bethievt

I made an emergency delivery of matzo to a neighbor yesterday. The stores were all out. I wonder if they think Passover is over after the first night and sell it all off.

momof3sons

I agree bethie! They start clearing the shelves two days into the holiday. Unless, of course, you have access (with a 30 minute drive) to a totally kosher 45,000 sq. ft. supermarket. I made my first trip ever there a few days before Passover and I was clearly the only non-Orthodox person in the place. Talk about feeling conspicuous!

My friends and I exchange Passover cake meal, matzo meal, potato starch, farfel, whatever anyone has purchased in excess of what they've actually needed. It's an unusual exchange program.

VeryHappy

Wow. Now I feel like a slacker! Congratulations to everyone on wonderful meals and wonderful family times.

blackeyedsusan

To jym --

Thanks so much for the Apricot Kugel recipe. I made it for our Seder and it was a hit!

jym626

^^^ Thanks, blackeyedsusan!
It is a relatively easy recipe. I make 2 of them every year-- one gets snarfed down at the seder, and we have one left over for the rest of the week.

Glad you liked the recipe!!! (I use fat free sour cream and fat free cottage cheese, and it comes out great)

jym626

I just made a second, no third batch (made a double batch for the first night) of passover rolls. When they come out right they are almost like brioches inside- almost hollow, slightly dough-y. and you can use them to make sandwiches for lunch the next day. I like them hot out of the oven. I think someone posted a recipe that is very similar to my passover roll recipe, so I didnt post mine. I'll compare the 2 recipes (when I find the one in this LONG thread) and report back!

DukeEgr93

I just had dinner with some folks that said there is no matzo to be found in all of Durham... I told them to treat it like a widespread, corporate version of the afikomen (also, as a Catholic - I'd like to thank Outis and friends for introducing me to the concept of afikomen )

jym626

The passover roll recipe is similar to p3t's passover muffins (post 117), except mine don't have milk, and I use peanut oil (or whatever kosher cooking oil is available) in place of butter. I'll have to get the exact recipe but I am weighted down by matzoh, matzoh balls and one or 2 of these rolls in my tummy and not up to sprinting up/down stairs). This dough is sorta sticky. You coat your hands with oil and form the rolls balls (like snowballs) in your hands. Cook them on a greased cookie sheet at 375 for 50 minutes. Yummy.

worrywart

The more things change the more they... Back when I attended Duke, there was no matzo to be had in all of Durham either.

paying3tuitions

Oh good news, jym626, I'm getting rid of that butter and trying oil instead. Just not tonight...eyelids being held up with toothpicks (no it's not a facelift). Fingers need help just typing the letters. Had a happy time both nights. The only problem with these pot-luck seders is No Leftovers.

At least I have my CC friends and new recipes to try this week, er, starting tomorrow.

Funniest line from a little 8-year-old girl sitting beside me (her first seder ever), as she attempted her first bowl of Matzo Ball Soup. Poor thing, she was sawing away with fork and knife to reduce her matzo ball to bitesize before she even attempted the broth. She looked at me with saucer eyes, saying "This is the first soup I ever needed 3 utensils to eat!"

jym626

LOL p3t!!!

We have one guest who was at her first seder (her grandmother was jewish-- she is here from the Ukraine). We invited an african american family who are friends, but they couldnt make it (though they realy wante to). My H was going to see the H of that family tonight, so I sent one of my "fresh-from-the-oven" rolls. DH didn't bring any jam or butter or anything. I was concerned that it'd be really bland for someone who has never tried this stuff. My h's response "well, it IS the bread of affliction!". No more fresh roll for him!!!

nyumom

I was wondering if it was ok to use non-fat sour cream and cottage cheese for the kugel - now all I have to do is find the non-fat sour cream - the stores seem to be out of that, now.

nyumom

S has been on the lookout for matzoh in Bangor, Maine, but can't seem to find any. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know, and I'll pass it on to him.

paying3tuitions

NYUMOM, Is there a Hillel on a campus? Maybe they have a stash for just this kind of situation.

Or a Chabad house? (uh oh I just went on and on against Chabad on another thread, and here I am pointing to them...obviously they fill a need).

Or, tomorrow during normal office hours, call up a Temple or synagogue secretary in the office, and ask what to do. Bangor has synagogues and some will be open starting tomorrow for these intermediate days of Passover. Or look for their websites and email the rabbi or temple president. Yeah, bother them!

Really, this removal of Matza sounds like the 11th Plague. Terrible. Next year we'll all stock up; it's not like it goes stale or anything. It's born stale.

nyumom

Thanks p3t for all of your wonderful suggestions. I'll definitely pass them on to him. I did suggest trying to get in touch with one of the synagogues, and I didn't think about a University Hillel. I'll suggest that as an option. We enjoy the Yehuda brand matzoh, since we found that some of the other ones had more of a cardboard taste to them.