Ah, Passover. It is once again that time of year where I basically have to cut all of my favorite foods from my diet. I woke up this morning, incredibly hungry, and realized that there was nothing in my room I could have except for a box of matzoh. Overly dry cracker bread really is not appetizing at 9:30 in the morning.
Enough complaints though, this really is an important holiday with a lot of really awesome traditions - the first being, the seder, or the service preceding the Passover meal on the first two nights. True, they can seem to last forever, especially when you're hungry, but seders are a really distinct and cool part of this holiday. My family knows how to do seders - my dad typically steers away from the prayer book to incorporate some more interesting, current issues and my mom makes a feast. Leftovers for a week back at home make the sacrifices of Passover easy.
After eighteen years of that, I wasn't really sure how Cornell's super seder would compare, but I am really pleasantly surprised. I'm talking about the food. Like at home, there was a massive amount of the usual Passover foods, and it was actually really good! The charoset, or ground up apples with cinnamon, nuts, and wine was sweet and excellent on a piece of matzoh. There was matzoh ball soup, beef brisket, stuffed cabbage, and three different types of kougle. Passover desserts are never good, but the ones offered at the super seder at least measured up to the quality of desserts I have back home. This dinner lasted for about 2.5 hours - seders are quite long - and it was an awesome experience. Even some of my christian friends came along for the ride, just to see what it was like. They were all pleased too. Maybe this seder wasn't like home, but it was a nice substitute for now. Now if only there were leftovers...
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