By Good Friday, D. and I couldn't take the no-bread-diet anymore and we broke down in a moment of weakness and went to an Italian restaurant. I had bread and linguini with white clam sauce. I rationalized it by saying this was an appropriate meal for the holy day. I then rationalized that we would continue observing Passover at home. Oy vey.
I'm always going to be a shiksa. And proud of it.
On Easter, I invited my parents over for an early dinner. I made it a blend of Easter/Passover and it totally worked:
- Turkey, no stuffing, because matzah stuffing is kind of icky and I had other things in mind. So I stuffed the cavities with slices of orange and bunches of parsley. I know it sounds really gross to talk about the cavities of fowl.
- Mashed taters (duh).
- Steamed asparagus, with a mustard-lemon-olive oil sauce on the side.
- Steamed baby carrots.
- Mom made a fruit salad of oranges, pineapple, apple, dates and coconut. I love that.
- Greek Leek Patties, which apparently are a traditional Passover dish from way back before the day. This is what I was most excited about. I love Joan Nathan. She has saved me from getting matzah-belly! I was in an easy-prep mode so I used potato pancake mix and got some pre-cleaned and sliced up leeks! If you have ever worked with leeks you know this is HUGE. All I had to do was dice and parboil in salt water and throw them in the mix and fry 'em up. Yum.
- Grandma's chocolate mousse recipe. Oh my goodness, Grandma. It was pure fat and required four bowls to make but it was so good and unlike the other recipes I can find:
1 cup heavy cream, whipped. 4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted with a tablespoon of butter. Two eggs, separated. 2 cups of sugar, divided. 1 tsp. dark rum, 2 Tsp. cold coffee (I think.) If you know mousse then you can figure out how to assemble it using four bowls and a mixer for about 30 minutes. Ha!
I just can't believe how quickly we broke passover. As my goishe great aunts would say, "Land-o-Goshen!"
I will have to perform many mitzvot to make up for this. But see, I'm doing my part for world peace, people.
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