blessings and curses

[cellio]

Blessed is she who, with respect to Pesach, can say "ok then, I just won't use 75% of the kitchen cupboards (or their contents)". If you don't open it at all for the week, you can include it in the sale of chametz and thus just forget about it.

Cursed is she who buys some new utensils but cannot free them from their plastic prisons. Oh well; maybe Dani will be able to meet the challenge.

Comments

[siderea]

Happy Maneshevitz-Chocolate-Macaroon Season!

Er, do they have those where you're at?

[cellio]

Thanks.

Er, do they have those where you're at?

Oh, they must. I'll admit that I don't pay a lot of attention to either the Maneshevitz line or (anyone's) chocolate-flavored cookies. For the first, there are much tastier brands/lines available in kosher stores; Maneshevitz is the baseline that even regular grocery stores will carry. For the second, I know some will say I blaspheme, but I don't care all that much for chocolate cookies -- I like chocolate icing, chocolate chips, chocolate candy, hot cocoa, and chocolate brownies, but cookies with chocolate batter I don't care for. I don't know what makes them different. (Chocolate is also my least-favorite cake flavor, though I'll still happily eat it. I won't happily eat chocolate cookies.)

[siderea]

Nononono. These aren't cookies. They're kosher-for-passover macaroons. They've never been exposed to even a speck of wheat.

Think cross between brownie and fudge. Only more rich than sugary.

Find someone who does like chocolate cookies, have them buy a canister, and try one. :)

I'm not even a big chocolate fan (I like my chocolate intensely chocolate) and I can't stand the taste of coconut, but I love these. As apparently do most people -- the store never seems to keep them in stock long.

The Manechevitz brand come all moist and soft, and the other brands I've tried are dry and nasty.
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[cellio]

Think cross between brownie and fudge. Only more rich than sugary.

Ah, ok. For some reason I was confusing these with something else. That does sound worth investigating. I'm probably going to hit the (standard) grocery store tonight, as having a stash of Diet Coke in the car for a several-day trip to the in-laws would be the better part of valor [1], so I can check the Maneshevitz aisle while I'm there. If I don't like 'em, gift for the in-laws! :-)

[1] My sister-in-law is a very kind and accommodating person; there will surely be diet caffeine of some sort. However, I'm not sure she properly groks my quantity needs yet, and I don't want to embarrass her by making a grocery run while we're there.

[cellio]

Chocolate macaroons acquired. You're right; those are soft and tasty, not the hard blobs I remember from past years.