Re: Meandering Jerri Type Post

"Jerri" wrote:
> This was an actual family with elderly sisters guiding the
> preparation. They seemed to have a handle on how it's done. I thought
> they went above and beyond the call of duty when the members of the
> family doing the gefilte fish were pinching off and eating pieces of
> the raw fish mixture to check for seasoning. I thought it was
> absolutely authentic that one sister kept insisting everything needed
> more salt, while everyone else was trying to hold her back. My 4
> sisters and I are just like that, arguments and all.

My brother and I have been known to have 'discussions' about our family's 
traditions. He's been moving further to the right (religious-wise) (and 
politically, but that's a whole other headache) and every Passover he
comes 
up with something new to add to the already formidable list of 'things
that 
are not allowed'. Why he feels it's necessary to take things further than 
our father did is beyond me. The entire family remembers the great matzoh 
and cream cheese debate of 2000. Put family together on a holiday and
you're 
guaranteed an argument of huge proportions about the stupidest things.

Annie