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 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:15 pm
French fries, yes, if they're fried in oil that's kosher-for-Passover and in a frying vat/pot/bukkit that's kosher-for-Passover.
Pasta, yes, if it's got a certification mark that says it's kosher-for-Passover.
Wraps... I've never seen any that are kosher-for-Passover, but if you can find one with the certification mark, it's a good idea. Pretty much the only permitted grain product is matzah, though.
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Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2008 10:44 pm
Well, because of the college's strange rules, I can't find out if anything has a certification, though I assume it doesn't.
Basically, I'm trying my best to eat acceptable foods, even though I know that the chances of them really being kosher-for-Passover (or kosher in general) are very slim. It's better than starving.
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 4:53 am
Right. One does what one can, and trusts that Hashem understands about shortages and the necessity of keeping alive.
1. Avoid actual bread and grain products. Ask at the school cafeteria if there's anything that someone with a wheat allergy could eat (gluten free); stick with salads and fresh fruit for a week (it'll help your skin become really healthy, too); eat yogurt for breakfast instead of cereal. That kind of thing.
2. Start that savings account I mentioned in the Keeping Kosher thread of the Jewish Information subforum. When you graduate, or get ready to move out on your own, you'll have enough to buy a set of new dishes so you can start off right. Also, get into contact with Chabad or any other local Jewish organization, and explain to them that while you and your family don't keep kosher now, you'd like to learn enough so that when you're ready for your own place, you'll know how to do it. They'll help you all they can.
3. Trust -- and pray, and commit -- that you will one day be able to keep Pesach. "Today I'm trying; let me succeed in a future year."
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 6:32 pm
This is also no good for this year, but if you plan a bit ahead next year, it is possible to just have a bunch of Kosher-for-Pesach food sent to your house.
If you are still in the same situation you are in this year, perhaps you could just try to do more than you did this year, like Divash mentioned. Attending a public seder if you can for the first night (unless you have a home to go to, if so even better), buy a new dish or two for the week (a lone guy only needs a plate and a fork, right? XD), and try and keep a day or two if you can't do them all due to money constraints or whatnot. It would also be nice if you could find a local mikvah to immerse the special Passover dishes and silverware, but I am sure Hashem will forgive you if you cannot. heart
Divash is full of good ideas. 4laugh
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Posted: Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:08 pm
>.>Im addicted to the pesach french fries...
you know what is really annoying though. My parents are calling it,"my jew food," like "hey tina take your jew food downstairs," "how is that jew food?"
Gah. I know it's my parents way of dealing with the differences I'm making, but it's just annoying, so I had to vent it to someone. I'll be fine though lol, can't really say anything.
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Posted: Wed Apr 23, 2008 5:09 am
I know exactly how that feels. This is their way of working their heads around something that is surprising, awkward, and possibly disappointing or even frightening for them (if they do believe you'll go to hell for not being a Christian anymore). Continue to handle your folks' response with class and respect.
And start that savings account I've been talking about, for when you can buy new dishes. Hint: Don't buy the dishes until after you've gotten converted, because the first thing the rabbis will want to do is kasher your kitchen -- which will mean you'll have to buy new dishes anyway. Take the hand-me-downs from your folks gratefully, and when you're converted, give them back graciously.
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Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2008 6:05 pm
Divash I know exactly how that feels. This is their way of working their heads around something that is surprising, awkward, and possibly disappointing or even frightening for them (if they do believe you'll go to hell for not being a Christian anymore). Continue to handle your folks' response with class and respect. And start that savings account I've been talking about, for when you can buy new dishes. Hint: Don't buy the dishes until after you've gotten converted, because the first thing the rabbis will want to do is kasher your kitchen -- which will mean you'll have to buy new dishes anyway. Take the hand-me-downs from your folks gratefully, and when you're converted, give them back graciously. >.> nooo i don't have to buy new ones, just kosher them right!!! >.> T-T I've made dishes already. T-T >.> I'll 'hide' them, and then ' omg find' them. >.> yea... take that rabbi's lol. Yea when I do convert I'll buy stuff at good will they have cool dish sets there. ninja yea, i'm getting a job this summer so I'll be making a good junk of savings account. I'll be saving at least half of each pay check for jewish stuff. I might join a bank here in omaha, because the bank I'm with right now is owned by my family. So if my uncle or grandfather see that i'm saving hundred + dollars every month and not using it for college they will get tiffed.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 5:05 am
It's a good idea to have a slush fund that no one knows about, anyway. As for buying secondhand cookware from Goodwill, it's problematic at best. Here's the Chicago Rabbinical Council guide to kashering. There are phrases in there that I don't know how to translate, but I know there are some Hebrew-speakers among us who might be able to help.
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Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:47 am
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:07 am
Now that Passover has passed over, what was the first chametz you ate after Pesach? What was the first chametz you wanted to eat after Pesach?
What I wanted: The local kosher fishmonger opened at 10:30pm and closed at 2:00am the night after Pesach was over. They sold fish sandwiches -- battered, fried fish in a big fluffy yummy bun. I love their sandwiches, so I wanted to go out and get one. I didn't. I was just so tired that I wanted to shower, put on pajamas, and watch some NCIS that I had TiVoed.
What I actually had: The moment it was allowed again, I took some pita out of the freezer where I'd kept it all week. My roommate and I ate the WHOLE PACKAGE of pita with peanut butter and jelly. Delicious.
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darkphoenix1247 Vice Captain
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:21 pm
I wanted some homemade cookies and muffins, but I actually had a lot of sandwiches. Oh, well.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 4:37 pm
I decided to do kosher style mexican with some german beers of goodness.
Tacos rule.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 5:20 pm
I wanted a nice wonderful cheesecake (the crust counts, right?). I got greasy dining hall grilled cheese.
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Posted: Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:24 pm
You haven't lived... until you've tried... deep fried cheesecake....
No relations to my diabeties
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Posted: Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:19 am
The crust of a cheesecake totally counts. Actually, so does the cheesy filling, if the ingredients aren't certified for Passover. I would love to try deep-fried cheesecake, but alas, I need to lose 20 pounds.
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