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MiamiMommy

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 9:55 am

We ALWAYS have guests (I can't remember the last time we didn't) so I always make a full Shabbos meal. It usually goes like this:

fish (sometimes 2 kinds, if lots of people come)
2 different salads (taco, nish nosh, etc)
a pasta or potato salad
a few dips (some I make, some I buy)
soup w/ matza balls (my dh MUST have soup!)
chicken and/or meat (sometimes I make only chicken or a roast, sometimes I make chicken and add something like meatballs)
some kind or potato (kugel, roasted, or scalloped)
a veg. or quiche
a dessert, usually an ice cream pie or something like that
brownies

On Shabbos day, I used to make chulent, but now I make fleishig chamin, everyone seems to like that a lot. I got the recipe from my friend, it's delicious. I also add wraps or subs on Shabbos day.

I make what I make because my dh and guests like it all, especially the salads! My kids couldn't care less as long as they have challah and dips. I dream about making my own challah, but I'm working full time and go to sleep late enough as it is on Thurs. nights!

ozfest

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 11:48 am

louche wrote:

Tea --with sugar cubes!

ha! that brings back memories! with mandelbrot of course...

well I have to confess, I broke my no-guest menu rule and made myself some quick veggie side dishes. helps that I've been up since 5am! still trying to lose the baby fat so the kugel/rice only meal is not gonna cut it for me tonight...and perhaps I can persuade DH that the veggies go well with his chicken too...hehe...who am I kidding...more for me Smile

Chava Golar

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 12:02 pm

When I got married I started off cooking everything that we'd eaten at home, but we quickly realized that DH and I could not eat all of the food and I was finished after fish. Now we just have Challah and soup, and DH has chicken too. On shabbos day we have chulent and a medium Sh'Sh and leftovers for Melavah Malka. I do like to cook/bake but it doesn't get eaten, so I save that stuff for when we have guests and make a couple extra sides/kugels.
In direct answer to your question I make what I make cuz it makes sense for us.

louche

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 12:06 pm

wow, I envy you ladies who are satisifed with challah and soup. I'm betting you're all slim as young trees. We're just getting started when we have soup.

jelibean

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 12:31 pm

louche wrote:

Oh--and NO PATCHKEREI. I hate patchkerei. If I wanted to be an artiste, I'd have majored in fine art.

Uh, please enlighten those of us sitting in the culinary dark here. What is patchkerei?

chocolate moose

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 12:45 pm

I work on Friday and we don't usually host guests anyway. We like to eatin shul by day so it's rerally just Friday nights for the 2 of us, and as we age, we can't eat like we used to.

louche

Fri, Nov 06 2009, 1:05 pm

jelibean wrote:

Uh, please enlighten those of us sitting in the culinary dark here. What is patchkerei?

Giggle--it's not a dish, though upon rereading I can see how you might come to that conclusion. To Patchke is Yiddish for "to fiddle around" in the sense of..hmm.. how do you say it English? well, a dish like spanakopita, requiring you to brush each leaf with oil and fold the dough just so, that's patchkerei. Making a salad in which you have to dice the onions, slice the peppers, julienne the carrots, blanch the celery, sliver the beets, cut the scallion into ribbons and tie them around the julienned carrots--that's patchkerei. Nuking whole potatoes in their jackets and serving whole is not patchkerei.

yaeli83

Sun, Nov 08 2009, 8:55 am

its just me and DH, no guests or kids yet.

I bake challah b/c dh likes it and I like mitzva of taking challah
we always have a few "lighter salads" and dips.
coleslaw, carrot, garlic w/ olive oil etc. we change them up. DH loves these salads, but we really fill up on them and eat a lot of bread.
we usually have fish, either salmon or gefilte, also per dh's request.

soup is either chicken or butternut squash. its just not shabbos w/ out the soup

the main meal is always a chicken, and one or two sides, something like roasted potatoes, green beans... nothing heavy. DH isnt into very many kuggles and doesnt like sweet.
I used to make kuggles, and starchy sides but they never get eaten. so I learned to make one or two vegi type things.

dessert I try to do sometihng on the lighter side... we are usually to full to eat cakes and cookies even though I like baking and trying new thigns so I always make them... we usually end up having that during the week, or snack on it during a long shabbos day anyway...

I still havent gotten it all figured out. I need some lighter but more interesting side dishes... besides for the same old vegi dishes.

also we always tend to be able to eat more at other peoples houses!! Im not sure why, but I think its because we eat less challah there...

dora

Sun, Nov 08 2009, 10:41 am

Tradition, thats why. It's not shabbos without fish, kugel, soup, cholent etc. I like to cook and we all love to eat so I satisfy both needs (theirs and mine) Even though I work full time shabbos gets its special foods but with variations. I begin planning on Tuesday shop on Wednesday and cook Thursday (work late on Friday) Each week I make the basic menu but vary the type ie; gefilte fish, spicy fish etc, The same with chicken and kugels and vegt. I only make dessert when we have guests and I make one or two dips and buy the rest,

Mrs Bissli

Sun, Nov 08 2009, 4:16 pm

Because we usually end up having guests (whether intended or unintended).
Because shabbat is the only day (well almost) when my family can enjoy freshly prepared multicourse meals. I also don't cook meat/poultry during the week (except for heating up leftovers), so that's the only time to enjoy them.
Because we may have vegetarians/non-red meat eaters.
Because the leftovers won't be wasted and served during the week.

Many people think what I do is potchke but I actually can do these fairly quickly as I've been used to preparing for years.

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