Comments on: Some fun things to do with pumpkin http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Sun, 20 Jul 2008 14:47:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3291 Rabbi Shmuel Tue, 30 Oct 2007 17:11:45 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3291 Halloween - wear costumes - extort candy under pains of property damage (eggs, toilet paper, shaving cream, worse) Purim - wera costumes - give food treats to friends and gifts to the poor. My money's on Purim Halloween - wear costumes - extort candy under pains of property damage (eggs, toilet paper, shaving cream, worse)

Purim - wera costumes - give food treats to friends and gifts to the poor.

My money’s on Purim

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3287 Leah Koenig Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:51:04 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3287 Laura - very sweet story, and amazing recipes. I made pumpkin risotto once - but this recipe looks way better than the one I used (how did I forget marscapone cheese?!) David - thanks for the counterpoint view. As someone who grew up Jewish and trick-or-treating, It shocked me to meet (now as an adult) Jews who didn't grow up celebrating my favorite candy holiday. I briefly wrote about it over at Pickled: http://www.jewcy.com/pickled/devils_candy I'd love to see some dialogue either there or here on different people's takes on Halloween. Laura - very sweet story, and amazing recipes. I made pumpkin risotto once - but this recipe looks way better than the one I used (how did I forget marscapone cheese?!)

David - thanks for the counterpoint view. As someone who grew up Jewish and trick-or-treating, It shocked me to meet (now as an adult) Jews who didn’t grow up celebrating my favorite candy holiday. I briefly wrote about it over at Pickled: http://www.jewcy.com/pickled/devils_candy I’d love to see some dialogue either there or here on different people’s takes on Halloween.

]]> By: David http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3283 David Tue, 30 Oct 2007 03:25:40 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/some-fun-things-to-do-with-pumpkin/#comment-3283 Nice recipes. One assumption you make, however, is just a little annoying. Halloween is not a problem for any Jewish children I know, nor any Jewish kids I grew up with. We don't keep kosher, thus no problem. I guess the implication of your comment, probably unintended, is that we are not Jewish. And I guess I am as tired of that assumption as I am of being asked what church I go to by Christians. Here is your sentence, rewritten for accuracy and politeness: "Halloween is a Kosher-keeping parent's enemy." Still seems hyperbolic, but at least it focuses the problem on the folks who have a problem with Halloween. The rest of us will enjoy some junk candy and still be Jewish on Wednesday. Nice recipes. One assumption you make, however, is just a little annoying. Halloween is not a problem for any Jewish children I know, nor any Jewish kids I grew up with. We don’t keep kosher, thus no problem. I guess the implication of your comment, probably unintended, is that we are not Jewish. And I guess I am as tired of that assumption as I am of being asked what church I go to by Christians.

Here is your sentence, rewritten for accuracy and politeness: “Halloween is a Kosher-keeping parent’s enemy.”

Still seems hyperbolic, but at least it focuses the problem on the folks who have a problem with Halloween.

The rest of us will enjoy some junk candy and still be Jewish on Wednesday.

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