PASSOVER 2018

Busy, busy, busy, lots of shopping and making lists. First a trip to the Butcherie to buy Passover holiday kosher kugel and wine. I had a craving for kugel exactly like Bubbe used to make. The Butcherie comes the closest to getting it. I never saw her making kugel. I just ate it: noodle kugel, raison kugel, potato kugel - the hits just keep on coming. I liked everything she made except borscht, but I digress.

My friend and neighbor down the hall, Bette told me her son and his family were going to their father's house in NJ. So we decided to have a Seder. Bette's friend Miriam came, Laurie came, who recently lost her mother and at the last minute, my friend Dorothy decided to come too. I was very pleased.

I was responsible for the chicken soup and the Seder plate. More shopping for produce at Whole Foods on Thursday with Laurie. You can't buy the produce too far in advance that you need for the seder plate - lettuce, horse radish, i.e. bitter herbs and this year, arugula along with parsley. Laurie made fresh salmon with dill and a salad. Bette set the table using her mother's silverware, very shiny, semi-ornate stainless steel. It reminded me of Bubbe's second set of 'Passover' silverware which lived in a wooden box lined with red velvet and only appeared on Passover. Very shiny.  Miriam bought a marble cake for dessert, kosher for Passover. So it was a group effort and turned out really nice.

I went to Kinko's copy and made 4 copies of Roby's Haggadah. I only needed three but I decided to make an extra one. Good thing I did because Dorothy called the day of the Seder asking to come. (I asked her on Tuesday) So all I had to do was make an extra hard boiled egg. I think we used the Maxwell House coffee hagaddah at Bubbe's house which you can still buy on ebay !


April 6th, Friday, Shabbat at sundown:
On the last night of Passover we light the Yahrtzeit candle. Remembering Roby, Shirley, Aunt Ruth and Michael......