I think this was the first “dessert” I ever made as a kid, but the results have always been so mediocre. The reason this method is so much better is because it’s super thin, super crispy, and sweet all over.
My friend told me she ordered hostess packages from a nice lady who orders tons of assorted containers and bags from AliExpress as a service for people who are making simchahs, saving them considerable time and money. She started it when she found some great deals while preparing for her own simchah, and it morphed from there. I took down the number, saved it in my phone, and was shocked to discover that this anonymous lady was none other than a very dear coworker! I called her immediately. I couldn’t believe she was operating a chesed production that I’d never heard a word about.
So many of us have underground meccas of something that no one quite knows about. Sometimes it’s very serious and personal, and the fact that no one knows about it is extremely taxing, and sometimes it’s an exciting underground world, such as intensely focusing on making a bar mitzvah before the announcement goes out to the world.
We arrive at Yom Tov with a fridge or freezer full of the testimony that we’ve been busy in our own underground world, slowly accumulating delicious food that will soon become a joyous Yom Tov seudah. Many times our family members have no inkling of the amount of time it took us to find a certain ingredient or remake the challah when we accidentally omitted the salt, or to studiously sit over our menu, making sure each guest has sufficient options at each meal. It’s our own underground world, and we have to feel good about it even if no one else knows about it.
I hope you receive fantastic reviews on all the delicious Family Table recipes you’ve created this Yom Tov, and that all your hard work pays off.
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