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Tonight starts the last two days of Pesach; I'm hosting dinner tonight.
Hm. Rather a lot with the alliums.
About the ( citrus. )
I saw a post in a food community that referred to the Pesach food restrictions as a 'fast.' It took me a little while to figure out what the writer meant, because in Judaism, a fast is no food nor water for X hours (ranging from daylight hours to 25 hours). I've heard of other kinds of fasting (for Xtianity with the meatless Fridays or the $something-less Lent, and so on, or health-based minimal-food days or weeks, etc), but none of them are definitions I'd use for Jewishly-significant days. And definitely not for Pesach, with so many mandated feasts. The seder is the most obvious, of course, but there are many seudot through the eight days, and fasting (in the Jewish sense) is prohibited. I wonder about the background of the writer.
- matza, grape liquid
- eggplant caponata, pickles, olives
- baked Camembert with date-nut spread and slivered almonds, to smear on matza
- three-onion matza brie (caramelized onions, caramelized leeks, fresh scallions)
- green salad with hearts of palm, mandarin oranges, feta, and possibly caramelized alliums
- steamed broccoli
- roasted carrots and beets
- cranberry-citrus compote (innards and a bit of peel from grapefruit, lemons, limes, oranges, and tangelos)
- chocolate-dipped peel (see above for kinds)
- dried fruit
- spiced walnuts
Hm. Rather a lot with the alliums.
About the ( citrus. )
I saw a post in a food community that referred to the Pesach food restrictions as a 'fast.' It took me a little while to figure out what the writer meant, because in Judaism, a fast is no food nor water for X hours (ranging from daylight hours to 25 hours). I've heard of other kinds of fasting (for Xtianity with the meatless Fridays or the $something-less Lent, and so on, or health-based minimal-food days or weeks, etc), but none of them are definitions I'd use for Jewishly-significant days. And definitely not for Pesach, with so many mandated feasts. The seder is the most obvious, of course, but there are many seudot through the eight days, and fasting (in the Jewish sense) is prohibited. I wonder about the background of the writer.