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Good Friday – Good Grief!!!

Posted in BY THE WAY, New York Speaks, Only in New York, Smooth or Crunchy, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on April 2, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Passover Seder, beef brisket

Oh Yummy Good Leftover Brisket

I just realized while I was eating leftover brisket from a Passover Seder that TODAY is GOOD FRIDAY and I am supposed to be abstaining from meat.  GOOD GRIEF CHARLIE BROWN! You see what can happen in a household divided and united at the same time?  I wouldn’t miss a Seder dinner with all of its meaningful traditions and Peter wouldn’t want to miss out on the Easter Parade.  So although we started out in our lives following different paths, we have always walked together. Well it makes for a lot of holidays – although it’s clear that Peter realizes Christmas is much more fun than Chanukah.

And the refrigerator… Pickled Herring for him, Roasted Red Peppers for me.  Mother’s Gifilte in a jar for him and peanut butter for me.  And now, that I ate the last of the brisket, we still have Kugel and hard boiled Easter Eggs. And for dessert we can have Matzel Toff or Cadbury Creme Eggs. It may be confusing and sometimes conflicting as in the case of eating brisket on a meatless day in Lent, but it’s NEVER BORING around here.  Happy Easter to all and a Guten Pesach too – (for some reason, they get to celebrate for a week ) while we have had 40 days of  not eating our favorite foods and only one day of celebration – EASTER.

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The Special Second Night Seder

Posted in BY THE WAY, Friends, New York Speaks, Only in New York, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on March 31, 2010| Leave a Comment »

I didn’t think there was anymore to be said about Passover and Seders BUT…last night we were invited to attend a Second Night Seder at Ruth and Steve’s lovely home in Larchmont.  What a treat! This Seder being the second night ONLY had about 30 people – wow and I was told that there were about 60 people the night before.  Before dinner there were bowls of chopped liver and hard boiled egg to be spread on Matzah.

Chopped liver, hard boiled egg, Passover Seder Matzah, appetizer

Pass the Chopped Liver Please

Elegant place settings at 4 huge round tables replete with individual Kiddush cups, baskets of Matzah with covers, a Seder plate on each table and then our host led us through a very traditional Passover ceremony.  Children are blessings and special attention is given to them during the Passover ceremony.  Last night we listened to Judah, who is ONLY 2 1/2 years old recite one of the Four Questions and join in the singing of some of the festive songs in Hebrew! He was a delight at the table and so well-behaved.  The food was delicious and made with our hostess’ recipes some of them handed down from her mother.  There was brisket, roast turkey, stuffed breast of veal, two kinds of kugel, roasted cauliflower, tsimmis, Schmura Matzah and more.

Don't make a big tsimmis over it, carrots, prunes, Seder Passover
Tsimmis

An entire table was laden with decadent desserts and fresh fruit.  It should come as no surprise to my readers that this special meaningful Seder was hosted by Ellen’s sister! We were thrilled to receive the invitation and were sent home with a care package large enough for dinner tonight AND a box of Matzel Toff. And starting tomorrow we move into Easter mode, oh this week is a caloric nightmare.  I have been eating all of the Nestle crunch chocolate eggs that I didn’t put in Finley’s Easter Basket.  But enough, Dayenu!

You can find out about Matzel Toff  at http://matzeltoff.com

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