prohibition against cornstarch doesn't apply to the rest of the year, only to Passover. The cornstarch doesn't make food "unkosher," it makes it hametz -- "leavened," unfit for consumption on Passover.

http://www.utah.edu/hillel/lerner.htm

http://www.zete.org/people/aschatz/kitniot.html

http://www.zipple.com/holidays/passover/passoverfaq.shtml

 

[pjshaff]

Cherylp3,

Try Publix for the celray and sprite. The Publix that I worked at in S Fla, Aventura, was in a predominantly Jewish area and we always had a HUGE Passover display. Now I live north of Atlanta and I am lucky if I find a 4 foot display anywhere near me. Although if I drive to the Toco Hills area, I know I will find a greater selection.

Good Luck,


Pam

 

[cherylp3]

I have been searching Publix too, Coke but no Sprite. I'm planning on looking near WDW this week.