KOP - KOSHER FOR PASSOVER.

CHAG SAMEACH!!!!! OMG EVERYONE, welcome to today's episode of MADE: I WANT TO BE JEWISH. As all of you GOOD Jews know, today is the 15th day of the Nisan (Jewish month) which is better known as the first night of PASSOVER. Seder dinner is held only on the first night of Passover at the Rilander residence, just as it is in Israel. Tonight is the night that we remember the Exodus of our ancestors from Egypt, celebrate our freedom, and recognize how far our people have come from slavery. According to Wikipedia, "The words and rituals of the Seder are a primary vehicle for the transmission of the Jewish faith from grandparent to child, and from one generation to the next." By participating in tonight's Seder, the Jewish faith has essentially been transmitted to me. YESSSSSSSS.


Here I am waiting on line for my train ticket along with all of the other Jews that crowded Grand Central today. Ma nishtana...Why on this night is Grand Central even more crowded than on other nights? It's because lots of Jews live in WESTCHESTER COUNTY and they need to get home to partake in Passover dinner!!!!


Our beautiful Passover Seder table. Please note presence of the Haggadah (the free version available from grocery stores in Westchester County that is sponsored by Maxwell House), glass of Manischewitz wine, matzoh, and the traditional Seder plate containing six symbolic foods.

We began the seder by dipping parsley into salt water, to remind us of the TEARS of our ancestors. After some recitations, story-telling, and singing (led by our esteemed leader Ken Rilander, former trustee of Scarsdale), we blessed the matzoh and it was CHOW TIME.


The koreich sandwich - matzoh with maror (bitter herb - in this case, horseradish root) masked by some sweet apple-topping. The Jewish crostini.


Everyone digging into their horseradish sandwich.


Delicioussssss matzoh ball soup with egg noodles. I could eat this every night.


In place of eating brisket (which I cannot eat due to vegetarian practices), I ate two plates of apple kugel. I didn't want it to end. Doesn't Seder dinner look strikingly familiar to Thanksgiving...without the carbs (pay no mind to that potato in the photo)???? The Jews are so smart - they discovered the Atkins diet centuries ago. LEAVENED PRODUCTS ARE SOOOOO EVIL.

Macaroons, mousse cake, and strawberries for dessert. Observing Kosher ways seems easy.