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Cooking potatoes for karpas

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unihockey

Sat, Mar 23 2013, 11:16 pm

One of my family's traditional karpas veggies is potatoes. (We also serve celery, parsley, carrots, and arugula; I'm pretty sure that the arugula is not an ancient family tradition Wink

but came about when my father was living in CA.)

Are there any restrictions on how to cook the potatoes for karpas? I know the "usual" thing is to boil them. But for instance, what about cooking them in the oven (which tastes a lot better IMO); I assume no spices seeing as they go in the salt water. What about oil when cooking them?

I think that if we have some tasty potatoes around during/after karpas time, it will help a lot with kid moods, not to mention bechor/DH mood (he won't be going to a siyum).

--Leah

passaicmom

Sat, Mar 23 2013, 11:33 pm

I think the potatoes would be to soft if you didn't boil them, and would be hard to dip in the salt water.

Marion

Sat, Mar 23 2013, 11:54 pm

Just boil them. (My mom puts out a veggie platter - ha'adama only - after karpas for whomever wishes to nosh.)

Happy18

Sun, Mar 24 2013, 12:16 am

Growing up my mother used to use small red potatoes and just boil them.

chani8

Sun, Mar 24 2013, 3:14 am

Yes, you can bake them. No reason not to.

chani8

Sun, Mar 24 2013, 3:17 am

The new seder - french fries for karpas! LOL

I don't know what to use this year. Carrots are too hard, celery is too pesticide, maybe we'll just use organic cucumbers.

amother

Mon, Mar 25 2013, 12:25 am

What about the saltwater itself? what proportion water to salt and how do you get it so the salt doesn't settle and it tastes like watery potatoes?

imamiri

Mon, Mar 25 2013, 1:32 am

chani8 wrote:

The new seder - french fries for karpas! LOL

I don't know what to use this year. Carrots are too hard, celery is too pesticide, maybe we'll just use organic cucumbers.

at french fries for karpas! It makes me sad that celery is still on the Dirty Dozen. Love it raw. Not worth the pesticide residue though.

ra_mom

Mon, Mar 25 2013, 1:39 am

amother wrote:

What about the saltwater itself? what proportion water to salt and how do you get it so the salt doesn't settle and it tastes like watery potatoes?

Use boiling water from the kettle, add salt (taste and add until salty).
The hot water will dissolve the salt and keep the water a consistant saltiness.

greenfire

Sun, Apr 14 2013, 6:14 pm

chani8 wrote:

The new seder - french fries for karpas! LOL

gotta love this idea ... as is sonny boy freaks out cause the girlys & I eat more than a k'zayis of our bland boiled potatoes ... I say it's either that or be b!tchy till we get food ... I always win !!! Banging head

chani8

Mon, Apr 15 2013, 1:44 am

greenfire wrote:

chani8 wrote:

The new seder - french fries for karpas! LOL

I never did get that rule of not eating more than a k'zayis (even though we kept it). This year, we gobbled up organic cucumbers for karpas, and not only did that help against hunger, but it was a great pre-matza appetizer - anti-constipation device.

Rodent

Mon, Apr 15 2013, 2:31 am

We use broccoli but hold by MINIMUM a kezayit so there you go.

chani8

Mon, Apr 15 2013, 2:34 am

Rodent wrote:

We use broccoli but hold by MINIMUM a kezayit so there you go.

I would not want to eat more than a kezayit of broccoli.

boat

Fri, Apr 19 2019, 1:21 am

Bump.
Can I add salt to my potatoes that are boiling for karpas?

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