Ok, still in Irvine (duh, of course!) but no longer as overhwelmed. Now I'm just exhausted from cooking a HUGE Passover meal. We had several cousins and good friends over for dinner tonight and to say "I've been cooking" is an understatement. I didn't really event start until yesterday afternoon, and today we had Michela's softball game and Harrison's baseball game, but somehow I got it all done and the dinner was fabulous, if I do say so myself!
Here's what we had:
Munchies during seder service (which marlon led and everyone participated and it was really nice.): carrots, sugar snap peas, grape tomatoes, hard boiled eggs, and matza w/artichoke dip, hummus, tzadiki dip and cheese spread.
1st course: gefilte fish and chopped liver
next course: homemade (from scratch!) chicken soup with chicken, carrots and passover noodles and of course homemade matza balls
dinner buffet: beef brisket, apricot chicken, potato kugel, baby "new" potatoes (cooked with the brisket), potato kugel, matza stuffing, roasted vegetables (zucchini, mushrooms, red and orange peppers, tomatoes, red onion), steamed green beans
For dessert (which others brought) - ice cream w/chocolate sauce, delicious fruit salad, cool whip, cookies, sponge cake
The kids enjoyed playing with their cousins and we had a great evening.
Maybe I'll have the time and energy to post the cruise pictures tomorrow.... AFTER I clean up my kitchen (every pot is out, all the china and crystal needs to be handwashed, the table linens need to be washed, etc.)
If you are one of my Jewish friends/family, Happy Passover!
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Gefilte fish and chopped liver??? This tradition stuff can be a real bear.
Whew! I'm worn out just reading about all that cooking! Glad you all had a nice time!
Barbara--You REALLY overdo with the menu!!! I don't know ANYBODY who serves so many v varieties of food. All the people I know do the following--
Maybe chopped liver and one other thing as people gather. When we sit down a salad size plate is on the table with the symbolic foods--hard boiled egg,parsley & a votive candle holder with salt water, portion of choroces and gafilter fish. That is the first course-symbolic foods eaten at ritual time. Next a bowl of chicken soup with matza ball. Then the meal I can never eat --I'm full--deserts TRY THAT NEXT YEAR. YOU ARE KILLING YOUR SELF
PLEASE SLOW DOOWN I'm not kidding-- there is just so much one human can do and you are doing as much as 2 people. Even if you can beat it it take i'ts tole and some day you will suddenly run OUT and have to stop
Barbara--You REALLY overdo with the menu!!! I don't know ANYBODY who serves so many v varieties of food. All the people I know do the following--
Maybe chopped liver and one other thing as people gather. When we sit down a salad size plate is on the table with the symbolic foods--hard boiled egg,parsley & a votive candle holder with salt water, portion of choroces and gafilter fish. That is the first course-symbolic foods eaten at ritual time. Next a bowl of chicken soup with matza ball. Then the meal I can never eat --I'm full--deserts TRY THAT NEXT YEAR. YOU ARE KILLING YOUR SELF
PLEASE SLOW DOOWN I'm not kidding-- there is just so much one human can do and you are doing as much as 2 people. Even if you can beat it it take i'ts tole and some day you will suddenly run OUT and have to stop
Barbara--You REALLY overdo with the menu!!! I don't know ANYBODY who serves so many v varieties of food. All the people I know do the following--
Maybe chopped liver and one other thing as people gather. When we sit down a salad size plate is on the table with the symbolic foods--hard boiled egg,parsley & a votive candle holder with salt water, portion of choroces and gafilter fish. That is the first course-symbolic foods eaten at ritual time. Next a bowl of chicken soup with matza ball. Then the meal I can never eat --I'm full--deserts TRY THAT NEXT YEAR. YOU ARE KILLING YOUR SELF
PLEASE SLOW DOOWN I'm not kidding-- there is just so much one human can do and you are doing as much as 2 people. Even if you can beat it it take i'ts tole and some day you will suddenly run OUT and have to stop
Barbara,
You did very good - the meal on sunday was delicious!!
Thank you, anonymous, for your concern about how hard I worked. I appreciate that you care! I was fine, though, and it's the way I grew up and the way we have always done the Jewish holidays. Up until tonight (so for 3 or 4 days) we have had a wide variety of delicious foods for lunch and dinner and I haven't had to cook anything new. That's the flip side of working hard on the weekend! :)
Who are you, by the way?
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