All About The Passover

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by: Michele in Va

Our plan was to have a traditional Passover meal and a lesson about what the foods mean and some of the traditions.

The meal is called the Seder (the first e is pronounced like a long a)
"The rules governing Passover are strict and many. No utensils, dishes, or crockery used in the preparation of the foods may be used during the meal itself. Separate utensils and dishes are kept for use only during Passover. No leavened foods or grains are allowed in the house at this time. All opened foods are to be disposed of before a certain time on the morning before the eve of the Festival. Cooks turn to matzo meal, potato starch, and fresh and specialty foods."

The bitter herbs used in the soup and salad represent the pain and suffering of the Jews in Egypt.
The sweet of the Charoses (apple, walnuts, pecans, honey, orange zest)- are for the life and blessings they received.
The flat bread is because the day they were told to leave they did not have time for the days bread to rise and had to cook it immediately and eat it flat as they traveled.

Ceremonial things include:

A lamb bone is set out to represent the lamb slaughtered for the blood to smear on the door so the angel would Passover their homes.

They dip their finger in the wine (we used water) to say thanks they say a word that sounds like DIEYAN that means "he did enough."

They break flat bread to begin the meal.

Our meal consisted of :
Charoses (above)
Chicken soup (we could not find matzo meal to make balls)
Roasted chicken (Tyson does a mean ready to eat one!!)
A bag of salad mix called Spring Mix with a vinegar, oil and spice dressing (they have chicory, watercress, and beet salad - we added beets to our mix)
Angel food cake with raspberries and whipped cream