| Title: | BAGELS and other things of Jewish interest |
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Hello All, Before I pose my question, first an introduction. My name is Ric Mershon and I have been a read-only participator in this conference for some time. I haven't kept a kosher diet during Passover since I was a child. This year, however, I'm going to change that. I have only one small concern: I am a fairly active person (run 25 miles weekly and work-out with weights 1 to 2 times weekly along with other activities) and need to sustain a high level of complex carbohydrates in my diet. During a typical day, my meals include such foods as bagels, 100% whole-grain breads, and pastas. This is obviously going to have to change if I'm going to remain kosher for Passover. Potatoes and rice are kosher for passover and are good sources of complex carbohydrates. But I can see myself being riced and potatoed out by the end of the holiday. Are there other (healthy) kosher for Passover foods which are good sources of complex carbs? Does anyone have any good recipes for rice and potatoes (that are kosher for passover) that will help to keep me interested during the holiday? Thanks! -ric!
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| 1210.1 | NOTIME::SACKS | Gerald Sacks ZKO2-3/N30 DTN:381-2085 | Thu Apr 16 1992 00:20 | 1 | |
Rice is kosher for Passover only for Sephardim. | |||||
| 1210.2 | carbohydrates during Passover | CADSYS::HECTOR::RICHARDSON | Thu Apr 16 1992 20:33 | 26 | |
It takes my digestive system a while to recover from the Passover food
limitations, too - we eat a lot of rice and pasta normally. Stay away
from pesachdic noodles - they are really BAD, like wet matzoh, except
for the kind which are really scrambled eggs, and you don't want those
either. Wholewheat matzoh is kinder on the digestive system than plain
matzoh, but it is sometimes hard to find marked OK for Passover (I got
mine!). Sweet potatoes are good as a change from potato latkes or
kugel (or boiled potatoes, ho hum!). I eat a lot of fresh and stewed
fruit and a lot of dairy stuff during the holiday, since those things
are easier to digest than plain matzohs. Also a lot of nuts - ground
nuts taste a lot better than ground matzohs, but they are expensive,
and I don't think you could make a passable pasta-substitute out of
them.
If you live in a Sephardic community, and do not have a family practice
for Passover already, you could adopt the Sephardic customs, and have
rice and legumes during the holiday. If your family history is not one
of Sephardic practice, though, you really are not supposed to do this,
technically. (I know some vegetarians who do this anyways, because
otherwise it is very difficult for them to eat a balanced diet during
the holiday.)
Have a good, and meaningful, holiday!
/Charlotte
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| 1210.3 | Pile on the matzo | CRLVMS::SEIDMAN | Thu Apr 16 1992 23:53 | 9 | |
I don't know if I'm fortunate or not, but I don't seem to have any
digestive problems on Passover (weight-gain is another story :^), so I
do just fine with matzo as my primary carbohydrate, supplemented by
as much fresh vegetables and fruit (both of which I like) as feasible.
I know of at least one person who ran the Boston Marathon (during Hol
HaMoed) after doing his carbo-loading with matzo and did well.
Aaron
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