What are you serving on hoshana rabah?

amother

Lightgreen

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 9:29 am

We have a regular seuda
Challa, soup, kreplach, chicken, rice
More or less

Highstrung

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 9:30 am

I serve a regular Yom Tov Seuda but on a small scale.
Challah, dip
Soup with kreplach
Meat or chicken, with mashed potatoes or potatoe knish
Some kind of salad
Compote, cake or ice cream for dessert

chocolate moose

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 11:13 am

challa, chicken soup and kreplach. honeycake from the freezer.

amother

Cadetblue

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 11:14 am

amother OP wrote:

What are you making for Sunday?

I would be just fine with salmon and potatoes, but I think my husband wants meat and soup too….

amother

cornflower

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 12:46 pm

I always find these responses fascinating. Not because I haven’t heard of hoshana rabba seudah (though I hadn’t before imamother) but because I didn’t realize people have a ‘regular seudah’ menu. I make what I want for shabbos and Yom tov. There is no ‘regular’ menu. The word ‘regular’ just isn’t in my lexicon regarding menus.

amother

Amethyst

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 12:47 pm

I think people love inventing reasons to create extra work for themselves.

My family is welcome to make themselves a bagel or whatever cereal and milk they like while I’m in the kitchen making another four meals for second days.

amother

Tomato

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 2:09 pm

amother Amethyst wrote:

This

amother

Lightcyan

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 2:10 pm

It's not invented. It's mesorah. Hoshana is the day that your yr is sealed. A day of tefilla. Kreplach are eaten to symbolize the chet getting covered up

Highstrung

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 2:11 pm

amother Amethyst wrote:

Nobody is inventing anything. Many people have a minhag to have a seudos Yom Tov on Hashana Rabba. Often the women go to shul that day too. Please don’t mock peoples minhagim and traditions. I’m glad you found what works for you.

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amother

Camellia

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 2:22 pm

We make and store buy fancy dairy
Like Shavuos
For us that’s special because we usually have meat and with so many YT nights and Shabbos it’s different

Maybe pita topped with zaatar and Parmesan cheese, ravioli (like kreplach), pasta in mushroom sauce, roasted broccoli,
spinach and cheese pie or quiche, ice coffee, cheesecake, yollo pudding,
Mostly store bought

Hashem_Yaazor

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 2:59 pm

Those who are unable to add cooking (I get it!), there have been years we did deli subs.
We have a fleishig seudah for reasons other than me wanting more work 🤪

amother

cornflower

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 3:00 pm

amother Camellia wrote:

What’s yollo pudding?

amother

Chartreuse

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 3:16 pm

I’m canceling this year. I just cannot. It’s all too much. There’s no room to breathe and something has got to give. Feel bad but it is what it is. Normally I’d do challah and soup with kreplach maybe salmon but nope not this year. Also there’s no time to sit and have a seuda. I need to shop and cook on Sunday and clean the house and get kids bathed etc. I’ll be Lucky y if I eat anything other than coffee.

amother

Black

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 3:19 pm

Wow this is all totally new to me, never heard of a seudah on Hoshana Raba!
When do you eat the seudah? Do you all sit down together, around the table, like Yom Tov?

amother

Hosta

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 3:22 pm

amother Black wrote:

Wow this is all totally new to me, never heard of a seudah on Hoshana Raba!
When do you eat the seudah? Do you all sit down together, around the table, like Yom Tov?

Yes. Between 1 and 2 in the afternoon depending when the men finish Davening.

amother

Cappuccino

Fri, Oct 14 2022, 3:25 pm

Bought a smoke whitefish, salad and vegetable soup, grilled veg and corn beef.