Eileen’s holiday pot roast. see recipe link below. . Blogfinger photo. ©
By Paul Goldfinger, Fresser*- in-Chief , Blogfinger.net (Pesach means Passover in Hebrew, and that is my Hebrew name. I will respond to that name, but to pronounce it correctly, the end “ch” has to be created in the back of your throat causing a clearing-your-throat sound. )
This year Passover will begin on Monday night, April 22, before sundown with the first seder. Many Jews in America will have two seders (4/22 and 4/23), and in Israel they only celebrate the first night.
Food is very important in Jewish traditions. For example on Passover, among a number of traditional foods, we eat matzah (singular or pleural and pronounced “matz’uh” and spelled in a variety of ways such as matzoh or matzo. )
If you want to stimulate an interesting discussion among Jews, start a debate on how to spell and pronounce this delicacy. Suffice it to say that matzah crumbs get into everything, including my bed—-don’t ask!
The most unique pronunciation of this Passover unleavened bread was when I was a medical intern in New York. A little old Italian lady was sitting up in bed eating from a box of matzah. I asked her what she was eating, and she said, “Matz.”
Another traditional dish that most everyone looks forward to is pot roast. Eileen’s delicious pot roast is made from brisket, and she magically turns that into the delicious dish shown above, served with potatoes, gravy and mushrooms. Recipe below.
Of course, if one is having a bris, ie a circumcision, brisket would be perfect, and that is why the males at our seder stand back when Eileen slices the meat.
Wegmans is ready for Passover. In case you were wondering if this display is for Jews, they made the sign with Hebrew-style letters. Blogfinger photo. March, 2018.Here is a link to our OG seder from 2011:
2011 Goldfinger Ocean Grove Passover
And for entertainment at a bris, there is a kosher quartet called “The Four Skins.”
Here’s Eileen’s recipe for her fabulous pot roast.
Here is a post from Passover 2017.
Let my people go…to Ocean Grove for Passover
And here is a link regarding Passover in the Civil War.
* A fresser is a Yiddish word–it means someone who likes to eat or snack.