It just occurred to me that I'm the youngest at this year's Seder.

Ha! The friend whose Seder we're going to (OMG! GUESTS! WE DON'T HAVE TO DO IT THIS YEAR!!) is exactly two weeks older than S. I think she formulated her cunning plan to invite us the day they compared birthdays at facebook-friending.

Also, Kugel is of the YUM. Had it at Yom Kippur. It tastes like my dad's bread pudding. Totally yum.

Well, kugel at Passover is more likely to be potato than noodle, since noodles aren't allowed at Passover, except for the really weird-tasting Passover noodles.

Well, this is interesting. I'm trying to finish up getting ready -- finish cleaning the kitchen, run my last load of dishes through the dishwasher, take a shower, brush my teeth, pack my suitcase, and go. My apartment has no water.

I'm now wondering if I ever had kugel.

Poor, poor Canadian guest of mine will have to hear us sing. Well, he kindda asked to be a guest over the Seder. Still...

I think she formulated her cunning plan to invite us the day they compared birthdays at facebook-friending.

Absolutely. It a matter of pride: no self-respected adult will sing the Four Questions. I'm so glad I'm the older sister.

So, this year, I'm fucked.

Also, printing the English Haggadah for my guest.

I'm now wondering if I ever had kugel.

Really? Not even Jerusalem Kugel? (I have no idea what it's called in Hebrew -- skinny noodles, with sugar and lots of black pepper, kind of gooey, baked in a casserole dish. I've always heard it called Jerusalem Kugel and was told that it's popular there.)

I'm so sorry, Perkins. Thinking of you.

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I don't like the sweet kugel, but I love the savory kind.

Also, printing the English Haggadah for my guest.

One of my favorite historical Haggadah stories -- back in the twenties or so, the coffee companies in the US realized that a lot of Jews weren't drinking coffee during Passover, because they thought that coffee beans were included under the prohibition on beans. So one of the big coffee companies, Maxwell House, consulted some rabbis and got them to write statements saying that coffee was allowed, and the company printed these statements in newspaper ads. To further emphasize "drink coffee during Passover!" they printed a Haggadah, with the text in both Hebrew and English, with Maxwell House ads on the front and back covers. These became really popular, and the kept printing them every year, and they're now among the most-used Haggadahs in the US.

I know it exists: I don't know if I ever had it.

Yeah, cancer can bite it. Srsly.

My cousin's partner's sister, whom I've never met, found out she had breast cancer either shortly before or right after she got pregnant. I think right after. She chose to carry the baby. She just passed away a couple of days ago after a pretty hard road. The pregnancy just elevated the cancer cells like whoa. She was 30. It just sickens me.

Aims. I'm so sorry.

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