We have brought you recipes of some of the
traditional foods partaken in Passover holidays. All these foods are
symbolic of certain even related to these holidays. We have included
recipes that use Matzoh and unleavened bread symbolic of the hard
crackers that Israelites had to eat when they had to rush away from
Egypt to escape away from slavery and did not had time to let their
dough rise for making bread. It symbolizes the move of Israelites from
slavery to freedom. The lam bone symbolizes the lamb that was sacrificed
at the Holy Temple of Jerusalem, whose blood marked the doors of the
Jews as an indication to God to pass them over and thus saved them from
the wrath of God during Exodus in Egypt.
The lamb bone is often replaced by turkey or chicken bone these days
while the vegetarians even use a whole roasted beet as a symbol. Eggs
are roasted to represent cycle of life and death. It can be done by hard
boiling the eggs and then roasting them on fire. Bitter herbs known as
'Maror' such as raw fresh horseradish on the Seder plate remind us of
the bitter days in the lives of Jews as slaves under Pharaoh. Green
vegetables such as fresh parsley or celery tops represent survival of
Jews and they are dipped in salt water to represent the tears of the
Hebrew slaves. Another traditional food that is must on Passover is
Charoset, which represents the mortar used by Hebrew slaves to make
bricks. It is a mixture of chopped fruits, usually apples, nuts,
raisins, spices and wine and has a coarse texture.
