Today was my family’s Passover seder, and it’s almost 11 p.m. and I’m exhausted, but I wanted to share all the photos of the food I took tonight… my mom really outdid herself with her amazing cooking, and hosting 20 people at her house for dinner!
The word “Seder” means “order”, so the Passover seder is a meal that’s eaten with special ceremony and order each year to commemerate the Jews’ being freed from slavery in Egypt. You can read the whole story here. Ok, so it’s a kid’s version of the story, but it gets the point across.
It was particularly fun this year because I brought a friend with me who had never been to a seder before, and she got to see my family’s goofy version as her first one! We really are a raucous bunch, and I hope she had as good a time as I did! Thanks SO MUCH for coming! HUGS!
Without further adieu, I bring you our Passover seder, in pictures:
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- This book contains the service that preceeds the meal
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- Each little thing on this plate represents something, including the Peep, but that’s just our family!
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- the unleavened bread we eat for the week of Passover
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- I made this apple concoction that represents mortar used to build the pyramids. It had apples, nuts, cinnamon, dried apricots and dried cherries
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- Gefilte fish, a Passover tradition, is like a fish dumpling
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- Mom’s amazingly perfect chicken soup with matzah balls
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- My mom’s friend made a roasted tomato and mozzarella salad
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- My servings of the first course, the salad in the front is eggs and potatoes, a family Passover staple called “cement”
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- My dinner plate with steamed asparagus, more “cement”, and brisket
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- 2 tier dessert tray with chocolate-lemon French macaroons on top (made by my sister) and chocolate dipped macaroons and toffee on the bottom
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- I made a strawberry salad with toasted almonds and orange juice
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- My dessert plate, complete with a dark chocolate flourless cake made by Aunt Dori
I’m beat, and I gotta get my beauty sleep for my Foodie Fun Date with Jenn! I’m SO EXCITED! I’m off tomorrow, so I’m going to try to get up early for a Jazzercise class or a walk… we’ll see how that goes.
Aw, I love all the pictures! It definitely looks like a fun night – and your strawberry salad sounds simply scrumptious.
I am SO pumped, Mara!! See you sooooooooon
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Mmm now I can’t wait for charoset and brisket at my seder! And choc covered macaroons are my FAV…I doubt we’ll have them as no one in my crew makes desserts (well except me and I don’t have time) so we’ll probably just have the ones from the can. SO not the same.
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I’ve never been to a Seder and I love family traditions, so thanks so much for sharing! The chicken soup with matzah balls looks awesome. I always like to eat matzah crackers and didnt know that was odd until I blogged about it!
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oh mara – there is so much variety and everything looks so wonderful! no wonder you are such a talented chef!
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I don’t think I’ve ever even heard of Seder until I saw it mentioned on alot of blogs. Thanks for sharing your family’s traditions, and the Seder meal with us
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I had a friend who’s Jewish and she invited me every year to this kind of meal… which I LOVE~~~ I don’t know why Jewish food isn’t more popular because everything is delicious~~~
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Thanks for sharing Mara, looks like you have a wonderful time!!
Have fun with Jenn today!
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Such a LOVELY Seder!!!
Have fun with Jenn today!!!!!
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GREAT meal! I can see why you are exhausted!
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Looks beautiful!! Happy Passover!!
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yes, your charoset DOES look delicious. ahhh i’m dying now, i can’t wait until we do our seder tomorrow. and we put an orange on the plate, too! also, i think MY mom makes the perfectess matzo ball soup. your desserts might win — they look INCRED, esp those little macaroon sandwich cookies … although i hear chocolate fondue is in the works at my house, so we’ll have to see. what an awesome night, and thanks for the recap!
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What a fun night! I love the story told in pictures. I’m glad you had such a nice time!
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Sounds like a fun time with family and some yummy food!
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Sounds like your family had a great time and the food looks and sounds delicious. I was hoping that maybe you could share some of your Passover recipes with us at Foodista.com. We also have a link back system that can help you build traffic from Foodista-related pages. Check it out here and let me know what you think. Thanks!
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Wow Mara! Your family really knows how to celebrate! Everything looks so amazing! Sounds like such a delicious night……I wish I could have snuck in and grabbed a plate! Someday I’ll crash the party! You’ll see!
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Happy Passover Mara!!! To you and your whole family!!!
And btw your spread makes me want to convert to Judaism!! lol Or just come over for dinner at your house!
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Your familys Passover Seder feels very special. I am sure we are all thankful and appreciate you sharing this. I always think it’s the families that outshine the traditions, and create a love for all things. I would have loved to be there on such an occasion.
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