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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1107261" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Seder Dinner (<strong>2013</strong>: March 25-April 2) is on first night of Passover</p><p></p><p>The food and wine customs of a given Seder are elaborate, and differ between regions and families, but some factors remain constant. </p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Each participant in the Seder drinks four cups of wine throughout the evening, at fixed points, for the four promises of redemption associated with the exodus story.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The major dietary restriction during the week of Passover is the ban of leavened bread, or chometz. Chometz is as bread made from (wheat, oat, spelt, rye, or barley) flour that has been in contact with water for more than 18 minutes and therefore had a chance to rise. Before Passover, the house is traditionally cleansed of chometz.</li> </ul><p></p><p>Fundamental to the Seder table is the Seder plate, which has on it the following items:</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">zeroah, a lamb's shankbone symbolizing the ancient Passover sacrifice</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">beitzah, a roasted egg symbolizing the temple sacrifice and the continuing cycle of life </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cooking-live/haroset-recipe/index.html" target="_blank">haroset</a>, a paste of fruit and nuts symbolizing the mortar used to build the pyramid of the pharaohs</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">mar'or, a bitter herb (like horseradish) to represent the bitterness of slavery</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">karpas, a green vegetable (usually parsley) representing spring</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A bowl of salt water to dip the karpas symbolizing the slaves' tears. <br /> Some traditions also include chazeret, a second bitter herb, usually the roots of romaine lettuce. Also necessary are three matzos (unleavened bread, symbolizing the haste of the flight from Egypt — there was no time for the bread to rise), either wrapped in cloth or covered, and broken and eaten at set points throughout the evening. The actual Seder meal is also quite variable. Traditions among Ashkenazi Jews generally include gefilte fish (poached fish dumplings), matzo ball soup, brisket or roast chicken, potato kugel (somewhat like a casserole) and tzimmes, a stew of carrots and prunes, sometimes including potatoes or sweet potatoes.</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1107261, member: 1246"] Seder Dinner ([B]2013[/B]: March 25-April 2) is on first night of Passover The food and wine customs of a given Seder are elaborate, and differ between regions and families, but some factors remain constant. [LIST] [*]Each participant in the Seder drinks four cups of wine throughout the evening, at fixed points, for the four promises of redemption associated with the exodus story. [*]The major dietary restriction during the week of Passover is the ban of leavened bread, or chometz. Chometz is as bread made from (wheat, oat, spelt, rye, or barley) flour that has been in contact with water for more than 18 minutes and therefore had a chance to rise. Before Passover, the house is traditionally cleansed of chometz. [/LIST] Fundamental to the Seder table is the Seder plate, which has on it the following items: [LIST] [*]zeroah, a lamb's shankbone symbolizing the ancient Passover sacrifice [*]beitzah, a roasted egg symbolizing the temple sacrifice and the continuing cycle of life [*][URL="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cooking-live/haroset-recipe/index.html"]haroset[/URL], a paste of fruit and nuts symbolizing the mortar used to build the pyramid of the pharaohs [*]mar'or, a bitter herb (like horseradish) to represent the bitterness of slavery [*]karpas, a green vegetable (usually parsley) representing spring [*]A bowl of salt water to dip the karpas symbolizing the slaves' tears. Some traditions also include chazeret, a second bitter herb, usually the roots of romaine lettuce. Also necessary are three matzos (unleavened bread, symbolizing the haste of the flight from Egypt — there was no time for the bread to rise), either wrapped in cloth or covered, and broken and eaten at set points throughout the evening. The actual Seder meal is also quite variable. Traditions among Ashkenazi Jews generally include gefilte fish (poached fish dumplings), matzo ball soup, brisket or roast chicken, potato kugel (somewhat like a casserole) and tzimmes, a stew of carrots and prunes, sometimes including potatoes or sweet potatoes. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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