Passover stuff done

[richardf8]

Cooked the last of the chametz tonight.

Prepped Haroseth (Sunflower seeds, apple, figs, MD Blackberry wine)

Prepped a gluten-free layered spinach and yam Kugel. I think the yam mixture may have been too dry, so it my not be as visually stunning as I had hoped.

Lamb for the second night will be picked up that day.

Am not balking at eating Kitniyot this year.

Comments

[grassyneal.livejournal.com]

I salute your efforts!

Naturally, I had to wikilookup terms to catch up. Haroseth is sort of a paste, right? I think I saw a TV show a while back that suggested the sandwich might have had at least one of its origins from a paste like that spread over some matzo. I imagine that paste would have to soak in a bit, if your sandwich isn't going to snap into many pieces after the first bite..

[richardf8]

A hillel sandwich (comprising haroseth, horseradish, matza, and, at my house, lamb) DOES snap into pieces. Part of the whole "bread of our affliction" thing. But sandwiches occur elsewhere in the talmud. In a discussion of what the briefest grace-after-meals would need to contain, there's a story of a shepherd who folds a bit of meat into some pita eats and then blesses with a short prayer.