Next year Jerusalem
Remember when I said I was going to post more consistently? Yeah. ::Slightly hysterical laughter:: Anyhow, let's try it again and see how long I last before I get bored, get busy and/or forget to post again.
Happy holiday of your choice to everyone who had one last weekend! I had a surprisingly busy holiday schedule myself attending not one, but two Seders.
Seder number one was at the home of an acquaintance from Talmud studies and it was a very formal affair. Fancy clothes, fancy table cloth, and two-and-a-half hour long reading before we even got to the dinner. It was made even longer by that one guy who could not stop interjecting random asides every other minute. I was about ready to strangle him by the time we hit the four children, let alone the actual story. Anyhow, the food, a lamb stew, was excellent.
Seder number two was at my co-worker's house and flew by with their half-hour Haggadah. They're vegetarians so the main course was roast matzoh balls and carrots in an apricot sauce and the shank bone was actually a plastic dinosaur called Shanky. I baked my very first cake for the occasion. Yes, it was a kosher for Passover box mix, but I still felt quite accomplished. All that Nailed It! paid off because I knew a) how to grease the pan so it slid out easily and b) to chill it before frosting. Next step, attempting to make one from scratch, although probably not with matzoh meal.
Next year Jerusalem!
Happy holiday of your choice to everyone who had one last weekend! I had a surprisingly busy holiday schedule myself attending not one, but two Seders.
Seder number one was at the home of an acquaintance from Talmud studies and it was a very formal affair. Fancy clothes, fancy table cloth, and two-and-a-half hour long reading before we even got to the dinner. It was made even longer by that one guy who could not stop interjecting random asides every other minute. I was about ready to strangle him by the time we hit the four children, let alone the actual story. Anyhow, the food, a lamb stew, was excellent.
Seder number two was at my co-worker's house and flew by with their half-hour Haggadah. They're vegetarians so the main course was roast matzoh balls and carrots in an apricot sauce and the shank bone was actually a plastic dinosaur called Shanky. I baked my very first cake for the occasion. Yes, it was a kosher for Passover box mix, but I still felt quite accomplished. All that Nailed It! paid off because I knew a) how to grease the pan so it slid out easily and b) to chill it before frosting. Next step, attempting to make one from scratch, although probably not with matzoh meal.
Next year Jerusalem!