RE: How to do Passover? (long)

[Guest guest]

I actually find this time of year to be the best time - there are so many products that are labelled 'non-gebrokts' which means that it has no matzah or matzah-meal in it. For example, we buy a potato-starch based pizza crust mix, use a latke mix (I think by something that starts with a C but I could be wrong - it's in a blue box) to make these latke muffins that work for breakfast, buy potato-based waffles, and even some blintzes made with potato flour instead of matza or wheat.

My kids have a blast being able to eat more than usual (both are celiac as am I) - and my husband, who was raised eating matzah all Passover just deals with only having matzah on a separate plate away from us (my daughter is highly symptomatic).

True, it is a bit expensive, but to us it's worth it (even down to being able to buy the frozen gefilte fish without matzah-meal in it for the one time a year). We just stock up for the year now on everything. You need to be careful in reading, but that is like always.

Sara

[Guest guest]

I confess to knowing very little about the laws of Passover, but I did

notice on the Ener-G Foods website (http://www.ener-g.com) that all

their products are certified Kosher. Perhaps you might find something

you'd like there?

Maureen

>

> Okay, we've touched on this briefly in the past, but now Passover is

> just a little over a month away, and I'm boggled by the idea of trying

> to do Passover gf for the first time. I have always kept Passover

> pretty carefully (not as strict as some), and I've always enjoyed

> baking and cooking many specialties for only this time of year. I

> just can't get my mind around not having matza or matza meal, matza

> brei, matza with butter, matza with gefilte fish, matza kugel, etc.

> What else do you eat for breakfast or a quick snack (other than those

> terrific crepes we've been making), now that matza hot cereal and

> matza crackers are banned?

(snip)

> Hopefully,

> Laurie in NJ

>

[Guest guest]

I too am apprehensive about Passover. This is our first

Passover without too.

Belden's, THE place to buy Passover stuff in HOUSTON, has

ordered

Pesach Crumbs for me. I'm so excited!! They'll be in next

week!

I was not raised to be very strict on our passover meals

(tortillas are unleavened right?) but it just feels " funny " to

eat the rice and beans. We're not Sephardic either.

ly, we start eating our Matza WELL before Passover, so

much so that when it came time to really have to eat it, we're

really very tired of it, and very constipated too! So from

that standpoint, I don't think I'm going to miss it. I WILL

however miss the chocolate covered matza and the squash

casserole

that has the matza meal as the thickener. Oh..and the passover

rolls...maybe I shouldn't get started here? But there's just

a certain " flavor " that matza meal gives that I think I'll find

it hard to replicate. <sigh>

We eat lots of fresh veggies and different types of meat for

that week.

Sara!!

The idea of the potato pizza crust sounds WAY better than Matza

Pizza!! What is the brand on that?? For the Potato latkes...Is

the Brand Cryden House? I have a hundred year old (kidding)

Maneshewitz cookbook that has recipes for potato kugel made with

the mix. Wouldn't Childs Potato's be better though? Need

the recipe please for the latke muffins!!

If we all stick together, have an open mind (easier said than

done) and good humor, we'll do just fine.

kathi

--- mama3dancers wrote:

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Okay, we've touched on this briefly in the past, but now

Passover is

just a little over a month away, and I'm boggled by the idea of

trying

to do Passover gf for the first time. I have always kept

Passover

pretty carefully (not as strict as some), and I've always

enjoyed

baking and cooking many specialties for only this time of year.

I

just can't get my mind around not having matza or matza meal,

matza

brei, matza with butter, matza with gefilte fish, matza kugel,

etc.

What else do you eat for breakfast or a quick snack (other than

those

terrific crepes we've been making), now that matza hot cereal

and

matza crackers are banned? How many potatoes and eggs can one

family

actually eat before revolting, anyway?

I was raised Ashkenazic (sp?), not using rice or beans during

Passover, so I'm a little uncomfortable with some of the gf

Passover

recipies I've seen that use rice or bean flour. Do we have to

" go

Saphardic " in order to have a decently enjoyable week? Is it

okay to

have matza in the house for those who can eat it, or is that

just too

much of a cross-contamination issue? Am I ultimately going to

decide

to " forget about it " and not do Passover anymore because it is

too

much of a big deal? (I hope not!) Also what about going to the

family seder at my sis-in-law's house? She keeps strictly

kosher and,

while willing to allow us to bring our special food, certainly

will

want whatever we bring into the house to be kosher for Passover

only.

Do we worry about cross-contamination with all the matza flying

around the table, and how do we deal with that? We will not

consider

skipping this important family event.

Please excuse me for so many questions. I hope they aren't too

neurotic. It all seems very overwhelming to me right now.

Passover

has always been one of my favorite food holidays, and I really

want to

do this right (gf) without losing the fun of it, if possible.

Yes, I

know there is plenty of " plain food " that is fine during

Passover, but

sometimes you need to have more than that, especially for a

holiday.

I will be looking for those " Pesach crumbs " and other items, but

I can

really use some practical, doing-Passover-all-8-days advice.

Hopefully,

Laurie in NJ

[Guest guest]

I don't have the brand for the pizza crust - we just finished our last box from last year, but the name LeTov stands out for some reason? For the muffins, I have to buy again - I think it's Carmel maybe? I am so bad at this - I apologize. I think it's something like 1 egg, 1 cup individual applesauce, 1 cup water, and the bag of mix for 6 big (or 12 half size) muffins baked at 375 for an hour? I don't have a mixer or other machinery for Passover, so I like things easy.

Sara

[Guest guest]

Ok...so it's actually a passover pizza crust mix??

It could be Carmel...get to that store girl!! I've got

'sperimentin to do!! hehe

Easy is good..very good in fact!! Even if I DO have the mixer

and every other appliance made! It's all in a cabinet and a

major hassle to drag it out!! I have no counter top space!

Don't cha just love it when someone JUMPS on a small comment

you make!!?? At least we have the crepes!! My kids will eat

them EVERY day for breakfast!!

kathi

--- Sara wrote:

> I don't have the brand for the pizza crust - we just finished

> our last box

> from last year, but the name LeTov stands out for some reason?

> For the

> muffins, I have to buy again - I think it's Carmel maybe? I

> am so bad at

> this - I apologize. I think it's something like 1 egg, 1 cup

> individual

> applesauce, 1 cup water, and the bag of mix for 6 big (or 12

> half size)

> muffins baked at 375 for an hour? I don't have a mixer or

> other machinery

> for Passover, so I like things easy.

>

> Sara

>

[Guest guest]

> Ok...so it's actually a passover pizza crust mix??

> It could be Carmel...get to that store girl!! I've got

> 'sperimentin to do!! hehe

I can't stand that mix, personally. Too powdery, if that makes any

sense. Try it--I might've had a bad batch or something.

I wonder if cassava/tapioca/manioc could be considered kosher for

passover? I don't *think* it's heavily processed, other than soaking

to remove any potential toxins. You don't have to cook chebe that

long. And it doesn't contain kitniyot.

Three of the chebe mixes were certified Kosher Pareve until last

September (they probably just need to renew). http://chebe.com/

chebekosher.htm Now, that's not Kosher for Pesach, but . . . . I do

wonder. What if you made it from scratch, not using the mix? Is

tapioca allowed?

I'm not Jewish--I love this time of year because I can buy soy-free

chocolate chips and white chocolate pretty inexpensively. YAY!

Ah, I see that pure tapioca is Kosher for Pesach as far as star-K is

concerned. Treated tapioca needs a special designation. What does

that mean? You can buy tapioca pearls (which are made from tapioca

flour) and be fine, perhaps, but a tapioca pudding mix needs to be

certified?

http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-palate-secretingredient.htm

ygg

[Guest guest]

ugh. Way over my head!! I don't think Tapioca ever entered

into any of my family's thinking...until now that is! I'm

just trying to figure out how to make brownies kosher for

passover and gf!! That way I can make my Death by Chocolate!

: )

--- eye of newt wrote:

---------------------------------

> Ok...so it's actually a passover pizza crust mix??

> It could be Carmel...get to that store girl!! I've got

> 'sperimentin to do!! hehe

I can't stand that mix, personally. Too powdery, if that makes

any

sense. Try it--I might've had a bad batch or something.

I wonder if cassava/tapioca/manioc could be considered kosher

for

passover? I don't *think* it's heavily processed, other than

soaking

to remove any potential toxins. You don't have to cook chebe

that

long. And it doesn't contain kitniyot.

Three of the chebe mixes were certified Kosher Pareve until last

September (they probably just need to renew). http://chebe.com/

chebekosher.htm Now, that's not Kosher for Pesach, but . . . .

I do

wonder. What if you made it from scratch, not using the mix?

Is

tapioca allowed?

I'm not Jewish--I love this time of year because I can buy

soy-free

chocolate chips and white chocolate pretty inexpensively. YAY!

Ah, I see that pure tapioca is Kosher for Pesach as far as

star-K is

concerned. Treated tapioca needs a special designation. What

does

that mean? You can buy tapioca pearls (which are made from

tapioca

flour) and be fine, perhaps, but a tapioca pudding mix needs to

be

certified?

http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-palate-secretingredient.htm

ygg

[Guest guest]

> ugh. Way over my head!! I don't think Tapioca ever entered

> into any of my family's thinking...until now that is! I'm

> just trying to figure out how to make brownies kosher for

> passover and gf!! That way I can make my Death by Chocolate!

> : )

Truffle brownies. Flourless. LOTS of egg white.

I've seen flourless truffle brownie/cake recipes, but most call for

a tiny amount (1/2 cup)--so little that it's really only providing

texture and can easily be replaced with hazelnut meal or an

acceptable flour or tapioca (ground up).

ygg

[Guest guest]

>

> ugh. Way over my head!! I don't think Tapioca ever entered

> into any of my family's thinking...until now that is! I'm

> just trying to figure out how to make brownies kosher for

> passover and gf!! That way I can make my Death by Chocolate!

> : )

>

Kathi, Im not sure if they have a mix here, but there are many

GF/Kosher cookies (pre made) brownies what not. Ive not had much time

to explore the site, but hope you find something. www.glutenfreemall.com

I normally buy the pamelas GF brownie mix,

http://www.pamelasproducts.com/ and kick it up a knotch, but Im not

sure if its kosher and dont have a bag right now, they dont say on the

site.

Best!

Cassi

[Guest guest]

Laurie,

I was frightened in facing my first passover. NO matzah. NO foods using matzah meal. What was left? I even purchased oat matzah from England. It was one of the most disgusting things I have ever tried. I even tried to make a matzah brie out of it - it was even worse!

Having now been through 2 passovers, I have come to realize that Passover is actually pretty easy. My sister in law makes matzah from potato starch. We buy gefilte fish from Kedem which uses potato starch and no matzah meal.

The rest of the time, I eat the way I usually do. Eggs and fruit in the morning. Dannon yogurts are certified during passover only. I have salads for lunch and normal meals for dinner. I have to say that my family is very understanding and does what they can to help.

I used to live in Cherry Hill and moved to Sarasota where there are not a lot of places to buy foods. I would think that you have a larger variety to choose from in NJ.

Wish you the best.

Randy

How to do Passover? (long)

Okay, we've touched on this briefly in the past, but now Passover isjust a little over a month away, and I'm boggled by the idea of tryingto do Passover gf for the first time. I have always kept Passoverpretty carefully (not as strict as some), and I've always enjoyedbaking and cooking many specialties for only this time of year. Ijust can't get my mind around not having matza or matza meal, matzabrei, matza with butter, matza with gefilte fish, matza kugel, etc. What else do you eat for breakfast or a quick snack (other than thoseterrific crepes we've been making), now that matza hot cereal andmatza crackers are banned? How many potatoes and eggs can one familyactually eat before revolting, anyway? I was raised Ashkenazic (sp?), not using rice or beans duringPassover, so I'm a little uncomfortable with some of the gf Passoverrecipies I've seen that use rice or bean flour. Do we have to "goSaphardic" in order to have a decently enjoyable week? Is it okay tohave matza in the house for those who can eat it, or is that just toomuch of a cross-contamination issue? Am I ultimately going to decideto "forget about it" and not do Passover anymore because it is toomuch of a big deal? (I hope not!) Also what about going to thefamily seder at my sis-in-law's house? She keeps strictly kosher and,while willing to allow us to bring our special food, certainly willwant whatever we bring into the house to be kosher for Passover only.Do we worry about cross-contamination with all the matza flyingaround the table, and how do we deal with that? We will not considerskipping this important family event. Please excuse me for so many questions. I hope they aren't tooneurotic. It all seems very overwhelming to me right now. Passoverhas always been one of my favorite food holidays, and I really want todo this right (gf) without losing the fun of it, if possible. Yes, Iknow there is plenty of "plain food" that is fine during Passover, butsometimes you need to have more than that, especially for a holiday. I will be looking for those "Pesach crumbs" and other items, but I canreally use some practical, doing-Passover-all-8-days advice.Hopefully,Laurie in NJ

[Guest guest]

Do you have any idea if the glucose used in kosher for passover items is still grain derived?

I found some butterscotch candy, but it was too late to call about it (most has soy, so this time of year is when I stock up too, since I am soy allergic). Even found some white chocolate (soy free) and tons of chocolate chips (and have finally broken the bad habit of buying way too many macaroons). They had potato, cheese and cherry blintzes (gf) and waffles (gf), but not in any quantity (I think 1, 3, 5 and 1 left of those). I'll pick up a few, but overbought those last year too (and waffles are so easy to make at home).

You do have to read labels - half the soup bases had matzah, some of the chocolate does (and the obvious stuff like biscotti and cookies use matzah and the cereal may be oats but not gf). But there are some items you can only get this time of year (and if you have another allergy, it may be the only version available that is also corn or soy free, other than some even more expensive mail order versions).

-----Original Message-----

I actually find this time of year to be the best time - there are so many products that are labelled 'non-gebrokts' which means that it has no matzah or matzah-meal in it. For example, we buy a potato-starch based pizza crust mix, use a latke mix (I think by something that starts with a C but I could be wrong - it's in a blue box) to make these latke muffins that work for breakfast, buy potato-based waffles, and even some blintzes made with potato flour instead of matza or wheat

[Guest guest]

Do you have any idea if the glucose used in kosher for passover items is still grain derived?

I found some butterscotch candy, but it was too late to call about it (most has soy, so this time of year is when I stock up too, since I am soy allergic). Even found some white chocolate (soy free) and tons of chocolate chips (and have finally broken the bad habit of buying way too many macaroons). They had potato, cheese and cherry blintzes (gf) and waffles (gf), but not in any quantity (I think 1, 3, 5 and 1 left of those). I'll pick up a few, but overbought those last year too (and waffles are so easy to make at home).

You do have to read labels - half the soup bases had matzah, some of the chocolate does (and the obvious stuff like biscotti and cookies use matzah and the cereal may be oats but not gf). But there are some items you can only get this time of year (and if you have another allergy, it may be the only version available that is also corn or soy free, other than some even more expensive mail order versions).

-----Original Message-----

I actually find this time of year to be the best time - there are so many products that are labelled 'non-gebrokts' which means that it has no matzah or matzah-meal in it. For example, we buy a potato-starch based pizza crust mix, use a latke mix (I think by something that starts with a C but I could be wrong - it's in a blue box) to make these latke muffins that work for breakfast, buy potato-based waffles, and even some blintzes made with potato flour instead of matza or wheat