12 February 2008
Things to come
It’s depressing to only see 3 new posts in the last 2 months. This is an inevitable consequence of our writers having families and full-time jobs. But, you’ve been loyal readers, as the ongoing threads of comments attest. Thanks for that. I wanted to take a second to give you all a heads-up on some upcoming events, and hopefully upcoming posts:
- On February 27th, I’ll be attending (and reporting on) the Manischewitz Simply Kosher Cookoff finals in NYC.
- The deadline for the OU Kosher Essay Contest is March 7th
- The leap-month gives us some extra time to prepare, but Purim is coming! (March 21st) I hope to get at least a few Purim-food posts up.
- Save the date! The 20th Annual ASBEE/Kroger BBQ Competition will be on Sunday, September 7th. Can we get a KosherBlog delegation?
That’s all I have for now. To keep things lively, here’s a question: Hamentashen are the definitive Purim food (IMHO). What foods do you consider integral to the holiday? And I specified “foods” - not “refreshments”. And no “but it’s made from grains” objections. :-)
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I undoubtedly have many favorite Purim foods, but memories of them are regularly erased due to the above referenced “refreshment” exception.
I’ll pose another question - any exceptionally creative mishloach manot ideas? The funniest one I ever got was inside an empty baby wipe container, that told the story of “wiping out” haman….. this year, I’m doing all fruit based sweets with a note card inside that says “but it’s fruit, it’s good for you” or something like that
Anyone else attending the 2008 Kosher Food & Wine Experience in NYC next week?
you never posted on • Kosherfest 2007 in pictures
Sorry Alyssa, that was jabbett’s post. I can’t help you there.
stuffed cabbage.
kreplach/verenikas.
as much Purim as hamantashen.
Every year we do a “themed” purim sudah, with cuisine from a different country each time, but the one that will stand out the most is the first one with did where we made Persian food! Turns out Dukkah is a great dip for challah on shabbos too!