How many people attend your Purim seudah? 10? 20? 30? What’s it like to host a seudah with double or triple that number of guests? Four women from across the globe share the nuts and bolts of how to host a seudah that rivals Achashveirosh’s (or at least tries to) and still smile when telling the tale.
Where do you have it?
We do it at my mother’s house by default because she lives in Monroe and has a big place — it’s not even a question if it should be elsewhere! We used to put the men in the dining room and the ladies in another room and the kids would be anywhere we could make place for them. Then a few years ago we realized the men can be anywhere because they’re not moving so we put the ladies in the dining room which is adjacent to an open living room. It’s better because between keeping an eye on the kids and the serving the ladies are constantly moving.
What do you serve?
There’s not really a set menu. It’s a Yom Tov seudah so we always have fish soup and stuffed cabbage that’s traditional. Other than that anything goes — whatever we want to make. The kids have the same but smaller portions. Or if we make potato knishes maybe we’ll bring a tub of mashed potatoes for them.
Do you serve dessert or is the assumption that it’s unnecessary on Purim?
Of course there’s dessert. What’s a little more sugar at that point?
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