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Shavuot (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.

Date: 2004-05-25 05:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fj.livejournal.com
One has to wonder just how long cheesecake has been around -- I don't picture this as having been celebrated this way druing one of the 40-year jaunts in the dessert.

Date: 2004-05-25 05:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] teddywolf.livejournal.com
I decided to make mac'n'cheese from scratch today, for the very first time. Came out well, too.

Date: 2004-05-26 09:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spwebdesign.livejournal.com
Isn't manna really a codeword for cheesecake? <grin>

Date: 2004-05-28 05:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magid.livejournal.com
Yummmmm....
Mac'n'cheese in just about any form is good to me :-)

Date: 2004-05-28 05:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magid.livejournal.com
Except that there really can be too much cheesecake, far more quickly than some other foods....

Maybe manna was intermittently cheesecake?
:-)

Date: 2004-05-28 05:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] magid.livejournal.com
True enough. The tradition of eating dairy is because this is when the rest of the law was given, so they find out they've not been keeping kosher (eek!), and it's easier/faster to get some dairy food together than it is to get some meat food together for the celebration.
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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