DELI OFFERS PASSOVER MEALS TO GO : TAKE-OUT MEETS NEEDS OF TODAY'S BUSY LIFESTYLES.Byline: Patricia Farrell Aidem Daily News Staff Writer Kathy Pecora is hoping her family doesn't read this. You see, it wouldn't be a bad thing if they simply assumed she made the matzo ball matzo ball n. A small dumpling made of crushed matzo. Noun 1. matzo ball - a Jewish dumpling made of matzo meal; usually served in soup matzah ball, matzoh ball soup for Monday night's Seder feast for 15. ``I was just going to pour it into the pot before anyone gets there,'' Pecora said of the takeout Takeout A financing to refinance or take out another loan. meal she bought Monday morning at Danny's Delicatessen in Newhall. ``It's a long process to cook for the holidays,'' she said. ``I just didn't want to. And they make it every day and it tastes good. Why make it myself?'' Traditional - 1990s style. Danny's, Newhall's only Jewish deli, offers not only Passover feasts to go, but this week features a basic Seder meal of brisket brisket the mass of connective tissue and fat covering the anterior part of the chest in ruminants. Lies at the most ventral part of the neck, between the front legs and covering the anterior end of the sternum. or turkey, latkes and carrots - served on the traditional blue tablecloth. ``We don't do the full Seder where all foods are representatives of the Jews' ordeals,'' said Danny Everhart, owner of the Lyons Avenue deli. Parsley parsley, Mediterranean aromatic herb (Petroselinum crispum or Apium petroselinum) of the carrot family, cultivated since the days of the Romans for its foliage, used in cookery as a seasoning and garnish. is on every plate, representing the bitter herbs the Hebrews ate in a hasty hast·y adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Characterized by speed; rapid. See Synonyms at fast1. 2. Done or made too quickly to be accurate or wise; rash: a hasty decision. meal before escaping Egyptian slavery. Or not. ``It's more as a garnish garnish v. to obtain a court order directing a party holding funds (such as a bank) or about to pay wages (such as an employer) to an alleged debtor to set that money aside until the court determines (decides) how much the debtor owes to the creditor. , but for those who would like it to be bitter herbs, it can be bitter herbs,'' Everhart said with a chuckle chuck·le intr.v. chuck·led, chuck·ling, chuck·les 1. To laugh quietly or to oneself. 2. To cluck or chuck, as a hen. n. A quiet laugh of mild amusement or satisfaction. . Sure, Nana would have a stroke if she knew that granddaughter Lynda Stevens was eyeing Danny's Seder menu at lunchtime Monday, thinking about bringing the kids back for dinner. ``It was bad enough when I married a Christian electrician, not a Jewish lawyer,'' Stevens said, laughing. Stevens is an example of a Jew who wants to celebrate Passover, but must balance it against her full-time office job, Everhart said. ``I think people want to embrace tradition, but with two working parents, you don't have time for all the preparations for the holiday - and this one lasts a week,'' he said. ``I think life in the '90s makes it hard sometimes.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos Photo: (1--Color) Kathy Pecora picks up her Passover feast to go from the owner of Danny's Deli, Danny Everhart. (2--Color) The deli's traditional meal includes brisket of beef, latkes, matzo ball soup, Passover wine and turkey. Andy Holzman/Special to the Daily News |
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