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Look, I made my own!
ETA: You can follow my adventures on Instagram, I'm updating live.
I attempted to do it in 18 minutes while having a Zoom chat with friends. This was beset by a number of technical difficulties. But I emerged with both the chat and the matzah!
My neighbor left a bottle of wine for me, hidden on her doorstep between two planters. Today I am going to attempt matzah ball soup (with the homemade broth she also left for me), charoset (I crushed pistachio nuts yesterday with a rolling pin while watching Mr. Robot), and crisp-braised duck legs with all the root vegetables that have been sadly lurking in my fridge or cabinets for much too long.
This pandemic combined with my chest freezer has made me WAY better at not wasting food. Previously I didn't have room to freeze much, and also had a lot more distractions. All the same, I selected the duck recipe specifically to use up beets, etc, which are otherwise going to go bad.
The turnips are a lost cause - everyone says they become very bitter once they start sprouting, and they look like a forest. I think I'm going to plant them instead, and get turnip greens.
Chag sameach!
ETA: You can follow my adventures on Instagram, I'm updating live.
I attempted to do it in 18 minutes while having a Zoom chat with friends. This was beset by a number of technical difficulties. But I emerged with both the chat and the matzah!
My neighbor left a bottle of wine for me, hidden on her doorstep between two planters. Today I am going to attempt matzah ball soup (with the homemade broth she also left for me), charoset (I crushed pistachio nuts yesterday with a rolling pin while watching Mr. Robot), and crisp-braised duck legs with all the root vegetables that have been sadly lurking in my fridge or cabinets for much too long.
This pandemic combined with my chest freezer has made me WAY better at not wasting food. Previously I didn't have room to freeze much, and also had a lot more distractions. All the same, I selected the duck recipe specifically to use up beets, etc, which are otherwise going to go bad.
The turnips are a lost cause - everyone says they become very bitter once they start sprouting, and they look like a forest. I think I'm going to plant them instead, and get turnip greens.
Chag sameach!
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What, is that like three mitzvot at once?
(Mazel tov!)
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This pandemic combined with my chest freezer has made me WAY better at not wasting food.
OMG SAME. Although we did always have a chest freezer, and I did freeze things. But I have been throwing away WAY less food, planning better to avoid waste, and we now have a compost bucket for all vegetable scraps too. Between that, and just generally trying to reuse or repurpose things rather than throwing them away, I'm pretty sure we've been taking out the trash a lot less than normal.
I hope I can keep this going when we're no longer in a major international health crisis.
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I currently have not yet opened the wine, so am not yet drunk. But I'm about to open it to make the charoset. I have roasted eggs (https://www.food.com/recipe/huevos-haminados-sephardic-jewish-style-eggs-317802) and duck legs and charoset in progress. Have not yet beaten in Donald Trump's skull, I mean, have not yet created matzo meal with which to make the matzo balls for the soup.
It is now 2:30. Seder starts at 5:15. HELP.
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I should drink some wine right now to cope, right?
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What are your thoughts on Mr Robot?
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Have you seen it? If so, can I ask if the dog dies? I'm scared to look that up for fear of getting spoiled for other matters.
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While the fish isn't given such a line, I choose to believe that it's also safe, because the last time we see the fish on screen, reality is a bit metafictional, so I'll choose to believe the last time we see the fish in objective reality is where the fish lives.
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And ooh, turnip greens yum.
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I did a Zoom Seder with family last night with an improvised Seder plate (the contents, I mean). It all went pretty well. But the one major thing I was missing was matzoh; the closest I could manage was water crackers.