Stripes and Stripes Forever
After rereading last year's posting, I decided to replicate it, but with a few additions. Because tonight is the first night of Chanukah, we will start with a candle salad at each place setting: a round pineapple slice with a banana topped with a grape flame in the center. We will also have latkes at dinner tonight.
As for tomorrow's lunch: Yosef's striped colorful coat all the way, with a layered salad, a striped roasted vegetable terrine, and striped jel dessert (see rainbow jello for Parsahat Noach).
Sorry this week's entry is so short. Chanukah consumes more time than I expected.
Shabbat Shalom!
Friday, December 11, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Parashat Vayishlach
Dessert with a Bite to It!
I just reread what I wrote last year because I had no memory of Vayishlach at all. Lo and behold I discovered that we were not at home for that Shabbat; I can use all the ideas I had presented as possibilities were I to make Shabbat, so check the archives for those ideas.
As for new additions: Dessert will focus on a famous midrash related to Yaakov and Esav's reunion. When the brothers see each other again after decades of separation, the Torah text states that Esav runs towrd Yaakov, embraces him, falls upon his neck, kisses him, and they both weep. The Torah known for concision of language provides many verbs for this reunion. In addition, in the text itself, the word "and he kissed" appears with what appear to be extraneous dots above it. The midrash explains that the dots allude to Esav's true intent. While he seemingly envelops Yaakov in an embrace of forgiveness and fraternal love, Esav is really acting as a wolf in sheep's clothing (nice comparison to Yaakov in parashat Toldot who was a sheep dressed in wolf's clothes, so to speak). Esav falls on his brother's neck not to kiss him, but to bite him. The midrash continues that Yaakov's neck turns to stone/marble to become impervious to his brother's threatening action.
How does this midrash translate into dessert?
I have two confections that I am going to bake and serve side by side: Mexican chocolate cookies and marble cupcakes (recipe adapted to make them pareve). The cookies look like chocolate cookies but have a definite bite to them (pun very much intended). I plan to try to cut the cookies in the shape of chocolate kisses before I bake them if possible.
Shabbat Shalom!
I just reread what I wrote last year because I had no memory of Vayishlach at all. Lo and behold I discovered that we were not at home for that Shabbat; I can use all the ideas I had presented as possibilities were I to make Shabbat, so check the archives for those ideas.
As for new additions: Dessert will focus on a famous midrash related to Yaakov and Esav's reunion. When the brothers see each other again after decades of separation, the Torah text states that Esav runs towrd Yaakov, embraces him, falls upon his neck, kisses him, and they both weep. The Torah known for concision of language provides many verbs for this reunion. In addition, in the text itself, the word "and he kissed" appears with what appear to be extraneous dots above it. The midrash explains that the dots allude to Esav's true intent. While he seemingly envelops Yaakov in an embrace of forgiveness and fraternal love, Esav is really acting as a wolf in sheep's clothing (nice comparison to Yaakov in parashat Toldot who was a sheep dressed in wolf's clothes, so to speak). Esav falls on his brother's neck not to kiss him, but to bite him. The midrash continues that Yaakov's neck turns to stone/marble to become impervious to his brother's threatening action.
How does this midrash translate into dessert?
I have two confections that I am going to bake and serve side by side: Mexican chocolate cookies and marble cupcakes (recipe adapted to make them pareve). The cookies look like chocolate cookies but have a definite bite to them (pun very much intended). I plan to try to cut the cookies in the shape of chocolate kisses before I bake them if possible.
Shabbat Shalom!
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