[Sca-cooks] FW:request for recipe(s)

[Pixel, Goddess and Queen]

>
> > > Lamb, as you may know, is traditional in both the
> > > Christian Easter meal and the Jewish Passover meal
> > > because in Christ's time, lamb was sacrificed in
> > the
> > > temple on Passover, and the Last Meal was supposed
> > to
> > > be a Passover supper. (See, cuz, I really have
> > been
> > > studying ;-)
> >
> > Not "supposed to have been", dear - "was". I don't
> > have a Christian
> > Bible handy to quote you chapter and verse, but it
> > WAS a Seder.
>
> Ooops- disagreement here. I have read and enjoyed the
> Bible for several reasons, but none of them have
> included historical accuracy. I've heard one argument
> that Christ and the Apostles COULDN'T have been having
> lamb for dinner, because the sacrificial lamb would
> not have been sacrificed yet, this being the evening
> before Passover. Not having enough knowledge of either
> traditional or historical practices to form a reasoned
> opinion, this has been one of those "Dunno, keep an
> open mind" passages.


Remember that a Jewish day is sunset to sunset, thus, if Thursday is
the first day of Pesach, it starts Wednesday night after sunset.

Margaret