Rambly Bits, Erev Shabbat Edition
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gnomi(OK, so not Erev Shabbat Jewish Blogging, per se, but close-ish)
-- It's going to rain this Shabbat. I can tell you that with almost certainty even without having checked the forecast, because it almost always rains for Parshat Noach (in which we read the section from the book of Genesis about the flood). My mother and I estimated that about 85% of the time, Parshat Noach gets rain.
-- For reasons that I haven't actually figured out, I was in the mood to make Tex-Mex food for this Shabbat. The menu is:
Gazpacho (yeah, it's not so Tex-Mex, but it goes well)
Salmon with Mango Salsa
Black bean and chocolate chili
Corn bread
Chocolate cheese pie for dessert
-- Yesterday's unexpected day off allowed me to get a good jump on my Shabbat cooking this week. I still have to make the gazpacho, cook the salmon itself (the salsa I made last night, though I'm going to make more today), and make the whipped cream for the dessert.
-- This is the first Shabbat since 22 September that wasn't Shabbat Somethingorother. We had Shabbat Shuvah the week after Rosh HaShannah, and last week was Shabbat Mevarchin MarCheshvan (the Shabbat on which we say the blessing of the new month). And, yeah, so we get Shabbat Mevarchin once a month, but it was also Machar Chodesh (the day before the beginning of the new month), so it was still something of a different Shabbat. This week is just Shabbat, with nothing different or additional in the davening (prayers) or k'riyah (Torah reading) or the haftarah (the section of prophets that is read after the Torah).
Shabbat shalom, all!
-- It's going to rain this Shabbat. I can tell you that with almost certainty even without having checked the forecast, because it almost always rains for Parshat Noach (in which we read the section from the book of Genesis about the flood). My mother and I estimated that about 85% of the time, Parshat Noach gets rain.
-- For reasons that I haven't actually figured out, I was in the mood to make Tex-Mex food for this Shabbat. The menu is:
Gazpacho (yeah, it's not so Tex-Mex, but it goes well)
Salmon with Mango Salsa
Black bean and chocolate chili
Corn bread
Chocolate cheese pie for dessert
-- Yesterday's unexpected day off allowed me to get a good jump on my Shabbat cooking this week. I still have to make the gazpacho, cook the salmon itself (the salsa I made last night, though I'm going to make more today), and make the whipped cream for the dessert.
-- This is the first Shabbat since 22 September that wasn't Shabbat Somethingorother. We had Shabbat Shuvah the week after Rosh HaShannah, and last week was Shabbat Mevarchin MarCheshvan (the Shabbat on which we say the blessing of the new month). And, yeah, so we get Shabbat Mevarchin once a month, but it was also Machar Chodesh (the day before the beginning of the new month), so it was still something of a different Shabbat. This week is just Shabbat, with nothing different or additional in the davening (prayers) or k'riyah (Torah reading) or the haftarah (the section of prophets that is read after the Torah).
Shabbat shalom, all!
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Date: 2006-10-27 05:24 pm (UTC)BTW, there is something different about this Shabbos. I'm hosting kiddush in honor of my wedding next week. Shabbos also starts on my Gregorian birthday (my Hebrew birthday is next Shabbos, the day before my wedding). The following Shabbos is the Shabbos of Sheva Brachos. The Shabbos after that is my brother-in-law's 50th birthday. The Shabbos after that is the special Shabbos of turkeys and thanksgiving (Hodu laShem ki tov). At least to me, these are special Shabboses. Aren't all Shabboses Shabbat Somethingorother???
Good Shabbos!
Shabbat Shalom!
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Date: 2006-10-27 06:14 pm (UTC)(I recall fondly the Bill Cosby routine, however.)
Chocolate cheese pie is basically a chocolate cheesecake in a pie crust. It's based off a recipe
1 C. chocolate chips
1 Tbsp butter
1 8-oz package cream cheese (the unwhipped one; I use Philadelphia or whatever home brand I can find)
1 store-bought graham-cracker crust
Melt chocolate chips and butter over low flame. When it's completely melted, mix in the cream cheese (it's best to put chunks of the cream cheese in and let them melt one at a time, I've found). Mix it all up really well, then remove from heat and pour into the graham-cracker crust. Put in fridge until the chocolate-cheese mixture solidifies. Top with whipped cream and serve.
I get fancy and make my own whipped cream (again, easy-peasy because I have a hand blender), but it's just as good with the spray whipped cream.
In the summer, I make it topped with fresh berries -- strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries -- as the recipe from