Yom Kippur

Ahhh....the day of the fast! This year was the easiest fast I have ever had...and what is so funny, is that I was cooking ALL day! i woke up at 10 and started my adventure. I cooked, I cleaned, I did everything without feeling ONE hunger pain. I admit I got thirsty at times...but never hungry! It was great. Anyway...I made a kugel(which was nowhere near as good as my mom makes it, even though i used her recipe!), blintz souffle (same as last comment), chopped up every veggie imaginable and every fruit imaginable. Cut up the bagels, layed out the lox (salmon), the 4 french cheeses as well as the cream cheese and the 2 different chive cheeses. I had chopped liver and gefilte fish with horseradish. I had nuts, pickles and olives. I had hummus. Oh yah...almost forgot. I also made potato latkes with apple sauce on the side. Which were very yummy when I finally got to eat them. I cut up onion, tomato, cucumber and lettuce for the lox and bagels. I had bagel chips and pita chips (in honor of my mom!) plus some rosemary crackers. Then Dzintra brought pita bread and a spinach dip. Kaili and Dzintra brought wine. Fernando brough Champagne. George brought Orange Juice and Martini (a drink they have in France) along with Pineapple and grapes (which we already had) I had coke, diet coke, coke zero, evian, badouit(sparkling water), and orange juice. Let's just say the spread was HUGE! And there was barely a dent made...BUT i have tons of leftovers. Anyway, the second 8:38 hit (sundown out here) i dashed for the lox and bagels. I had two sandwhiches, plus two of everything else. I didn't realize how hungry i was! It was great! Allen and Dzintra were there along with Kaili, Alex, Fernando, Liz and her frien George. It was a blast! Everyone left by 1:45 and Liz and I did a quick clean to put everything in the fridge. I was in bed by 2:15 and really pleased with my Yom Kippur. I have to say...I think G-d's gonna let me have a great new year :)