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[cellio]

The kitchen is kosher for Pesach. Yay. Granted, some of this was achieved by the simple expedient of taping some cupboards shut, but that was actually part of the plan from the beginning. Some stuff will sit out on the counter for the week because there's not enough storage space, but this too is fine.

Tomorrow morning, we drop my car off for some inspection-related work that the repair folks wanted to do while not under time pressure, and then we drive to Toronto. We finally found out what's up with the seders; fortunately, Dani's sister (at whose house we are staying) is not hosting tomorrow night, so we will not walk into a madhouse and have to feel guilty about not being there earlier to help.

There's a huge Reform congregation called Holy Blossom (!) that is less than a mile from Dani's sister's house, so that's where I'll go for services. I admit to more than usual curiosity...

I have no idea if I'll have any net access while in Toronto. We'll be back Sunday night.

I'll bet the cats will be mad at me -- I abandoned them this past weekend, and here I am doing so again. I'm glad a "cat person" (Lori) is looking in on them.

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[cellio]

Combine the following and mix well:

2-3 large bananas, smooshed
1 large apple, chopped small
1 orange (pulp and juice)
half a bag of chopped dates (maybe more) (4-6 oz?)
couple handfuls raisins
couple handfuls slivered almonds
1/4 C honey
lots of ground ginger (I use a couple tablespoons)

I recommend squeezing the orange juice out into a bowl or the like and adding only some of it to start. When I made this last week it came out a little too moist because the orange was a bit large compared to everything else.

I do not know the origin of this recipe or whether it's really Sephardic. That's how it was told to me.