Does anyone not bother with first course - Shabbos day

amother

Salmon

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 10:21 pm

amother Dodgerblue wrote:

I know someone who does this. Seems like her kids were all a little adhd and couldn't sit too long. So this was the best solution for them.

I make two course.
1. Fish, salads, egg salad (sometimes)
2. Cholent, deli roll, grilled chicken (sometimes)

Trdition is to have fish x3 on shabbos, on each Seuda.

Therefore we do first plate fish + salads

main dish : cholent + kugel and steamed veggies (orange/ green ) for good nutrition.
if company would add more meat types, but for us cholent is good

We try ONE dessert, can be apple cobbler, cookies - minimal. fruit cup also works.

Enjoy your shabbosim. what a gift.

Overeating is not.

amother

Tangerine

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 10:33 pm

amother Skyblue wrote:

No. Do you think if you went to any random rov’s house on Shabbos, it’s even a possibility they’d be eating dairy? There’s a reason. It’s Hassan v’ Daimler. Can’t be interpreted differently.

A prominent, elderly rebbetzin once confided in me that now that she and the rav don't have guests every week, she sometimes takes it easy and serves hot dogs for the two of them Friday night!

amother

Slategray

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 10:35 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

A prominent, elderly rebbetzin once confided in me that now that she and the rav don't have guests every week, she sometimes takes it easy and serves hot dogs for the two of them Friday night!

Yikes!!!!

amother

Skyblue

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 10:58 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

A prominent, elderly rebbetzin once confided in me that now that she and the rav don't have guests every week, she sometimes takes it easy and serves hot dogs for the two of them Friday night!

That’s not dairy

amother

Mint

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 11:05 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

For those who don't serve cholent, what is your main for shabbos lunch?

Sometimes skirt steak or London broil or shnitzel or deli or Mazza

amother

Tangerine

Tue, Nov 01 2022, 11:41 pm

amother Skyblue wrote:

That’s not dairy

It's not, but it's also not how most people picture a shabbos seuda.

amother

Tangerine

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 7:50 am

amother Mint wrote:

Sometimes skirt steak or London broil or shnitzel or deli or Mazza

Sounds deliciious. What's Mazza?

SnowLeopard

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 8:05 am

We used to do courses, but then I realized I’m spending the whole meal in the kitchen and I can’t sit down with my guests (and food) for a decent amount of time. So we scrapped that and just do what we want but we don’t serve fish.

amother

Ebony

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 8:12 am

My kids don't eat dips. We do one course and it isnt huge. Shabbos lunch is cholent, a salad or just some vegetables not in a salad. Muffins or a kugel leftover from Friday night. Sometimes mini hot dogs or chicken nuggets for the kids. I make more if we have company.

amother

Apple

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 8:21 am

What’s first course? Fish?
No way my dh is giving up eating his piece of fish.
My kids don’t touch fish but they busy themselves with challah and dips. Challah and dips is their first course.
Their second course is pickles and hot peppers.
My second course is Chulent with deli.
So what are people skipping, challah? Eating a piece of fish with the challah? Eating dips with the challah?

Aurora

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 8:23 am

amother Tangerine wrote:

For those who don't serve cholent, what is your main for shabbos lunch?

It's usually chicken. Sometimes beef, like meatloaf, or meatballs, or meat cooked in the crockpot. Crock-pot meaty pasta sauce isn't fancy, but everyone likes it.

amother

Copper

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 6:38 pm

amother Dodgerblue wrote:

This is basically what we do, but skip the fish unless have guests.
1. Egg & Salad/s.
2. Cholent, deli, chicken.
3. Dessert!

amother

Copper

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 6:41 pm

When I was single, went to eat with a friend in Boro Park, where they literally had 6 courses on Shabbos day!
All same foods, but each served on separate plate, before being removed & next course came.

snailmail

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 6:47 pm

amother Cantaloupe wrote:

“Bassar v’dagim” is a quote from a zemer, not a halacha. If you looked into the halacha, the Shulchan Aruch Harav very clearly states there is no obligation to eat meat on shabbos, rather, one should increase the foods they personally like on shabbos to receive more enjoyment. If someone enjoys dairy more than meat, they should have dairy.

Thank you for this. Everyone quotes the zemer because they sing it but I never knew it was not in Shulcha Aruch.

amother

Mint

Wed, Nov 02 2022, 6:48 pm

amother Tangerine wrote:

Sounds deliciious. What's Mazza?

Sefardi finger foods. I buy it at the grocery