KC Kosher Eggfest

An Eggfest without pork.....thats unique!

Did a bit of googling, not sure there is actually any Kosher pork.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_restrictions_on_the_consumption_of_pork#Prohibition_of_pork_consumption_in_Jewish_law

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/kosher-pork-in-sunnyside

There is no such thing as kosher pork.  I am verklempt at the mere suggestion.

I feel foolish about this, since I'm not Jewish and it's irrelevant to me, but for some reason I love it when people are keeping ancient traditions, and it seems sad when we all get sort of homogenized in modern culture.  There's no reason for me to feel sad when people abandon a past cultural or religious heritage, but I often do.  I think the idea of a Kosher Eggfest is really cool, and I hope it is a grand success.  I used to work with a guy who invited us all over to his house every year for the Passover meal, and he'd talk about the history of it all and what the meaning of all of the different dishes was, and I loved the idea and really wanted to go... but any time he was off duty, I was on duty and very busy, and I kept thinking, "next year..."  But I never went.  The idea of celebrating a meal with immense spiritual and cultural significance that one's ancestors have been celebrating in the same way for thousands of years just seems awesome to me.

One of my sons-in-law is of Nicaraguan descent, and I was absolutely fascinated, visiting them from time to time in the early years of their marriage, when his grandmother and aunt would make special feasts for certain religious festivals, sometimes staying up all night making some of these things.  Apparently the tradition where they used to live was that people would all make these things, and then all go house to house and celebrate with each family and share in everyone's feast.  It sounded so cool to me, and I kept wishing he'd videotape some of these special Nicaraguan foods and his aunt and grandmother cooking them, and some of these stories, but that was many years ago, and I was the only one who seemed to find it all fascinating.  Maybe if I'd grown up with it I'd have felt the same way.  They have 3 teenage children, now, and their Nicaraguan heritage doesn't really seem to be part of their lives at all.  They love their now very elderly great aunt and great grandmother and visit them, but when they die no one will know how to make those festival dishes.  I actually got a book on Latin Grilling, by Lourdes Castro, and it's really cool, one big meal from each of several different Latin cultures, one of which is Nicaraguan.  I'm going to make Nicaraguan style churrasco (with beef tenderloin instead of the skirt steak she used, because apparently that's more what Nicaraguans used), sometime, with gallo pinto, chimichurri, pico de gallo, and a tres leches cake, one of these days, and have them all over.

Anyway, I hope the Kosher Eggfest is a wonderful event and a blessing for all concerned!

Here's the story and background:

Theophan said:

I feel foolish about this, since I'm not Jewish and it's irrelevant to me, but for some reason I love it when people are keeping ancient traditions, and it seems sad when we all get sort of homogenized in modern culture.  There's no reason for me to feel sad when people abandon a past cultural or religious heritage, but I often do.  I think the idea of a Kosher Eggfest is really cool, and I hope it is a grand success.  I used to work with a guy who invited us all over to his house every year for the Passover meal, and he'd talk about the history of it all and what the meaning of all of the different dishes was, and I loved the idea and really wanted to go... but any time he was off duty, I was on duty and very busy, and I kept thinking, "next year..."  But I never went.  The idea of celebrating a meal with immense spiritual and cultural significance that one's ancestors have been celebrating in the same way for thousands of years just seems awesome to me.

One of my sons-in-law is of Nicaraguan descent, and I was absolutely fascinated, visiting them from time to time in the early years of their marriage, when his grandmother and aunt would make special feasts for certain religious festivals, sometimes staying up all night making some of these things.  Apparently the tradition where they used to live was that people would all make these things, and then all go house to house and celebrate with each family and share in everyone's feast.  It sounded so cool to me, and I kept wishing he'd videotape some of these special Nicaraguan foods and his aunt and grandmother cooking them, and some of these stories, but that was many years ago, and I was the only one who seemed to find it all fascinating.  Maybe if I'd grown up with it I'd have felt the same way.  They have 3 teenage children, now, and their Nicaraguan heritage doesn't really seem to be part of their lives at all.  They love their now very elderly great aunt and great grandmother and visit them, but when they die no one will know how to make those festival dishes.  I actually got a book on Latin Grilling, by Lourdes Castro, and it's really cool, one big meal from each of several different Latin cultures, one of which is Nicaraguan.  I'm going to make Nicaraguan style churrasco (with beef tenderloin instead of the skirt steak she used, because apparently that's more what Nicaraguans used), sometime, with gallo pinto, chimichurri, pico de gallo, and a tres leches cake, one of these days, and have them all over.

Anyway, I hope the Kosher Eggfest is a wonderful event and a blessing for all concerned!

I agree with you.  I like old traditions that are carried on.  This is one of the reasons I've settled down in New Orleans.  Second lines, dressing up like pimps for Sunday church, mardi gras, brass bands, festivals and parties, balls, all the different culture and history are diverse and interesting.

@Ladeback69 , seems like it should be a lot of fun. Hope you go and enjoy and keep us posted.