Kosher for Passover

[lost1]

So I'm at an offsite conference for work today.  It's kinda dull so far, but I guess that's better than being crazy busy. I guess.

For those of you who are keeping track, it's Passover this week.  Observant Jews must avoid eating 'chametz' (leavened bread).

At the luncheon today, the main meal consisted of: salad, potatoes, rice, chicken, beef, and

Comments

[saigonprincess]

More in the department of cluelessness:

[ketiya]

haha! Is that for real??? It's totally got to be photoshopped.

[saigonprincess]

Nah, I'm pretty sure it's for real!

[ketiya]

Aw man! How embarrassing for them!

[ketiya]

Sounds like your Passover lunch was prepared by gentiles!

[lost1]

Please, the word is goyim. ;>

[ketiya]

I was totally gonna write that too, but then I looked it up on dictionary.com and it said it's "Often Disparaging" and I didn't feel like being self-depricating. ;0)

[basincitymarv]

Isn't that only if you are a Polish Jew?

[attickah]

But pita bread looks so....flat. Clearly it cannot have yeast in it. :-)

(A wikipedia search, however, would show that observation is wrong. Our Lutheran descriptions of 'leavened bread' made it sound like only yeast-involving products must be avoided for Passover. Is this correct, or is it more comprehensive than that? Rice does not involve yeast....why is it not acceptable?)

[jesseb]

pretty sure that for ashkenazi jews, the falafel and hummus are right out, as well.