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My daughter is at Darchei Bina and she is having a FANTASTIC year B”H! She’s a very conscientious student (valedictorian, not that I’m bragging 🙂 ) and very “normal” frum (tzniusdik Ts and denim skirts).

The girls cook and they learn from each other so to me, having only one meal a day is a plus. (Not the money, of course, but the experience. And what’s a 20-plus thousand dollar year about if not experience?)

Where are your daughter’s friends going? Is there anyone in her HS who can provide guidance?

Commonsense – excellent explanation!

Ms. Critique – I can tell you exactly what it’s like to live in a bracket where taxes are almost more than take home pay! That’s why the cheating bothers me so much. My taxes keep going up up up to make up the shortfall from everyone who doesn’t pay. I’m paying more to cover my neighbors who BRAG (no shame at all!) about cheating on their taxes. And don’t get me started on cheating on taxes with cash, both by being paid off the books and not paying sales tax if you pay cash.

Le Chocolat truffles (Monsey) beat Godiva hands down and the shopping experience there is so much more pleasant than buying a box at Macy’s. For less-expensive but still absolutely delicious chocolate I go with Schmerling. To me, the advantages of non chalav yisrael are price and availability but not taste.

Not qualifying for financial aid means earning too much to be considered poor and get some help, but not rich enough to afford the lifestyle we would like!

I wish I could pop over and visit my daughter (and E”Y, where I haven’t been in close to 20 years), but we’re scrimping to make our tuitions and we don’t have a spare few thousand dollars.

I smile and say “sorry, I don’t shake hands with men for religious reasons” and that seems to go over OK. Sometimes the guy will apologize and I’ll reassure him that he didn’t do anything wrong, I wouldn’t expect him to anticipate my religious practices.

When I’ve been in similar situations I’ve gone to the restaurant and just had Coke. Everyone in the group knows I’m not eating for religious reasons but I’m still being a team player.

I would not feel comfortable eating kosher food in a non-kosher restaurant because I would not want to be seen eating there.

“Beer can” chicken.

can black cherry soda

whole chicken

oil

herbs and pepper

1. Wash can very well. Open can, pour out about 1/3 of the soda, use a can opener to poke a couple more holes in the top of the can. Put can in foil-lined pan.

2. Mix oil and seasonings then rub inside and outside chicken, including under skin where possible.

3. “Sit” chicken securely on can.

4. Bake

I made this a few weeks ago and it was absolutely delicious but I don’t recall the time/temp so I’m going to make it up … Try 350 for 2 hours.

I’ve used kali tzom with success. They are not caffeine or asprin – they contain herbs (I think they you not lose water as quickly so you don’t dehydrate). Maybe it’s psychological – I don’t care! It worked!

> Now the question is, why don’t pizza stores charge tax?

For the same reason people think they don’t have to pay tax if they pay in cash or have their items shipped out of state.

You don’t all have to agree this is a problem but why are you mocking OP?

Any update?

We cannot rely on stores to make sure we only purchase kosher l’Pesach foods.

Let’s say a store has dedicated Pesach aisles and refrigerator/freezer cases and they are careful when they stock the shelves and they verify that the Pesach order really contains only Pesach food and everything is great before the first customer walks in – who is responsible for making sure a “helpful” shopper doesn’t put something back in the wrong section?

“Normal” of course 🙂

No need to go all the way to Africa for some meat … Rockland Kosher (Monsey, NY) sells biltong.

Why “should” a female teacher “only be the second source of income in her home”? Suddenly it’s a husband’s job to support his family?

Do you toast the seaweed before using it? Carefully hold it over the stove (lit, obviously!), moving it around so it doesn’t burn – that will enhance the flavor.

I usually spread chrayonnaise over the seasoned/vinegared rice, then top with lox or other smoked or otherwise ready to eat fish.

Fast Forward:

Hello hello hello sir.

Meet me at the grocer.

No sir.

Why sir.

Because I have a cold sir.

Where did you get the cold sir?

At the North pole sir.

What were you doing there sir?

Catching polar bears, sir.

How many did you catch sir?

One sir

Two sir

Three sir …

Now that I’m a parent, I can’t imagine my mother was too happy about what our knee socks looked after using them to play ball!

Either you’re waaay over 40 or I forgot most of my childhood 🙂

Sorry to tell you this, but if you put your marriage on hold until your kids are married, you won’t have a relationship to recharge or reconnect – you’re going to have to undo the damage from decades of neglect. The best thing you can do to prepare your kids for marriage is show them that you and your husband cherish your marriage and each other, and that includes spending time without the kids.

Leaving the kids with Savta is fantastic for all involved! The kids get an adventure, Savta gets to spoil them without you looking on in disapproval, and you and DH come back refreshed & reenergized.

Milchig truffles from Le Chocolat (the store, not the supermarket brand). They are THE BEST (better than Godiva, for those who care) and by bringing milchigs to a Shabbos seudah you are making it clear that the gift is for the hostess and not something you expect her to share. Unless the meal you come for is breakfast 🙂

I think uniforms are terrible chinuch. They create an artificial boundary between school and home and they don’t teach girls anything about how to dress.

(From someone who never wore a uniform and sends her daughters to a school without one.)

The minimum wage for certain employees is lower (by several dollars) than the usual minimum wage so although you are not the employer, you are expected to pay part of the worker’s wages directly, not just indirectly as customers do in most industries.

From the NYS Department of Labor:

Some industries make allowances for tips; thus they set a lower hourly rate. For example, food service workers may earn $4.65 per hour because their total compensation includes expected tips.

B’sha’a tovah 1030 & Mazel tov, Oomis!