OMG.

[taffimai]

I just saw a commercial for a company that delivers cookie bouquets. In the commercial, the narrator chirped, "Perfect for Easter, Passover, or any occasion!"

Yes, you read that right. Cookie bouquets for Passover. Goyim are brilliant sometimes.

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[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Even things containing no rising agents have to be prepared special for passover to get the 'kosher for passover' seal- they can't be made on the same pans that were used for regular cookies, for example.

I assume the cookies are kosher, just not kosher for passover and someone in the ad department didn't know the difference.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

You're giving them more credit than I did.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I just had coffee, I can be magnanimous.

I also don't want to think about it being Passover already. *sighs*

[rustydog.livejournal.com]

Oh, that makes sense. Wow, not a good idea in so many ways!

I also didn't know until I just went looking now about the prohibition against grains associated with fermentation. Everything I can find about how matzo is made just says "white flour and water" so I can't figure out what kind of agricultural product is used for the flour, if wheat and a lot of other grains can't be used.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Matzoh is made with wheat flour, true... not sure how that works (I think it has to do with the preparation? There is some sort of rule regarding how long the wheat and flour can be mixed together and how long it may bake), but in general any thing made for Chometz- wheat, spelt, barley, oats, and rye or legumes (depending on if you are Ashkenazi (European) or Sephardic (Mideastern) descent.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

It's the amount of time it's mixed -- basically, it can't be allowed to rise.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

If I remember correctly, 18 minutes for mixed to done being cooked? Something like that.

[taffimai.livejournal.com]

Yep! We like our chai, don't we?

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

Yes. life is good.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I debated whether I should click this or not, but I just wanted to mention that Ashkenazi doesn't mean European and Sephardic doesn't mean Middle Eastern. I don't mean to be rude, it just bothered me.

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

No, but it is the easiest way of explaining the difference to someone who has no idea there are differences within the Jewish faith. I should have said Mediterranean, not mid-eastern though.

[ethrosdemon.livejournal.com]

I see where you're coming from, totally. It's just, you know, a thorny subject.