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Conference taveng::bagels

Title:BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest
Notice:1.0 policy, 280.0 directory, 32.0 registration
Moderator:SMURF::FENSTER
Created:Mon Feb 03 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1524
Total number of notes:18709

299.0. "passover lunch?" by CHAMP::SANDY () Wed Apr 15 1987 17:08

    I dont know if this has been brought up before, but I am
    wondering what, if anything are the cafeteria's doing
    in different sites for Passover.  I would bring in my
    own lunch, but I am in the process of moving so I have
    my "kitchen" packed.  I am not real kosher, but for 
    passover I keep away from bread, cakes, rice, etc, etc,
    but I will eat lets say plain broiled fish even if it
    was not cooked in passover pans etc.  I have arranged with
    the cafeteria to provide me with something everyday this
    week that I feel I can eat, but I wonder if any sites 
    actually have matzot, etc.
    
    				-Sandy
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299.1Tobins to the rescueKACIE::SANDERSecurity through ObscurityWed Apr 15 1987 17:186
    MRO has a tray with Flaked Tuna, Matzot and Hard Boiled Eggs. I
    guess someone told them that is what you eat for Passover. Anyway
    it is cheap Matzot (and a bit stale ( i guess they left it out
    overnight)) but I still prefer to bring my own, remember to bring
    extra as everyone will want a taste..
    
299.2ZEPPO::MAHLERMotti the ModeratorWed Apr 15 1987 17:344
    I'm sure our cafe will cook up some 'nice kosher
    pork butt something or other...'

299.3I don't think soGRAMPS::LISSESD&P ShrewsburyThu Apr 16 1987 12:5810
    Sandy, because of cleanliness and chumetz restrictions, I
    don't think there is anything the company cafeteria can do to
    provide a kosher for Passover lunch (even if the products are
    marked kosher for Passover). 
    
    As I write this I'm munching on some left overs form the
    Seders with a piece of Matzoh. (Yum!)
    
    			Fred
    
299.4the acfeteria at PassoverCADSYS::RICHARDSONThu Apr 16 1987 13:5310
    The MRO1 cafeteria used to at least have matzot, and would have
    a lunch choice that wasn't blatantly chomistic - don't know if they
    still do this since I haven't worked there in a long time (and started
    bringing lunch from home a long time before that).  It is too much
    to expect that they would prepare food that is *really* pesachdic,
    but that was enough to appease most of us.  It sounds like DEC in
    Israel just closes down for the whole holiday, so they don't have
    to set up the cafetarias (if there are any?) for Passover either,
    even though they might well have kosher cafeterias there (any of
    you on TAV%% who can tell us?).
299.5An effort was made...CELICA::HERBERThu Apr 16 1987 17:358
    I approached our caf (CFO2) about a week before Pesach.  Needless
    to say, they hadn't thought of doing anything at that point.
    
    BUT, they were very willing to listen, and even tried to come up
    with some entrees or soups that they could serve (they didn't find
    any, but they tried).  They do have matzot and flaked tune
    (mmmmm...), the usual cold cuts, cheeses, and salad bar.  I've found
    that I've been able to cope.  
299.6hard at work (and lunch) in JerusalemJEREMY::ERICfrom somewhere in the MediterraneanFri Apr 17 1987 08:0514
.4>    It sounds like DEC in
.4>    Israel just closes down for the whole holiday, so they don't have
.4>    to set up the cafetarias (if there are any?) for Passover either,
.4>    even though they might well have kosher cafeterias there (any of
.4>    you on TAV%% who can tell us?).

While it's true that the folks in Herzliya have the week off, we in Jerusalem
are working half days on erev chag (April 13 and 19) and during chol hamoed
(April 15 and 16).  Of course, a lot of people are taking vacation time
this week.

We don't yet have a cafeteria, so we eat at one of two nearby kosher
restaurants, with Digital picking up most of the tab.  One of the two is
open during Pesach; being kosher, its selection is a bit reduced.
299.7hungry in HerzliaTAVENG::GOLDMANFri Apr 17 1987 08:256
    There is no cafeteria in the Herzlia office, just a coffee room 
    with company supplied coffee makings and cookies.
    
    There are a number of restaurants (and I use the term loosely)
    within walking distance.