Purim Seudas are challenging – you don’t always get a consistent hungry crowd – people want to come and go – everybody’s stuffed from the day – i used to go nuts – now i make sure to have ‘easy’ to put out food – i set the table with pretty challahs so it looks nice, and everybody eats it – (challah napkin rings – onion croissants – garlic knots/ all or some) My entree is stuffed cabbage – and that’s almost a meal for the in and out guys – Then i put out platters of the same stuffed cabbage (for doubles/latecomers) a roast (bake, refridge/slice – freeze – warm up with sauce), chicken nuggets, potato knishes (either nice long flat latticed roll, or – if i get fancy – megillahs/or hamantashchen -megillahs- flat piece of dough, potato mixture on left side – roll dough to middle and leave flat piece – or hamentaschen – roll out dough – make round circles (plastic container size – potato mixture in middle, and pinch three corners – egg wash, and sesame seeds – if preparing in advance underbake, freeze and bake to serve – franks ‘n blanks like megillahs for the kids (i think the Voice had the recipe last week) – fresh salad / or baked frozen chinese stir fry vegetables with onion soup mix and a smidgen oil ) all these can be frozen ahead of time – and warmed up in the oven. Dessert can just be the shallach manos cakes and a scoop of ice cream – ) also one fun tradition for the grandchildren is i make ‘gingerbread man’ cookies – with a hole in the neck and each kid gets to attach a string/ribbon, and hang haman from the chandelier. A freilichen Purim!
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