Braided Garlic Is A Passover Tradition!

As you may or may not know, the holiday of Passover is all about tradition, yes, you know, Jewish tradition! If not for the strictness with which we observe these traditions we would not thousands of years later still be remembering and reliving our deliverance as a nation from slavery, got it? Now as you may also know the definition of "Jewish tradition" varies greatly as we the Jewish people are a very varied bunch, with skin color that ranges from the palest white to almost the darkest black and customs that were developed over the thousands of years in all the places that we wondered to. While all Jews of course adhere to basic laws of not eating leavened bread, and drinking four glasses of wine at the Pesach seder, what is eaten varies greatly between Ashkenazic and Sephardic jews, as well as Jews from Yemen who actually eat matzo that is soft and can be rolled!

The family is calling me to get back to work, so I'll just say that one of the traditions we enjoy here in Israel is fresh garlic for Pesach! This year my husband brought home this gorgeous stalk of braided garlic, and we hung it in our courtyard for decoration and or course to use……and believe me, with the Moroccan cooking we serve, this is not a lot of garlice. Keep reading to see how it looked a week ago….

Ah yes, just a week ago it was so lovely and green, but alas, garlic is generally dried out before being used (though not necessarily) so those green stalks are history. Wishing you all a joyful holiday, and if you don't really know what your family traditions are for Passover, you can always find someone who comes from the same town your ancestors came from and ask them, very simple, and so much fun!  I have friends who even put fresh live fish in the bathtub before passover, so imagine that!

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