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Passover Isn’t About Deprivation
by jillbcooks 3/24/2010 5:38:00 PM

One of the aspects of celebrating Passover is avoiding chametz, or leaveners, in food as a way of acknowledging the flight of the Israelites from Egypt.  The Israelites did not have time to let their bread leaven once Pharaoh finally released them from bondage, or as my husband puts it, they didn’t want to wait around for Pharaoh to change his mind.  If you’ve never refrained from chametz during Passover, it is a little bit difficult to wrap your mind around.  No flour, no breadcrumbs, no pasta, no bread, no pizza, no cookies, no cake, well, you get the idea. The foundation “starch” at Passover is matzoh.  Using matzoh meal (finely ground...


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Tags: chametz, Matzoh, Passover, coffee cake, banana nut bread, Pesach

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