It’s like a conglomeration of the years of plenty and the years of hunger. There’s nothing, nothing to eat, and yet, there are egg kichels
Kol dichfin….
If food is the pulse of home, in a Jewish home, Pesach food is its very essence. True, Pesach only lasts eight days, but somehow, perhaps because our nation’s existence is fundamentally rooted in this Yom Tov, and also because your family doesn’t sell actual chometz, doesn’t mish on Pesach, but does have strong Hungarian taste buds, the entire year revolves around those sacred eight days.
Growing up, you sat over a plastic table cover a week before Pesach cracking walnuts, almonds, and hazelnuts until your pinkies bled. You squeezed a case of oranges and watched deceivingly tall cakes sink lower and lower as they cooled.
And through it all, you hunted for food.
In keeping with tradition, here’s what you and your brethren (and offspring) are wont to eat before, during, and after this Festival of Freedom.
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