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Improvised from limited materials, scattered and separated, in a time of plague, living under an evil pharaoh, deciding whether to go with the word or the spirit of the law: this is going to be the most Jewish Passover ever.
I'm doing mine myself for the first time, over Zoom with the friends whose home I would normally be at. I'm not very observant, so I am not being strict AT ALL. Here's my plans and thoughts - please feel free to make suggestions.
I've emailed a neighbor to see if she can give me a bottle of wine, as I only have whiskey, beer, and sake.
I do not have matzo. I'm planning to make my own. In 18 minutes, just to see how that works out.
I have chicken broth and vegetables, but only AP and bread flour. I have eggs and also noodles. Should I attempt to make matzo balls from flour, or do noodles instead? (I think I'd lose my mind making enough matzo to grind into flour, especially as I have neither a food processor nor a mortar.)
I have apples and pistachios, from which I plan to make charoset.
I think I have horseradish sauce somewhere in the fridge. If I don't, what's a good substitute? I have fresh garlic, lots of fresh herbs, and powdered spices.
I have eggs. Has anyone ever tried roasting rather than boiling them?
I have a confit duck leg that I'm going to use for both my main dish and the shank bone. Or I could roast a carrot for the shank bone.
I have parsley and many other herbs.
Please feel free to make suggestions in comments. I'd also love to hear your plans and thoughts on your own Passovers!
ETA: Neighbor is buying me wine (she's hitting Trader Joe's tomorrow morning anyway) and is also leaving me a jar of homemade chicken stock she made yesterday!
I'm doing mine myself for the first time, over Zoom with the friends whose home I would normally be at. I'm not very observant, so I am not being strict AT ALL. Here's my plans and thoughts - please feel free to make suggestions.
I've emailed a neighbor to see if she can give me a bottle of wine, as I only have whiskey, beer, and sake.
I do not have matzo. I'm planning to make my own. In 18 minutes, just to see how that works out.
I have chicken broth and vegetables, but only AP and bread flour. I have eggs and also noodles. Should I attempt to make matzo balls from flour, or do noodles instead? (I think I'd lose my mind making enough matzo to grind into flour, especially as I have neither a food processor nor a mortar.)
I have apples and pistachios, from which I plan to make charoset.
I think I have horseradish sauce somewhere in the fridge. If I don't, what's a good substitute? I have fresh garlic, lots of fresh herbs, and powdered spices.
I have eggs. Has anyone ever tried roasting rather than boiling them?
I have a confit duck leg that I'm going to use for both my main dish and the shank bone. Or I could roast a carrot for the shank bone.
I have parsley and many other herbs.
Please feel free to make suggestions in comments. I'd also love to hear your plans and thoughts on your own Passovers!
ETA: Neighbor is buying me wine (she's hitting Trader Joe's tomorrow morning anyway) and is also leaving me a jar of homemade chicken stock she made yesterday!
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Point: if you're not eating matzah next week, you're not keeping kosher for passover.
Counterpoint: actually, the principle of pikuach nefesh, the saving of a life, means that it's acceptable to eat chametz this week to avoid going to the grocery store.
SUPERPOINT: ACTUALLY, anything that you scrounge together from odds and ends while huddled fearfully in your home, consumed by the dread knowledge that remaining indoors is the only way to prevent plague from wreaking death in your community, is about a MILLION TIMES MORE KOSHER FOR PASSOVER THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE EVER EATEN IN YOUR WHOLE-ASS LIFE.
Stay safe, friends. Chag sameach. May the Angel of Death pass over all of our houses.
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For a fine further exchange in comments.
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LOLOLOLOL.