re: #91 William Barnett-Lewis

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Which holiday starts tonight again? ISTR a couple day long one?

It is Shavuot, the Festival of Giving of the Torah.

It is traditional to eat dairy foods on this holiday, so I made a cheesecake and cheese blintzes. But since the days are so long, I made a roast too. Unlike Shabbos, cooking is permitted on the holiday but I like to prepare everything in advance and then just heat up what needs heating, because who wants to spend a holiday in the kitchen cooking up a storm?

Here is the menu (not served all at the same meal, but distributed over two days):

Home-baked challah

Baked gefilte fish
Broiled teriyaki salmon
Broiled lemon tarragon lake trout
Smoked whitefish

Chicken noodle soup
Gold tip roast, with Middle East dry rub of peppercorns, coriander, cumin, & chili powder

Cheese blintzes

Assorted salads (have not made yet)
Fresh fruit

Dessert (after dairy meal): cheesecake
ice cream

(after meat meal): Fresh fruit, fruit sorbet

Wine: Herzog Orange Muscat