SlitheyTove

Last year I got them "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" and it was a complete, total hit. It's one of their favorite study breaks.

I want to get myself a special prize for actually doing all the work and planning for Passover. Last time I was in Target, there were Wii consoles and Wii Fits just sitting there in the electronics department, looking lonesome and unloved. Hmmmmm......

worrywart

Too funny. I also gave The Complete Calvin and Hobbes one year. So many fond memories. Sniff. Sniff.

VeryHappy

I thought the official prize for finding the afikomen was grandpa's money.

PRJ

LOL, VeryHappy. That is true in our family! When we don't go to Grandpa's house, my H hands out silver dollars - significantly LESS than they get from Grandpa!

jnrsmom

Well, this looks like my kind of site. Haven't read the first 17 pages, but will hang around since Passover is less than 2 weeks away. One question......what do kids in college do for Passover - eat at Hillel or do some schools provide at least matzo?

Chedva

We visited a couple of schools during Passover. All had matzah available in the dining halls.

wjb

And at some schools Hillel offers KP meals for the entire week.

mommusic

I wish I were a student again. That would be the life...minimal cleaning and all Passover meals provided!

wjb

Never thought of it that way,mm, but yeah. I actually don't mind some of the cleaning. At least the kitchen cabinets and refrigerator get cleaned thoroughly once a year and I don't keep bottles of hoisin sauce that expired in 1997. Dipping the stuff I don't have duplicates of in boiling water is another thing...... Talk about affliction.

paying3tuitions

Our son's college Hillel is having a Chocolate Seder, but not on the first night.
Perhaps they are confused between desert and dessert. Still, they deserve a cheer for thinking of a way to attract other college students during the long week.

Marilyn

Chocolate seders are big on campuses - our son's school had them the last two years; can't find info about it this year though. It does tend to be a last minute plan. Bittersweet chocolate, four cups of chocolate milk, dipping strawberries in fondue, etc. - wish I could attend!

CMU has a Kosher Korner in one of the eating places on campus but our son doesn't use it; they do have prepared meals so I assume they have passover meals. The local Chabad does have meals.

We're what I call "ingredient kosher" rather than strict kosher so that makes it a little easier to handle. DS heads up to Squirrel Hill and picks up matzoh, butter, passover hot dogs and ketchup, and whatever else he can eat using a dorm refrigerator and microwave. He makes pizza by spreading tomato paste and mozzerela on matzoh and heating up. Hasn't starved yet!

bulletandpima

Since this thread is so long I did not read all of the pages.

I am Catholic, but my MIL, SIL and BIL are all jewish (all of my siblings married somebody jewish)

Many yrs ago I bought a great book called Entertaining on the Jewish Holidays by Israela Banin. This book has recipes for every holiday. This book is phenomenal it also tells you how to decorate the table. All of my in-laws were shocked by what I put on the table and some even asked why I had certain items, such as canes, shells and bricks. Their favorite was the paper doves for the coasters. (doves for symbolizing peace)

Here are their table decorations that they recommend
Map of Israel as a runner
BRICKS: Eqyptian construction...use as trivet or base for Seder plate
PYRAMIDS: I bought glass ones for the candle holders
CANES: Exodus 12:11...and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat in haste-it is the Lord's passover. I made canes by wrapping brown paper around pipe cleaners and had table seating names held up by the cane
CAMELS or HORSES
FLOWERS
CACTUS PLANTS: representing the desert
SHELLS: Escape across the Red Sea
DOVES: Peace

worrywart

bandp, that's beautiful and very touching that you go to great lengths to make the holiday special.

worrywart

Are persimmons kosher for Passover? I've never tasted one. What is the flavor like? Came across a salad recipe that calls for bibb and radicchio lettuce, persimmons and pomegranates. Thought it would be attractive and the pomegranate would tie in Israel. Your thoughts?

mommusic

Persimmons are a fruit. Of course they're kosher for Passover.

There are two kinds, actually....one kind is sweet when firm, and the other kind is only sweet when it appears to be on the verge of overripe. They are delicious, IMO.