Easter...?

Let me start talking about Easter by saying that today is the second day of Passover and we live in Israel.

I was browsing through the New York Time’s Style Section (which is one of my favorites, after world news) and came across the abundance of Easter Recipes and it hit me – this is EASTER! We have been so focused on Passover – it’s odd days off of work and lack of bread - that I’d forgotten it was Easter! (Last night we even made a Jewish, “Passover kosher” dinner from our Israeli cookbook that was delicious and oh so rich!..but that is beside the point.)

So thinking about my memories of Easter dinner I started looking for “honey baked ham recipes! I’ll pair that with cheesy potatoes, oven-hot rolls and maybe we’ll try the NYT’s hot crossed buns for dessert. Oh! And Easter Eggs! We’ll do those tonight. Whewww, we’ll still have Easter!!”

And then it hits me: today is the second day of Passover and we live in Israel. What does this mean?
a.) Not only will I not find honey baked ham…I won’t find any ham..or bacon (which I dreamt about last night)..or any other pig products. So cross that one off the list.
b.) It is Passover…so as I said before – no bread. The grocery store isles really are covered with tarps. No Bread, no pasta, no cereal, no baby food or dog food – and no Easter rolls.
c.) Cheesy potatoes may be possible, but modified since I won’t find the exact ingredients we used at home.
d.) Easter Eggs – this one is sad. First, there are no "Easter Egg Dying Kits" in the stores here. Second, the NYTs mentions a dozen eggs are about $1.20 (and that is NYC!) – try $3 - $7.50 for a dozen eggs here. And Third, don’t tell anyone, but I’ve never boiled an egg before. This sounds like a relatively expensive experiment in natural egg coloring that will surely make us sick.

So we are back to the second day of Passover in Israel – trying to think of ways to make it more like Easter. Don’t tell Paul but I’ve already staked out a candy store and I’m working on the basket and lack of Easter grass, but he may still get an Easter basket!