Passover prep questions
Here are some more questions to ponder during the holiday of questions. I wish that I could have kept it to just four, but there was just no way that would be possible. If you are in the mood to be annoyed, then this is the column for you!
Why is matzah advertised at ShopRite as five dollars, but if you use a digital coupon, it is five dollars off five dollars, but there is no coupon for free matzah? Why is matzah now sold in a four-pound box (actually four one-pound boxes) instead of the five-pound box (with five one-pound boxes)? Why does the matzah that I have left over from last year not expire until July of this year?
Is there really a difference between the Temptee cream cheese that has a kosher for Passover stamp on it and the Temptee cream cheese that does not have the kosher for Passover stamp? Does that cream cheese have bits of bagel in it? Same question applies to milk, but without the bagel bits.
Does anyone else get excited when they realize that the frozen vegetables they have been buying only on sale all year are actually kosher for Passover all year long? Or that the cholov yisroel cheese that I buy for my Oreos is also kosher for passover all year long?
Or when you realize that you still have kosher for Passover ketchup that hasn’t expired yet? Or that the Tabachnik soups are kosher for Passover all year long (depending on the type of soup, please check first)? Though, I have been keeping those in my freezer for about 10 years and I finally threw them out this year. Which, of course, will be the year that someone wants one of them.
And why is kosher for Passover ice cream more expensive than a tank of gas? And ices? And cans of Diet Coke? And how can Bingo charge almost five dollars less for a chocolate bar than the stores in Bergen County?
And why do I keep buying the ShopRite cinnamon sugar almonds that are kosher for Passover, but keep eating them before Passover?
Why are my questions all based on food?
On a non-food related topic, Danish and her sister and her parents are in from Israel for the holiday season. Thank you, Hashem. Every time I tell Danish that we are going in the car, she gets so excited. I forget that cars are not a part of her daily routine in Israel. We totally take for granted that for most of us, cars are a necessity. “We go on a trip. I go in carseat!” She squeals with joy. Like going to the mall is the most exciting thing in the entire world! I guess that, for some people, it is.
There are few things as amazing as watching your granddaughter look at everything around her, things she has probably never seen before, and just watching her and trying to see everything as she sees it. Wow, the mall really is the most exciting thing in the whole world!
Of course, I needed to take her and her sister to see the puppies. Danish practically jumped out of the stroller. “The doggie needs a tissue,” she exclaimed. Did the doggie need a tissue? Perhaps, but she was so excited to watch these creatures that we could have stayed there all day.
The best is when she speaks in Hebrew. We went to visit my mom, and her sister got a hold of my mom’s pocketbook. “Lo Ellie, don’t touch mama’s teek.” Which means, No Ellie, don’t touch mama’s bag. Fortunately, my Hebrew is still on a two-year-old level and I knew what she was saying.
Like when she tries to comfort her sister when she is crying and tells her not to cry in Hebrew. She should only cry in English. Okay, that was a bad joke. I am a tad sleep-deprived at the moment, because Strudel only slept for five hours last night and Babka does not do well without sleep (or sometimes, with sleep!).
In conclusion, please allow me to take this opportunity to wish you all a healthy, meaningful and tasty Passover holiday.
Banji Ganchrow of Teaneck hopes she made enough coffee cake for Husband #1. We don’t want him to be cranky.
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