Happy Passover!

[rachelmanija]

Here, have a totally inappropriate icon.

This morning the cable guy arrived to turn on my internet (long story), saying, "This will take 20 minutes!"

It took him two and a half hours. Including crawling around in my basement AND my closet. Poor guy.

I now have to buy charoset ingredients. Anyone have a favorite recipe? (Ashkenazi tradition, probably - I don't like raisins, figs, or dates.)

Comments

[rosefox]

Our recipe is something like "put some apples and pecans and walnuts--or just pecans, or just walnuts--and some raisins--or maybe currants, I like currants--and some red wine and powdered cinnamon in the food processor and chop them up until it looks like charoset, then taste and add a bit more wine and a dash more cinnamon and maybe a splash of apple cider if it's not apple-y enough" if that helps any.

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

Our recipe is super easy - chop walnuts and apples until it's a mush (think mortar) and add some red wine to moisten. Taste - if not sweet enough, add some sugar.

[branna.livejournal.com]

If you have extra after making it, could we pretty please have some? The relatives we usually do Passover with are in Singapore and we have been complete fail about finding anywhere to go for the holiday. I am feeling the lack.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Want to spend it with Halle, her fiance, and me? I just checked with them and it's OK. (It will be VERY informal.)

[branna.livejournal.com]

Actually, I'd love to, as long as my other half can come too! What time?

[branna.livejournal.com]

Whoops, meant to stick this under your previous reply...

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes, I did of course ask on both your behalfs. I'm going over at 5:30 to help cook, but we officially begin at 7:30 or so.

Please bring a bottle of wine.

[branna.livejournal.com]

Sure, thank you! Does it need to be kosher/kosher-for-Passover wine, or will any wine do?

Also, could you please email address, etc. under separate cover? I don't remember exactly where Halle's place is.

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

Any decent drinking wine will do.

Emailing to manda jacki.

[rayechu.livejournal.com]

I don't like wine so we skipped it in the batch we made last night. 3 aples, 1 1/2 cups walnuts, big spoon scoop of brown sugar, cinnamon, and honey. It tasted good to me, but what do I know having never had it before.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Happy Passover!

[coraa.livejournal.com]

Happy Passover!

I have no recipe (I'm still feeling this stuff out), but I have been known to stir just a small spoonful of the horseradish in to the charoset, since we have it around for Passover anyway. It doesn't make the charoset taste horseradish-y (there's not enough for that), but it adds a certain something.