Friday, April 17, 2009

Passover Notes - 2009 Edition

Before I forget, I should really take a few minutes and log some of my notes from Passover. As is traditional, I'm leaving myself these notes for use next year.

Stuff I should buy...

  • More wineglasses
  • Some Tupperware
  • A meat and milk stove top saucepan. How we've gone this many years without one is amazing.

Buy this quantity of...

  • 5 (not 10!) boxes of Matzo
  • 1 package chocolate covered cashews, 1 package Viennese crunch
  • 2 Containers of walnuts, no pecans or other nuts
  • 3 (not 6!) bags of chips
  • 6 cans of tuna
  • 1 jar light mayo
  • 2 jars half sour pickles
  • 3+ big bottles of Manischewitz concord grape wine (yum!)
  • 1 bag jelly beans
  • 1 large vanilla Dannon yogurt
  • 7 dozen (not a typo) eggs
  • 8 pints (not a typo) mushrooms
  • 2 cans crushed pineapple
  • 2 quarts chicken soup - 1 qt. feeds 4 people
  • 2 frozen gefilte fish
  • Garlic salt
  • 1 Manischewitz thousand island dressing
  • 1 jar spicy mango sauce
  • 2 packages stuffed cabbage
  • 2 packages spicy hot dogs
  • 2 packages of blintzes for each type
  • 4 sticks margarine
  • 1 large tub of margarine
  • 1 small jam
  • 5 slice packs of cheese (3 - muenster and 2 = cheddar)
  • 1 bag mixed shredded cheese, 1 bag shredded mozzarella
  • 2 canisters of matzo meal
  • 5 boxes of mazto farfel
  • 1 jar mazto balls
  • 1 package of brownies fresh from Israel
  • 2 boxes of chickeny-flavored mashed potatoes
  • 1lb ground beef
  • 1qt milk
  • 1 package dark chocolate covered raisins
  • 1 package of prunes
  • 1 bag Elite Mini Chocolate bars
  • 3 bags of marshmallows
  • Gum
  • 1 package flame roasted eggplant
  • 12 apples
  • 1 jar apple sauce
  • 1 large container sour cream

(Holy smokes, all that for one week of food?!)

Do NOT under any circumstances buy...

  • Onion soup mix
  • Spices other than garlic salt
  • That nasty BBQ sauce
  • Chicken nuggets
  • Montreal cakes
  • Dark chocolate covered cashews (way overrated)

Don't forget to make the 3 kugels that worked so well: pineapple, apple and mushroom. Make the veggie puffs, they also worked. And don't forget to have fun!

See you in 2010!

2 comments:

  1. yes the kugels were excellent, and the Veggie Puffs were amazing. annd I agree less boxes of matzah... only good this is, that you can put it away with the passover supplies and it will taste the same next year.

    Otherwise, minus the meat products, I'll have to remember this list/post for next year.

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  2. david5:08 PM

    Nick, when it comes to beans and rice, are there separate hekshers (sorry, never actually spelled this word before) for sephardis? Seriously, is there kosher for passover hummus marked or do you mostly make your own dishes? I just never thought about it before
    (can't remember if I asked you this before, and if I did, what the answer was).

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