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Friday, April 6, 2007

Passover etiquette

It's very difficult for people observing Passover to go to lunch and find out that everything on the buffet contains bread, flour, and other foods that are not allowed. But vegetarians have had to put up with this for years, and there is some etiquette to follow.

Yesterday, at a private lunch brought in from a local caterer, I heard a woman behind me announce loudly that there was nothing on the buffet she could eat because she observes Passover.

I glanced at the offerings: Two trays of sandwiches, one tray of mozzarella and tomato salad on mesclun greens, two bowls of Caesar salad (one had croutons on one side only, so it wasn't entirely contaminated with bread).

There was no:

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But she wouldn't have starved.

Posted by Sheryl Julian at 05:29 PM
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