What to serve for Tu b'shvat sedar?

Mrs Bissli

Sat, Feb 04 2012, 5:45 pm

Aside from the usual 4 cups of wine, fruits and nuts, that is.

It's weekday evening, I wasnted to serve something a bit more substantial than nosh, but it's hard to do hot food for logistic reasons.

Right now I'm thinking of various dips, crudite, and pita/bagel sandwiches.
Any other suggestions?

Mrs Bissli

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:18 am

Bump!

Come on, NOONE is doing Tu b'Shvat sedar???

mizle10

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:22 am

To be honest I never heard of a tunishvat seder. We have some fruit, say a shehecheyanu and that's it.

yentadevosha

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:56 am

we eat a reg. supper. After that, I serve cut up fruits and a variety of nuts in a nice platter. I try to get all the shivas haminim, and we also eat esrog compote.

culinaryk

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:02 pm

Here is a menu for Tu B'shvat. If it is over the top, just pick and choose what you like:

~ Breads ~
Honey Oatmeal Bread
~ Spreads & Dips ~
Chef Jay's Olive Dip
~ Soups ~
Vegetable Soup With Barley And Flanken
~ Main Dish ~
Tu B'shvat Chicken (chicken With Dried Fruit)
~ Side Dish ~
Orange Almond Muffin
~ Salads ~
Pomegranate Salad
Tu B'shvat Salad
~ Other Desserts ~
Chocolate Blocks With Dried Fruit And Nuts
Chocolate And Fruit Cookie (tu B'shvat Cookie)

http://culinarykosher.com/menu.....XrrBs

33055

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:10 pm

What's with the four cups of wine for Tu b'shvat?

Do you really do this?

ra_mom

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:33 pm

Mrs Bissli, I believe I heard that the Tu B'shvat Seder with 4 cups of wine in a Sephardi thing? Could that be?

supermama2

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 2:33 pm

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

ra_mom

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 2:38 pm

SarahO. wrote:

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

With 4 cups of wine? I've go to check this out Smile

Mrs Bissli

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 3:13 pm

I think it's combination of kabbalistic and sefardi. Yes 4 cups of wine, starting with white, light rose, darker rose and red. I'm rather surprised not that many people seems to be doing it. I think in the end we're going to settle for buffet-style finger foods like dips and sabich or fallafel. It's weekday night, we are not sure how many people are going to show up.

Ruchel

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 8:59 am

I asked my Sefardic grandma if her family did this and she had not heard of it either.

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 12:06 pm

Once we finish with all the different kinds of fruit, we're hardly hungry for a full meal!

I might make an attempt to serve food from the shiva minim, but I focus more on the ceremonial foods than the meal, especially on a weeknight.

For those who are curious about making a seder, we use this book plus some additional sources.

AlwaysThinking

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 12:45 pm

We use to make a seder back at home - Sephardi Minhag I think. Just married and won't be doing it this year! Although I suddenly thought that maybe I should be making a nice meal though... mmm... cooking time!

shanie5

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 1:33 pm

The four different wines are for the four seasons. Or so I was told today.

33055

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 1:39 pm

I can't even make it through four glasses of wine on Pesach.

AlwaysThinking

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 5:03 am

Does anyone have a link to a normal-ish hebrew english version of the seder? I'd really like to show DH what it's all about. I looked at the Aish link but the all english put him off a bit. TIA! Very Happy

Isramom8

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 6:11 am

I'm serving sparkling grape juice, pasta with butter and salt, fresh and dried fruits (whatever we like that was available), and cheeses.

We basically just sing Hashekeidia Porachat. Very Happy

supermama2

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 6:42 am

ra_mom wrote:

SarahO. wrote:

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

With 4 cups of wine? I've go to check this out Smile

Well we're using grape juice..but still fun Wink