blackeyedsusan

Oh, you guys are making me feel really inferior! I've been crazy busy at work and just got home (left a little early to make the trip to the grocery store), but I'll be cooking all evening and tomorrow -- and what am I doing? I'm on CC! But I do have an excuse -- I came to look at the wonderful recipes you've been posting so I know what ingredients to buy at the grocery store.

Marilyn

I must amend my hard boiled egg recipe by saying that you should NOT finish by letting a wave of boiling hot water fly over the edge of the sink and onto your leg, causing a second degree burn the size of the palm of your hand. Although several hours later it's surprisingly not painful and I have a burn cream from the doctor who didn't even make me come to the office. And it's a good excuse for DH to finish much of the cleaning.

I still plan to make the soup and the sponge cake tonight - small seder here tomorrow for 7 people total. I am used to big seders though - my dad was the Hillel director at a state university.

We're going to test a pomegranate-juice marinated leg of lamb recipe I found online - don't want to recommend it til we try it! Everything else is tried and true.

jym626

^^^OOWWWWW Marilyn! Hope you are ok. My goal tonight is to set the table and make the kugel (and get the house cleaned up- thats the biggest chore). I want to hear about the lamb! that sounds wonderful!

runnersmom

Likewise, Marilyn, I hope you're ok. 5 quarts of charoses is in the fridge, eggs and shank bone are roasted and horseradish root is peeled and sliced for the Sedar plate. Tomorrow I roast the honey chicken, defrost the brisket and make a gravy...you know what I love most about the Sedar...I get to sit down!! (only kidding)

2forcollege

Wow you guys are so organized! I have the tradition of making almost everything the day of and thankfully, tomorrow we are at my friend's house. So Sunday will be my big day! I think I've bought just about everything I need, except of course the Mother's sticks.

I was so exhausted from all the cleaning and cabinet/refridgerator shifting, I will confess to totally cheating for Shabbat dinner tonight. I ordered Italian and had my daughter and the others she brought home with her from college sit outside on the patio with us for one last bread dinner. It's amazing how good pasta can taste when you know you won't be getting it for the next week!

On the agenda for tomorrow: Charoset (Persian style), Tabrizi meatballs, sweet potato souffle' and moving furniture. I bought fabric remnents to make small pillows, so hopefully I can put my group of college students to work tomorrow on that. (Isn't it funny I'm still planning arts and crafts activities for their playdates???)

icesk8mom

Glad to see this thread is back up and running....my story....I bought a nice shank bone a few weeks ago, only to loan it to the Hebrew School for the mock Seder....and didn't get it back. Fortunately, after I thought about it, I realized I had one deep in the freezer, unused (and very well wrapped) from last year (somehow, I had gotten two). Phew....now if I had only remembered to buy the horseradish...

My table is set. I tried a "new " (for me) silver cleaning method--hot water, baking soda and salt in an aluminum pan. Works like a charm! Much easier than traditional polish.

VeryHappy

Freeeeeeeeking out . . . Too much to do! . . . . .

But, I need to get the heck out of here, so I'm off to the gym.

After I finish making a copy of a children's haggadah, for the only child (3-yr-old) who's coming.

LIMOMOF2

Ok, I just finished making up my candy platter - it looks nice and festive. The only problem is I thought I bought enough candy for two platters, but I did not! Now I have to go back to the supermarket so I can make up platter number 2. D ended up being invited to a friend's seder tomorrow night as well. I just hope the candy supply at the supermarket hasn't disappeared. It wasn't looking so good the other day. Wish me luck!

Happy Passover to all who are celebrating!

jym626

Good luck with the passover candy-- if you cant find any, you can get maccaroons . Fruit is probably fine too.

LIMOMOF2

Thanks jym626 - I included maccaroons on my original platter (love them, by the way). I told D that if I can't find candy, I was giving a nice spring plant to her other friend's mom. She was fine with that. I don't like to send fruit around here because it seems like everyone orders those beautiful cut fruit bowls - you know, the ones that have fruit cut into flower shapes, plus chocolate-dipped strawberries. Fruit is great, but if you have too much, it ends up going bad.

VeryHappy

Whoosh. Eighteen people didn't eat 19 pounds of brisket. Now what??!!

jym626

^^^ Nineteen pounds of brisket????? What the .... Did you just park a cow onthe table or something?? Holy cow! (ohh, I made a little funny ) Well, no matter- take it over to Siners Alley-- they can serve it up for Mootie's virtual birthday party. Leftover brisket and day old beer. Perfect.

bethievt

Haha jym

My gefilte fish came out GREAT this year, my best batch ever! My hubby says, "no one makes gefilte fish" and he's the "real Jew" in the family, but it beats the gray stuff in the jar by several miles.

VeryHappy

Mazel tov, Bethie. Myself, I can't stand the stuff, but hey -- whatever floats your boat.

My brisket was praised as tasting like "butter." All my adult guests applauded my dinner. I'm exhausted, but feeling really good!

worrywart

Congrats on the brisket, VH. Since hubby calls brisket "a corned beef gone wrong," I always serve glazed corned beef at my seder.