Time for Easter – Passover & Spring 2015 in TDK Land

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31 March, 2015 at 7:24 pm #829407

Jeankit
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It’s time to get organized for Spring has sprung & Easter & Passover is almost here!
Post your memories, fave recipes, pictures, etc for this year’s planning fun!

Sharing link from last year’s fun too:

It's Spring & Time to Plan for Easter & Passover 2014

http://www.chabad.org/holidays/passover/default_cdo/aid/109747/jewish/Passover.htm

Passover begins at sundown on

Friday, April 3
and ends at sundown on
Saturday, April 11

2015 – JDC Global Kitchen Passover Recipe link:
http://join.jdc.org/passover-global-kitchen/

This Passover, explore family recipes from members of the JDC community in South America, Australia, and the United States and hear from the authors about what the holiday, the recipe, and JDC mean to them

31 March, 2015 at 7:31 pm #829409

Jeankit
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Easter 2015:
http://www.calendar-12.com/holidays/easter/2015

Easter or Pascha is the oldest and most important Christian feast, celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion, as described in the New Testament. Easter is preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting and penance.

31 March, 2015 at 7:59 pm #829411

katzenjammer
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Tks for Passover recipes share JK – too bad they probably involve cooking! 😉 I am pretty good at opening packages and boxes. Have done as much as I can point in time and friend/Hazel is coming tomorrow to bring Passover boxes up from storage in locker or as I like to call it my 3rd walk-in closet LOL. And coming just after the 8 days to bring the stuff back down. I have separate micro/2-burner stovetop and toaster oven reserved for the holiday, plus 2 year-round empty cupboards for groceries. There is much involved in getting ready but each year I find myself getting a bit more organized, which is my trait by nature. BTW they do have kosher for Passover maple syrup, but it’s like $16 a bottle!!! Will make do with honey. 😉
The Easter eggs are so pretty. At risk of sounding stupid do peeps crack and eat them after they admire them, or is yolk removed before they are decorated?

31 March, 2015 at 8:12 pm #829413

Jeankit
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Hmm, how about take out – take away Passover/LOL!

Um, sometimes peeps dye – color hard boiled eggs.
Otherwise prick end of egg & blow out liquid as uncooked egg for Easter baking recipes.
Than decorate empty shell!
I’ve read some creative people fill blow out shell w/liquid chocolate to harden as
chocolate egg to decorate…No Way jose` 😉

My advice – go to store – purchase luvly foil wrapped filled chocolate eggs…send to me! 😀

31 March, 2015 at 8:26 pm #829415

katzenjammer
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No sooner spoken JK – I think that Tux prepared this just for you!
http://i1347.photobucket.com/albums/p711/katzjpickz/Picture%201_zpsxjuk98ib.png
For sure there is Passover take-out, ergo the matzoh rolls and muffins and honey cake stowed away in freezer. Plus the simple things that I can make will suffice.

31 March, 2015 at 8:29 pm #829416

Jeankit
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Hee hee…he even has jelly bean toes/LOL – thanks KJ!

I always purchase an Easter Stolen or poppy seed coffee cake as breakfast treat.
Saw one last week at local Outpost – figured it would NOT last in my house ’til Easter
weekend! So, will wait until last day as Sat to purchase yearly treat!

1 April, 2015 at 6:46 pm #829441

Jeankit
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Here’s a link for making natural egg dyes:
http://chemistry.about.com/od/holidayhowtos/a/eastereggdyes.htm?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons

Take your pick – what do you have on hand:
Natural Easter Egg Dyes

Color Ingredients
Lavender Small Quantity of Purple Grape Juice
Violet Blossoms plus 2 tsp Lemon Juice
Red Zinger Tea
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Violet Blue Violet Blossoms
Small Quantity of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
Hibiscus Tea
Red Wine
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Blue Canned Blueberries
Red Cabbage Leaves (boiled)
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Purple Grape Juice
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Green Spinach Leaves (boiled)
Liquid Chlorophyll
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Greenish Yellow Yellow Delicious Apple Peels (boiled)
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Yellow Orange or Lemon Peels (boiled)
Carrot Tops (boiled)
Celery Seed (boiled)
Ground Cumin (boiled)
Ground Turmeric (boiled)
Chamomile Tea
Green Tea
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Golden Brown Dill Seeds
Brown Strong Coffee
Instant Coffee
Black Walnut Shells (boiled)
Black Tea
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Orange Yellow Onion Skins (boiled)
Cooked Carrots
Chili Powder
Paprika
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Pink Beets
Cranberries or Juice
Raspberries
Red Grape Juice
Juice from Pickled Beets
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Red Lots of Red Onions Skins (boiled)
Canned Cherries with Juice
Pomegranate Juice
Raspberries

More for Passover 2015:
http://www.happypassover.net/

1 April, 2015 at 8:03 pm #829444

Jeankit
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More Passover Menu Ideas from around the world!
http://www.jdc.org/jdc-field-blog/2015/jdc-global-kitchen-pass.html
(Not all are veggie friendly!)

Vegetarian Easter Menu Ideas:
http://recipes.howstuffworks.com/menus/5-vegetarian-easter-meal-options.htm#page=0

5 Easter Menu Ideas

2 April, 2015 at 8:23 pm #829482

Jeankit
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Getting Ready for Easter – Around the World:
http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/worldeaster/

Easter Parade Hats 😉

Seder Meal

Passover Seder: Saturday April 4, 2015

🙂

6 April, 2015 at 6:52 pm #829651

Jeankit
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Adding Tribute to Spring – Ostara:
🙂

6 April, 2015 at 7:49 pm #829653

katzenjammer
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Tks for gorgeous illustration of Ostara and info on origins of bunny/hare connection to magick JK! I remember having rabbit’s foot when I was but a kid, now the idea sorta creeps me out, unless it’s a fake – which ultimately makes it luckier for the rabbit!

24 April, 2016 at 4:43 pm #846445

lagatta
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I’m putting this interesting article about Mediterranean foods for Passover in this year-old thread because Western Easter was so long before Passover this year that the natural link between the two holidays seemed missing:
http://news.nationalpost.com/life/food-drink/go-beyond-brisket-with-passover-recipes-that-celebrate-the-diversity-of-the-jewish-table
That is not the case for Eastern Orthodox, as they follow the old (and obvious) rule that Easter follows the beginning of Passover.

I didn’t see any South American recipes in the first post by KJ. It is always interesting to see how people do spring recipes in the autumn, or winter ones in the hot Austral summer. One Brazilian friend whose family had the foresight to get out of Vienna said they combined Austrian/Central European and Brazilian dishes.

Here is an article by Joan Nathan on Passover in Argentina: http://www.nytimes.com/1999/03/31/dining/an-argentine-passover-then-and-now.html

Orthodox Easter falls on the 1st of May this year, which is of course Labour Day in Greece!
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