Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Dinner Plans

Nine days menu planning is not really very difficult for me. You see, I prepare a lot of dairy meals during the week anyway and my repertoire could easily stretch beyond this period without repetition. Dinners in my house this week look very much like dinners in my house on any other week (except for the "Hot Dogs & Roast Potatoes Thursdays")

My only dilemma is what to make for dinner this coming Monday evening - the final meal prior to the fast of Tisha B'Av. According to folklore (if you ascribe to it) "fish need to swim", so fish dishes are eschewed by many. Spicy dishes can cause too much thirst. Watermelon and grapes are the secret weapon of legions because they contain a lot of water, but they are certainly not a main dish. Ideally, I'd like something flavorful and filling.

So I am throwing this out to my readership... WHAT WILL YOU BE MAKING FOR DINNER?







8 comments:

BLD said...

Ashes on Bread and Eggs. What in the world is the shailah ?

G6 said...

My apologies, BLD.
I misused the term Seudah Hamafsekes and have removed it.
I meant the meal PRIOR to the eggs and ashes.

Staying Afloat said...

Baked ziti, always. With a mild sauce. Eggs- sometimes a fritata with non-gassy veggies.

The ziti is handy because if I make enough, there's left for people to take after the fast too.

Mystery Woman said...

Lots of pasta in different forms (pasta salad, noodle cheese kugel...), vegetable salad, and some sort of filling soup, like mushroom barley or potato.

Anonymous said...

Gatorade or Powerade. And something that has salt but isn't salty. Without the salt you don't retain the water that you are having before the fast.

tesyaa said...

Sorry, but I ALWAYS serve a mild fish like tilapia or flounder.

daughtersintheparsha said...

doesn't make a difference. I wake up thirsty anyway.

O said...

Isn't fish only nixed the meal before Yom Kippur? (due to small bones)