Comments on: Squash in the Sukkah anyone? http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/ Jews, Food, and Contemporary Issues Fri, 04 Jul 2008 21:38:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Michael Croland http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3064 Michael Croland Tue, 02 Oct 2007 23:31:58 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3064 Nothing shouts "a perfect event for a campus Hillel to use its sukkah one last time" like: WRAP up SUKKOT They'll be serving wraps. :) Nothing shouts “a perfect event for a campus Hillel to use its sukkah one last time” like:

WRAP up SUKKOT

They’ll be serving wraps. :)

]]> By: Stephen Mendelsohn http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3057 Stephen Mendelsohn Tue, 02 Oct 2007 04:52:15 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3057 BS"D There is actually a non-kosher Thai restaurant in downtown Manchester, CT called Sukhothai. I always thought that was what one called serving kosher Thai food in the sukkah. BS”D

There is actually a non-kosher Thai restaurant in downtown Manchester, CT called Sukhothai. I always thought that was what one called serving kosher Thai food in the sukkah.

]]> By: Rabbi Shmuel http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3047 Rabbi Shmuel Mon, 01 Oct 2007 04:42:57 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3047 Aw shucks, Leah thanks - all year I try to think out of the box, but during sukkos, it's strictly in the box:) chag sameach Aw shucks, Leah thanks - all year I try to think out of the box, but during sukkos, it’s strictly in the box:)
chag sameach

]]> By: Jay http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3024 Jay Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:12:11 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3024 You folks have great ideas. Homemade pizza with seasonal ingredients is easier than you'd think. Buy pizza dough, and top it with grated sweet potatoes, grated squash, herbs like rosemary and thyme, and a good drizzle of olive oil. I know it's unlikely to wow teens, but I'm going to make some. Thanks for the ideas! You folks have great ideas. Homemade pizza with seasonal ingredients is easier than you’d think. Buy pizza dough, and top it with grated sweet potatoes, grated squash, herbs like rosemary and thyme, and a good drizzle of olive oil. I know it’s unlikely to wow teens, but I’m going to make some. Thanks for the ideas!

]]> By: Hillary http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3023 Hillary Wed, 26 Sep 2007 22:43:05 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3023 Haha, I've never heard of "Pizza in the Hut!" Too funny. Chag sameach Leah! Haha, I’ve never heard of “Pizza in the Hut!” Too funny. Chag sameach Leah!

]]> By: Simcha Daniel http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3022 Simcha Daniel Wed, 26 Sep 2007 20:26:56 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3022 Lighten up, Leah. Or maybe just leaven your commitment - after all, not using disposables isn't a mitzvah d'oraita, and not always the most ecological practice either. But on the name game - My sister always makes Succot-ash (local squash, corn, peas and cranberries baked together) for this time of year. Our people have always been making up ways to celebrate creatively. 500 years ago, or thereabouts, our forefathers (and probably the mothers, too) set up "Simchat Torah" as a "trendy" way to get Jews into shul for one more time after 9 days of holiday - so if "Pizza in the Hut" brings out the Yidden - I say do it! Lighten up, Leah. Or maybe just leaven your commitment - after all, not using disposables isn’t a mitzvah d’oraita, and not always the most ecological practice either.

But on the name game - My sister always makes Succot-ash (local squash, corn, peas and cranberries baked together) for this time of year.

Our people have always been making up ways to celebrate creatively. 500 years ago, or thereabouts, our forefathers (and probably the mothers, too) set up “Simchat Torah” as a “trendy” way to get Jews into shul for one more time after 9 days of holiday - so if “Pizza in the Hut” brings out the Yidden - I say do it!

]]> By: Leah Koenig http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3019 Leah Koenig Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:12:33 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3019 Sukka Maki - Shmuel, you never cease to amaze! Carol (Mom) :) - I certainly don't intend to admonish anyone. I think it's great that synagogues are getting people together in the sukkah around food. I just think it's a shame that at so many synagogue and Hillel-based events, the food served is treated as an afterthought. This holiday really gives us an opportunity to think creatively about food and the earth. I hear the issue with not doing potluck for kashrut reasons, and I also know that people are busy. But I've seen how when volunteer committees are excited about something, they make it happen. The whole meal doesn't have to be local - sustainable sides is a great idea. A few years ago, one of Hazon's Tuv Ha'Aretz CSA sites (in New Jersey), got extra produce from the farmer and made some side dishes at the synagogue, which they featured at the meal. Another Tuv Ha'Aretz group (in NYC) purchases corn stalks and gourds from a local farm for their sukkah decoration. These are all important teaching moments that will - eventually - bring local food increasingly into the mainstream so that Edith's great idea of making homemade, local-ingredient pizza seems like the obvious choice. Edith - nothing against pizza itself, of course - (some of my best friends are pizzas). :) Homemade, harvest-filled, kosher pizza would definitely be a good way to go - even better to get the B'nai Mitzvah kids involved in making it for the community. Sukka Maki - Shmuel, you never cease to amaze!

Carol (Mom) :) - I certainly don’t intend to admonish anyone. I think it’s great that synagogues are getting people together in the sukkah around food. I just think it’s a shame that at so many synagogue and Hillel-based events, the food served is treated as an afterthought. This holiday really gives us an opportunity to think creatively about food and the earth.

I hear the issue with not doing potluck for kashrut reasons, and I also know that people are busy. But I’ve seen how when volunteer committees are excited about something, they make it happen. The whole meal doesn’t have to be local - sustainable sides is a great idea. A few years ago, one of Hazon’s Tuv Ha’Aretz CSA sites (in New Jersey), got extra produce from the farmer and made some side dishes at the synagogue, which they featured at the meal. Another Tuv Ha’Aretz group (in NYC) purchases corn stalks and gourds from a local farm for their sukkah decoration. These are all important teaching moments that will - eventually - bring local food increasingly into the mainstream so that Edith’s great idea of making homemade, local-ingredient pizza seems like the obvious choice.

Edith - nothing against pizza itself, of course - (some of my best friends are pizzas). :) Homemade, harvest-filled, kosher pizza would definitely be a good way to go - even better to get the B’nai Mitzvah kids involved in making it for the community.

]]> By: Edith Stevenson http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3018 Edith Stevenson Wed, 26 Sep 2007 03:08:56 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3018 hey - what's wrong with homemade Kosher pizza, filled with fresh vegetables from the harvest! I say, go ahead and steal the clever name, Pizza in the Hut, and serve lots of fresh tomatoes, grilled zucchini, and other squash either on, or next to your pizza. Add a big salad, some hot apple crisp, and you have a feast! Nice thing about pizza is you can eat it without dishes, so if being in the sukkah is either very crowded, or if shul dishes are a problem, you can eat it on a napkin. I have already passed this idea on to our rabbi - the B'nai Mitzvah kids always have a pizza night in our sukkah, but I know they don't get it from Pizza Hut! hey - what’s wrong with homemade Kosher pizza, filled with fresh vegetables from the harvest! I say, go ahead and steal the clever name, Pizza in the Hut, and serve lots of fresh tomatoes, grilled zucchini, and other squash either on, or next to your pizza. Add a big salad, some hot apple crisp, and you have a feast! Nice thing about pizza is you can eat it without dishes, so if being in the sukkah is either very crowded, or if shul dishes are a problem, you can eat it on a napkin.
I have already passed this idea on to our rabbi - the B’nai Mitzvah kids always have a pizza night in our sukkah, but I know they don’t get it from Pizza Hut!

]]> By: carol koenig http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3017 carol koenig Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:31:00 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3017 Well, Leah, I don't know if I should feel admonished or enlightened by your post! But I DID pass it along to our Pizza in the Hut organizers to see if we can do something to encourage a more sustainable event. Of course, we cannot do a potluck in our shul because we are Kosher. But perhaps when the shopping is done, some thought can be given to what is purchased. For smaller gatherings, I am sure we all totally agree but this will be a large group with busy volunteers who will not be able to spend a day in the kitchen preparing a meal. So, pizza it is, but maybe with "sustainable sides." Thanks for the ideas. Mom Well, Leah, I don’t know if I should feel admonished or enlightened by your post! But I DID pass it along to our Pizza in the Hut organizers to see if we can do something to encourage a more sustainable event. Of course, we cannot do a potluck in our shul because we are Kosher. But perhaps when the shopping is done, some thought can be given to what is purchased. For smaller gatherings, I am sure we all totally agree but this will be a large group with busy volunteers who will not be able to spend a day in the kitchen preparing a meal. So, pizza it is, but maybe with “sustainable sides.” Thanks for the ideas. Mom

]]> By: Michael Croland http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3016 Michael Croland Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:02:20 +0000 http://jcarrot.org/squash-in-the-sukkah-anyone/#comment-3016 My shul is having "sushi in the sukkah" ... but wow, "sukka maki" is pretty impressive (nothing against "yams in the yurt")!! My shul is having “sushi in the sukkah” … but wow, “sukka maki” is pretty impressive (nothing against “yams in the yurt”)!!

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