Passover seder

[judecorp]

We went to a Passover seder at Emily and Michael's today. You would think that after four years of college on Long Island that I would have attended a Passover seder before, but you would be wrong. I did get an introduction to matzoh and dreidels, though. (Cut me some slack, I went to Catholic school for 13 years.)

Anyway, it was a good time. Emily's dad, sister, brother, and brother's girlfriend (I think that's who she was) were there, and her son was there also. We weren't the only goy because Michael isn't Jewish, but Emily's pretty much a humanist with Jew leanings and her whole family is pretty irreverent anyway. They had paper plates with Easter bunnies on them and they passed out Peeps with dinner, and there was a lot of amusing irreverent commentary throughout. ("They tried to kill us, we didn't die, let's eat.")

It was kind of weird to eat what I pretty much think is the most unhealthy home-cooked meal I've eaten in a long while. Since everything was matzoh-riffic it was chock full of white carbs, and I ate tons and tons and tons of fruit with very little protein or anything to balance it out (since I don't do gefilte and the brisket was tasty but I don't really eat beef so I have to be really careful with it - my body's not used to it and it makes my tummy hurt!). And then... the candy went around. Macaroons and chocolate covered marshmallows and Peeps and Easter M&Ms and a couple of Passover-safe cakes and this one desserty thing that I think was called "charlotte matzoh" or "matzoh charlotte" and was kind of like an apple/raisin pie made of matzoh. Holy lead in my stomach, Batman! We also drank a ton of "wine" which was half grape juice, half seltzer... and I usually only drink water so it was a sugar bomb.

The baby, however, was dancing up a storm all freaking afternoon and evening. I hope I didn't kill her!

~//~

Tomorrow we revisit the gorgefest at Easter dinner with my family. There will be less desserts, no candy (that I know of), and I will have lots of water to drink, but still... there's guaranteed to be lots of mashed potatoes (*drool*) and it's my uncle's birthday so there will certainly be cake involved. OINK!

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[cappucinogrrl.livejournal.com]

"They tried to kill us, we didn't die, let's eat." - That's the joke - every Jewish holiday summed up. Interchangeable with "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat".

Our seders are a bit less Easter happy! We'd never have Easter candy, there are too many good Jewish desserts as is!

(I also think it's funny that you went to Emily and Michael's - my brother's name is Michael.)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

That's funny that you guys are Emily and Michael, too. (But you're not married or having a baby together, which is good.)

So what kinds of Jewish desserts are there? I ask because Emily's dad brought this cake that seemed to be coated with marzipan and the cake itself was made with potato starch (I didn't try it). There was that sort of "matzoh pie" that was quite tasty. And macaroons of course, if you like coconut. (I don't, but can usually enjoy one macaroon, but there was so much junk food yesterday that I didn't push it.)

Once with a friend I had some noodle kugel (sp?) and it was kind of sweet, but I don't know if it's considered a dessert. And I don't know if it's a Passover dish or not.

[amyura.livejournal.com]

Potato starch is pretty much interchangeable with corn starch or regular flour. I make pudding and bread with potato starch and it comes out delicious.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm sure! Like potato bread, which I /love/. I just try not to eat a lot of that stuff because I've been doing a pretty low-GI diet ever since I started working on the PCOS stuff.

Since I'd already eaten 20 lbs of matzoh, I didn't see the need to add the potato starch on top. :)

[cappucinogrrl.livejournal.com]

A lot of delis/bakeries have stuff already made for Passover. There's this 7 layer cake thing where all the layers are like, 3 centimeters, and it's delicious.

There's also Halavah, which is made out of sesame. (Have you had it? It's year round dessert, but kosher for passover too.) There definitely also macaroons, and I know they can come in a variety of flavors besides coconut.

I have never seen matzah in a dessert. Ever. But since I don't really like matzah, I'm okay with that.

Noodle kugel isn't usually considered dessert, and it's definitely not a Passover dish. My mom makes the best noodle kugel ever. We fight over who gets to take home the leftovers. But she doesn't make it for Passover :-(

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Hrm. I will have to try more Passover desserts. Because we all know I love dessert!

I didn't think kugel was a dessert per se, but my friend Julie used to make it and it was pretty sweet. So it's kind of desserty to me.

Make me some Jew food!

[amyura.livejournal.com]

Since everything was matzoh-riffic

ROFL is all I have to say.

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

I do sure love me some matzoh. I always hope that my body has forgotten just how much it likes all of those white starches, but then I see some and it just kicks into overdrive.

MMMMMMMMMM.