Shavuot food
May. 25th, 2004 06:57 pmShavuot (the "Feast of Weeks" (since we counted seven weeks since Passover), also celebrating the giving of the law) starts tonight. It's a short holiday, just two days (outside Israel). There are two main traditions: staying up all night learning Torah (something I'm no longer able to do, or now acknowledge I can't do, or something), and eating dairy products, especially cheesecake. Happily, Trader Joe's carries some very nice cheesecake, since I can't seem to bring myself to make it.
At this point, I'm just cooking/preparing whatever comes to mind, and I'll sort it into meals as the time comes. So, multi-grain challah rolls; artichokes; sauteed eggplant, onion, red pepper, and maybe some spicy red pepper-and-eggplant sauce; scallion quiches (again made with farmer cheese); fresh pineapple and blueberries; tiny Brussels sprouts; and green salad with feta or blue cheese.
It being a holiday (and not Shabbat), I can cook (on an already-lit flame) if I need to (also carry; it doesn't matter that the eruv's down), so if something comes to mind later, I can make it. I prefer to have as much done in advance as possible, though.
Chag sameach to those who celebrate it, and enjoy midweek to the rest of you.
At this point, I'm just cooking/preparing whatever comes to mind, and I'll sort it into meals as the time comes. So, multi-grain challah rolls; artichokes; sauteed eggplant, onion, red pepper, and maybe some spicy red pepper-and-eggplant sauce; scallion quiches (again made with farmer cheese); fresh pineapple and blueberries; tiny Brussels sprouts; and green salad with feta or blue cheese.
It being a holiday (and not Shabbat), I can cook (on an already-lit flame) if I need to (also carry; it doesn't matter that the eruv's down), so if something comes to mind later, I can make it. I prefer to have as much done in advance as possible, though.
Chag sameach to those who celebrate it, and enjoy midweek to the rest of you.
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Date: 2004-05-25 05:25 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-26 09:03 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-28 05:03 am (UTC)Maybe manna was intermittently cheesecake?
:-)
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Date: 2004-05-28 05:07 am (UTC)I don't know when it morphed into cheesecake especially; much much later...
(I just can't resist: if they've got 40 year jaunts in the dessert, you'd think they'd come up with cheesecake ;-)
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Date: 2004-05-25 05:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-05-28 05:02 am (UTC)Mac'n'cheese in just about any form is good to me :-)