Gifted Gourmet

I'd say that would be the point -- freeze the jelly rings -- risk breaking a tooth, but less risk of tasting them! This reminds me of one Passover store-bought cake which tasted dreadful at room temperature but a bit better when ice cold .. killed the off cloying, artificial taste perhaps! We laughed hysterically at this fact ... alacarte, this made me laugh as well:marshmallows made with fish gelatin. Gefilte Marshmallows!! For this we left slavery in Egypt?? richw: The Barton chews with the whole almond in the center are my favorite passover candy. Now those were good but they pulled out any loose dental work in one's mouth ... Ah, the Perils 'o' Pesach are as myriad as the Plagues visited upon the Egyptians! Have a marvelous, liberating, celebration of freedom from tyranny wherever it may occur, happy and healthy Passover!!

Doesn't the addition of the chopped up chocolate jelly rings into the cold ice cream make them more brittle and less tasty, Jason?

Penicillin, huh? Quite an upgrade in the candy domain!! Have begun to nibble at the stashed Pesach candy since I read this thread.... not a good thing whatsoever!!

An oriental lansman? The soy cake sounded so good!! At least your mother was a "worst cook" ... mine didn't even make the effort at that dubious title!!

Don't know about how many "genitles" it feeds (is Doctor Freud in the house today??) but I do prepare meals for my seders using the formula that one seder meal should realistically feed the entire population of Long Island ..... Just Long Island? Not the entire metropolitan NY area? And you call yourself a jewish mother? I have to think of the cost/benefit ratio here, bloviatrix, even a Jewish Mother is a pragmatist when it comes to "volume feeding"....

Which reminds me of a friend who had her recipes stored meticulously in her safe deposit box at the bank to be used by her two daughters when they achieved adulthood ... talk about ego!! Loved your article and swear you and I were separated at birth .... it was my house and mother to a T ... I thought for the longest time that all meals came in little divided tin trays from Swanson's ... were we being accorded our rights under the provisions of the Geneva Convention? So I am a first generation culinarily competent person .... if you wish to read how I became the channeler for Brillat Savarin, read my article at atlantacuisine.com to which I will be posting a link shortly ... here it is: http://www.atlantacuisine.com/passionatepalate/bio.html truly, separated at birth!

Don't know about how many "genitles" it feeds (is Doctor Freud in the house today??) but I do prepare meals for my seders using the formula that one seder meal should realistically feed the entire population of Long Island .....

I have a little bit of an idea of what I'm in for. I think these people do a bit of a Reader's Digest Condensed version, so perhaps I'll be spared. It really is not that bad, Al .... It is just a story, some blessings, and then one can eat .. obviously, this will be the Cliff Notes version so they'll skip the part that drags after dinner, hopefully .. then it all ends mercifully with a hearty "Next year in Jerusalem" ... you might even enjoy it!!

And those chocolate covered gels? orange peels? Is there anything one can't coat with that carwax chocolate veneer?? oh yeah, brisket!!

I am in hysterics over this comment!! My mother makes a point of remarking to guests that it was my father's family introduced the shmushing to our family So, is this meant to imply that it is a genetically acquired trait passed down on one's paternal side of the family? Or, rather a learned behavior? The scientist in me wants to know the details ... lest it be mentioned at our dysfunctional but oh so p.c. seder!!

I am in hysterics over this comment!!

I just peeked into the freezer. I don't think it's been this empty since....last Pesach. The fridge is equally empty as all the half full condiment jars have been tossed. Since so much of the Pesach stuff is lacking, I stick with fresh fruit and nuts. But, my mil has a source for amazing butter crunch which I find myself jonsing for. One year we were down to a half jar of old mint jelly (presumably destined to be part of a lamb dinner festival here) and a half box of stale yellow cheese crackers ... it was pathetic ... Tomorrow, purchasing dairy products and produce for the Sunday cooking to begin in earnest ... Recipe for the matzo butter crunch is on my desk as it is with the Apple Matzoh Kugel ... sugar fix anyone??

Check back through this thread to see what happened to my David Copperfield Passover noodles one year and why I am reticent to try them again ... make a thin crepe omelet and slice it into strips.. just as good as noodles...

Many thanks for validating my choices as mentioned earlier, Ellen! I sometimes think it is only me who finds some of the Passover food offerings lacking ... Koppers and Barton's are in my pantry already and I have even gotten "into" the chocolate covered almonds because there "is nothing interesting left in the house to eat" ....

Not fruit roll ups .... check these out .... http://www.manischewitz.com/docs/man_624.shtml http://www.bissingers.com/category/detail/...l.php?item=3656

Except that corn sweeteners are not kosher for Passover ... they use other things ... for an equally dreadful effect ...

With last year's being the absolute worst candy known to civilized man ever ... how they ever thought they could pass them off on the hapless consumer is beyond me .... like I said, this year one last chance in my house!!!

Cakewalk does know whereof she speaks .. it is an egregious affront to the tender tastebuds already scalded by the steaming chicken soup ...

Since we are talkin' tishpishti here, let's just note that for some Yiddish speakers, the phrase can be loosely translated as "pee on the table" .... could I make such a thing up even?? But then there is a legitimate recipe which actually looks pretty simple, and even clothier would have to admit, albeit grudgingly, that it has a marvelous sweet taste and moist texture ... http://www.parenthood.com/recipe_display.html?ID=19464

What's dis? It has to be something god awful tasting, like fruitcake right? Some Passover candy is fine ... the Barton's candy offerings are marvelous and are kosher for Passover ... on the other hand, many other types of Passover candy are horrific ... coated with sugar, waxy and tasteless chocolates, etc. Depends on who makes it .... Koppers makes a line of chocolate coated nuts, etc., which I do enjoy .... last year the worst choice was Manischewitz Fruit Slices ... they had zero fruit flavor and had a hard sugar coating all over them ... this year, I note with no small amount of joy, the fruit slices have the words "New" and "Improved Flavor" emblazoned on the wrappers ... someone must have complained other than yours truly ... so, sucker that I am, I bought them once again .. when I open them next week, the truth will be apparent I daresay ...

Given the context in which the "roasted egg" appears in the seder, we too chop the egg and add a bit of salt water to it ... it is not particularly distasteful, if not overcooked, and everyone is starving by that time of night ... it works for us!

and, sad to say, I just may have been such a kid .... and not of the Chad Gadya variety!! Fortunately, under the guidance of wise rabbis who shall remain nameless, I learned the "error of my ways" and have reformed ... no, wait, I was Reformed, now more aware of the ramifications of kashrut ....

You realize that we are getting into a kind of rhythm here, Katie! Who will split San Francisco Bay beneath the Golden Gate Bridge so that we may pass-over into the "promised land" that is hippie heaven, namely Berkeley?? Perhaps Alice Waters (no pun intended??) will split the Bay?? and how shall we make our journey with our alfalfa sprouts tucked beneath our arms and our trendy Chez Panisse seasonal produce on our backs?

Could be. Stranger things have happened I would consider it a distinct honor to be even remotely related to such a wine afficianado, Katie! Now trying to decide on whether it would be totally p.c. of me to try out the California charoset variation among the myriad variations possible, and we could offer it in a hottub to recall our days of slavery in Marin! ..

With the possible exception of the non-Passover Lipton Onion Soup Mix, the noodle kugel, and the First Baptist Church, I can see your points here, Robyn .... otherwise, I actually do slice up the brisket and let the meat sit in the sauce ....