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post #46 of 57
5/22/09 at 12:45pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
It's really an American thing. Never heard of C&M on xmas before I moved here

They call it "the Jewish Christmas" in the US, found it quite funny first time I heard that. Especially since my friends don't keep kosher anyway so they could order pork chops all they want.
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post #47 of 57
5/22/09 at 1:08pm
Places that sell pork chops are not open on x-mas... that's why we go to Chinese. Unfortunately, the masses have figured out that the movies are also open and most people are bored after they open presents, so now we have to fight crowds at the cinema.
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post #48 of 57
5/22/09 at 1:11pm
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Originally Posted by ChicagoRon View Post
Places that sell pork chops are not open on x-mas... that's why we go to Chinese. Unfortunately, the masses have figured out that the movies are also open and most people are bored after they open presents, so now we have to fight crowds at the cinema.

Chinese use a lot of pork. But yeah Christmas is dying down so you've got adversaries down. Still you guys started the wonderful tradition in the US so congrats.
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post #49 of 57
5/22/09 at 3:19pm
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Originally Posted by gdl203 View Post
It's really an American thing. Never heard of C&M on xmas before I moved here

+1

in Israel I used to go to midnight mass, it was pretty cool. here it's cantonese and a movie
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post #50 of 57
5/22/09 at 4:47pm
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Originally Posted by globetrotter View Post
+1 in Israel I used to go to midnight mass, it was pretty cool. here it's cantonese and a movie
I thought that Britain and some of the Latin American countries share this habit as well.
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post #51 of 57
5/22/09 at 4:50pm
In France, we used to follow the culinary tradition even though we would not follow any of the religious ones - so we'd pig out with great foie gras and other fancy stuff. I have to say I prefer that to C&M. We've hosted a couple of good xmas eve dinners at our place - no christians there as they tend to be with family.
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post #52 of 57
5/22/09 at 7:20pm
First time we heard of it was in the 1990s, first year of grad school for me. First Xmas in a new city, a classmate of mine said her and her husband were doing Chinese and a movie. We were perplexed. They're both Boston Jews and they baptized us (excuse the pun) into the experience. We still send each other Chinese take out menus for holiday cards.
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post #53 of 57
5/22/09 at 10:29pm
I had a colleague who was very fussy about Kosher observance (she was part of a left-wing Conservative synagogue, if that makes sense), and she was convinced that the whole Kosher wine thing was a crock. Which doesn't stop some very reputable establishments from making it, including a few good Bordeaux Chateaux.

We had an Orthodox Jew living on our floor freshman year and his default snack was Entenmann's pound cake eaten with disposable utensils. He would do pizza, though. When we didn't want to share and thought he might be returning from the library we'd order sausage or pepperoni just to be sure.
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post #54 of 57
8/3/09 at 7:18am
Was talking to a friend and remembered this thread. he had a Kosher couple over for dinner recently and after reading about the various rules also decided to just order from a Kosher takeout / caterer (I think they gave him stuff in disposable containers to throw in the oven) and get disposable plates / utnesils.

Apperantly the husband was quite happy with this, but the wife expected him to have actually prepared it from scratch. I guess a bit much considering he would probably have to get all new cookware, plates, utensils, etc...

K
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post #55 of 57
8/3/09 at 12:09pm
If your friend is Jewish, the wife was not completely out of line with her expectations, although either way I think the show of respect is more important than the homemade at that point. He would be putting her in an awkward situation if he made from scratch and she had to question his Kashruth.
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post #56 of 57
8/3/09 at 1:13pm
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Originally Posted by ChicagoRon View Post
If your friend is Jewish, the wife was not completely out of line with her expectations, although either way I think the show of respect is more important than the homemade at that point. He would be putting her in an awkward situation if he made from scratch and she had to question his Kashruth.

No, he isnt Jewish and they probably arent totally strict Kosher either. I'm guessing he didnt know how Kosher they were and decided to play it safe.

I think took a bit of offense because it was like she was saying that he was a crappy host for not preparing a meal from scratch when he felt he was going out of his way not only to have them over but to ensure that there would be no dietary issues. he normally loves to cook and host and it would have been much easier / more pleaseureable for him to do a normal dinner.

K
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post #57 of 57
8/3/09 at 1:40pm
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Originally Posted by Xiaogou View Post
You are the 2nd person to suggest disposable plates. What is the story behind this? As far as I know, he considers himself a conservative Jew.

I will get in touch with a local deli about meat on Monday. I would cater but he is interested in the flavors of Viet food (my wife is Viet). I feel really pressured as his wife has a Kosher catering business here in town. They want to try something differet...but want it Kosher. I will go through any means to make it happen as I want to be respectful of their customs.

I suggest your wife gets in touch with his wife and plan a viet based menu together that you will probably need to cook in the catering kitchen. Everyone is happy then.
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