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I'm never doing roe again; it's disgusting. For the uninitiated, the roe comes in sacs, with a membrane that has to be removed. It's very thin and fragile and the roe is stuck to it, so it's a mess to remove. And there isn't a huge amount per lobe. You have to carefully peel and scrape, and then when you cook the roe (easy: add a tablespoon of oil, cook over double boiler till it turns thick and orange) you keep finding pieces of membrane in it. If I actually liked eating roe, it might be worth it, but I don't!

The seder was OK; Elyse didn't do fish so I'm glad I've got 6 lbs in the fridge ;) Could use a little more salt and sugar. The thing about gefilte fish is that you don't have time to cook and chill a sample piece to test the seasoning; you have to guess.

I got home at 23:00 and had to walk the dog (Mom went to bring Grandma home). I came in, she was all sleepy, I tried to get her to come out and she wouldn't. So I went to strain the soup and put it away, and of course then she came and started bouncing to go out, so I had to go walk her in the rain. The advantage of a 12 year old dog is that you know her habits perfectly; you know exactly when she needs to go out and exactly when she's done with her walk.

I'm finishing the cooking for the Seder now. We're having:

Chicken soup
Gefilte fish
Salad
Standing rib roast with horseradish aioli
Noodle kugel (I told Carly this wasn't Pesachdik but she insisted)
Boiled potatoes (found La Rattes in the greenmarket!)
Green beans with almonds (Green beans technically not Pesachdik either)
Chocolate roll (flourless :P) with chocolate cream filling)
Stewed prunes and apricots (for my grandma)

Promised Carly I'd make a tiramisu this week but I don't have time to do it today. Or Marsala; the liquor store didn't have any yesterday.

Wonder if Mom remembered to roast the egg? (it's one of the symbols on the seder plate and symbolizes the Temple sacrifice. the others are a shank bone, for the paschal lamb; parsley, for spring, which is eaten dipped in salt water [tears]; bitter herbs [usually grated horseradish] for the bitterness of slavery, and charoset [chopped apples and nuts mixed with wine] for mortar, a reminder of the hard work in Egypt.)