Weekend Hospitality

Here are our menus for Rosh Hashana 5972 (2011).  All of our meals are booked and we look forward to spending time with our friends and family.  Counts after the meal are the number of people expected to attend. Wishing everyone a happy and healthy new year. Wednesday Night - 17 New year signs Trout Salmon + Sauce Leeks Beets Carrots Pumpkin Dates Black Eyes Peas Celery + Peanut Butter + Raisins Apples and Honey Hungarian Goulash Roast Chicken Noodles Cake Lemon Freeze Thursday Lunch (out at friends) Thursday Dinner - 17 Cold Cuts Cold Cajun Chicken Sesame Noodles Salads Honey Cake Ginger bread + Ice cream Friday Lunch - 15 Salmon Cheese Plater Lasagne Tofu Broccoli Kugel Cup Cakes Apple Cake Shabbat Dinner (out with friends) Shabbat Lunch - 20 Kebabs and Techina Cajun Jumbalaya Mushroom Chicken Broccoli Kugel Couscous Salads Apple Cake

Here we go. Its a three day Rosh Hashana and that means guests, company and food! Of course, it also means prayers, repenting and atonement. I find that Rosh HaShana is the time to review the past year and prepare for the coming year. We make our choices on Yom Kippur with a 25 hour day of fasting to drive home the implications of our choices. On this Rosh HaShana, we are hosting two young ladies (don't know who or from where, check the next post for details). Alas, I have been told that they are only eating one meal with us. Our community is hosting at least 10 post-high-school students this holiday. We will have the opportunity to be both hosts and guests over the next 6 major meals (lunch and dinner only). We have a pretty set invite list for Rosh HaShana. Local families that we have been friendly with for more than 10 years will eat with us and visa versa. This sometimes makes for very large meals, but that's what makes it fun! We have been invited our for two me...