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NEW COCA COLA BOTTLES (FOR AFTER PESACH)

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NEW COCA COLA BOTTLES (FOR AFTER PESACH)

Posted on April 24, 2008

New Vintage Coca-Cola Bottle Hits Stores Shelves Across America Tuesday April 8, 10:18 am ET 1906 “Diamond Label” Bottle Follows Success Of 1899 Bottle During 2007 Holiday Season ATLANTA–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Coca-Cola North America (CCNA) today announced the introduction of a special vintage Coca-Cola bottle called the 1906 “Diamond Label,” which hits stores nationwide this week. The Continue Reading »

SHEESH! MORE ON COTTONSEED OIL

Posted on April 23, 2008

Turns out that the price of cottonseed oil has gone sky high (why not? everything else has, too). Why? There is a shortage of cottonseed oil because farmers are not planting cotton. Corn (for ethanol) brings a much higher price. Yet, try to find any Passover product with oil in it that is not cottonseed Continue Reading »

OOPS!

Posted on April 22, 2008

Apparently we were more tired than we thought erev yom tov. We miss-posted the cereal posting. It was supposed to appear AFTER yom tov. Sorry!

NEW GLUTEN FREE CEREAL FROM GENERAL MILLS

Posted on April 22, 2008

General Mills Puts Readily-Available, Gluten-Free Breakfast Option Within Reach Thursday April 17, 12:30 pm ET Big G Rice Chex(R) cereal Reformulates, Expanding Gluten-Free Food Choices for Persons with Serious Digestive Disorder and Partners with Celiac Disease Foundation MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Millions of Americans who start the day with a gluten-free breakfast have a new option from a Continue Reading »

CHAG KASHER V’SAMEACH

Posted on April 18, 2008

The last two weeks have been crazy busy! Letters to Operationpesach@utj.org brought in a whole slew of emails- several hundred in fact. The Operation Pesach Hotline also brought in a tremendous number of phone calls. We are glad to help people make Passover easier. Truth be told, the responsibility humbles us, but at the same Continue Reading »

FARFEL/CRANBERRY KUGEL (GEBRUKTS)

Posted on April 17, 2008

This one is so good, you can use it for a dessert almost! We add some craisins to the recipe to punch it up a bit. (Editor’s note- this is a rerun. We like this one so much, we just had to run it again.) 1 can cranberry sauce (we use whole berry) 4 cups Continue Reading »

HONEST PASSOVER ADVICE

Posted on April 16, 2008

You have to hand it to the authors of Kosher Gram, a publication of the Council of Orthodox Rabbis of Greater Detroit. In a section called KITNIYOS DERIVATIVES, they say the following: ” Those who follow the prevalent custom of not using any derivatives of kitniyos (sic) … such as corn oil, corn syrup, dextrose, Continue Reading »

BEST PASSOVER APPLE KUGEL

Posted on April 15, 2008

Best Passover Apple Kugel 6 matzos 12 eggs, separated 1 cup sugar 3 Tablespoons cinnamon 12 grated apples (nice sweet apples work best) 1/2 cup melted margarine Cinnamon Sugar Break matzot into small pieces in a colander. Soften with warm water. In a separate bowl, mix egg yolks, sugar, cinnamon, apples and margarine. Mix in Continue Reading »

OPERATION PASSOVER HOT LINE OPENS

Posted on April 10, 2008

On Monday, April 14th, the Operation Passover hot line opens. Calls will be answered by rabbis who can give you accurate information for Passover. If no one answers, leave a message and we will call you back. 1 888 MATZAH 1 (use the 9 for the Z)

TOTALLY WEIRD CEREALS

Posted on April 8, 2008

AOL did a feature on totally weird cereals. Here are some of the nominees: Moonstones Ralston marketed this cereal with the story that it was mined from the lunar surface by a regiment of magical beings called Moonbeams. Their commandant, Major Moon, led the work camp while obsessing over the moral decay their shiftless neighbors, Continue Reading »