That's kind of funny, Hil, that they send the same Passover stuff no matter how it sells??
Pretty much. It looks like they just have two categories for kosher stuff -- stores that have a separate kosher kitchen in the prepared foods section, and stores that don't -- and all the stores within each category get the same stuff. We don't have a kosher kitchen, so we don't get quite the full range of Passover stuff, but we're still getting all the foods that the stores without kosher kitchens in much Jewier places get.
day 1 of no electronics, always the same. try to be loud and annoy mom, walk back and forth from room to annoy mom, eventually come into room where mom is enjoying electronics and try to get her attention and/or annoy mom.
same speech from mom. I do not care if you are bored, your boredom is not my problem, go away.
Maybe on day 2 or 3 of no electricity mom will be caught up on media and not in a mood to pummel child, so some board game can be played.
How does vegan matzoh brei wotk? I mame mine with eggs.
I'm trying to eat less meat so tonight I'm making asparagus and brown rice and avocado-tomato salad. And them gluten free fish sticks for the not-me members of the house.
Ahaha. I'm sorry you have to put up with it. I'd be tempted to get a giant clicker counter button to hit every time "bored" is uttered and add an hour/day to the restriction. But I'm aware that might up the drama. It's just satisfying to think about.
How does vegan matzoh brei wotk? I mame mine with eggs.
I replace the eggs with silken tofu that's been put in the blender with a little vegetable broth. (Tofu is a little questionable for Passover, but within my personal guidelines which don't actually make any logical sense when I try to explain them but which work for me.) About a third of a cup of the tofu mixture replaces each egg. And I add some black salt (available at Indian grocery stores) for a bit of eggy flavor. It doesn't stick together in one piece quite as well as the egg kind does, but it tastes pretty much the same.
Ok, Specific Plan Meeting, I am in you. Let's get started, I don't want to be out past my bedtime.
Sorry, not meeting, community workshop.
Amy, I'm glad you had such a lovely day.
Many small Southern towns had a "Jew store," some dating back to the era of Jewish peddlers. There's a good, but ultimately sad, memoir, i The Jew Store,
about one in Tennessee. The small town were I went to high school had one, Friedlander's, which had grown beyond its humble origins to be the only building in town with an elevator. The nearest synagogue was 40 miles away. In addition to the extended Friedlander family, the only other Jewish person in town ran the shoe store. He and my mother bonded over shoes and outsiderness. She teased him about settling down, and he once responded, "Who would I marry?"
When Calvin Trillin was covering the Civil Rights movement in the South, on occasion local Jews realized he would be the 10th man in the area and hastily put together a service.
