On Saturday Bob and I went to Passover Sedar at his cousin Tiffany's house. Bob spent all afternoon cooking up recipes to bring over. It sure is hard to make yummy recipes when you can't use leavening products. I had been to one Sedar before so I was a little bit familiar with it. There were 13 people there with Bob's family and Tiffany's husband's family. The Sedar consists of readings and blessings; Tiffany said some of them in Hebrew. On the table they have a Sedar plate and they describe what each food on the plate symbolizes. It is a really long dinner, but we did the shortened version. We drank Manischewitz wine which is so potent. During the formal part, we had matza with horseradish (clears the sinuses), a potato dipped in salt water (symbolizing bitter tears), and charoset (apples and nuts). Bob served us the food he made. That included meatballs, Gefilte fish (which was not so bad), and cheese kugel (matza with cottage cheese, cinnamon and honey). Then, we had matza ball soup, chicken, veggies, potatoes, and brisket. It was very filling! For dessert I made a Passover chocolate cake. It was made with matza meal and tasted like chocolate matza. Not as tasty as regular chocolate cake. We also had some Passover chocolate jelly rolls and cheesecake (not kosher). Passover lasts for 8 days. So, for those eight days they can not eat leavened products. There is still a lot they can eat like meat, potatoes, veggies and fruit. The substitutes they make for leavened products can be good, but not something you would want to eat all the time. I am just glad I don’t have to eat like that- very difficult.