I forgot how painful Passover can be.
We're not really taking it very seriously in my house this year, what with Mom's IBS and none of us really being home at all, but I did put together quite a nice little seder meal this afternoon (chicken, aspargus, garlic mashed potatoes, chicken soup and matzo balls, and gefilte fish) and when Mommy got home from work we all sat down and enjoyed it and some very nice white wine.
Then I went upstairs and took a 2 hour nap. Now, I can't really explain why that happened. Whenever I eat turkey, I tend to get really tired because of the tryptophane in the meat. Then I get really sick because I think I'm allergic, or at least sensitive to, the tryptophane (damn you turkey for being so delicious!). But it's never happened with chicken before, so when I woke up and was like "ARGH!", I was very disappointed.
And I have to go through it all again tomorrow night, but this time there will be a lot of Hebrew singing and way more food and way more wine and matzo. Yikes!
So tomorrow afternoon I have to make 2 batches of meringues, because they're the ultimate kosher la pesah dessert. For those of you who aren't familiar with meringues, they're light, airy cookies that resemble dollops of whipped cream made out of stiff eggwhites, sugar, and vanilla. They are TRES delicious and very easy to make, and because they involve no flour or wheat at all, they're the perfect seder ender. And apparently I make them the best, so I get to supply them for tomorrow night's dinner. My mom made matzo skor bar (matzo, layer of brown sugar-butter candy, layer of melted chocolate YUMMY!) this evening (I helped!) that will complement the meringues, so we're all set for a super rich dessert.
Tonight I'll dream of Manichewitz wine and hagadahs. Joy.
-Laur
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