[Sca-cooks] RE: Hanukah

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

On Thu, 6 Dec 2001, morgancain at earthlink.net wrote:

> Lucrezia asked:
>
> >>> So fried dumplings are seasonal fare? How long does
> >>> Hanukah last? And is there a particular day it is
> >>> especially celebrated? And specific food that
> >>> goes with it?
>
> Hanukah is an eight-day festival that this year starts on Sunday night. [1]  It celebrates the great miracle of the oil, in which (VERY short summary) a phial of oil, barely enough to keep the Temple lamp lit for a day, burned for eight days and nights while the congregants had time to make more oil.
>

What she said. Also, going along with the lamp theme, this is the holiday
where the menorah and candles get used and when you play dreidel (we
always played for raisins, when I babysat the Jewish kids across the
street). Children usually get a small gift each night (partially to
offset Xmas, I think), sometimes money or chocolate coins.

I suppose appropriate period food would be fritters and cuskynoles. ;-)

Margaret