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Do you peel the apples for charoses?

Yes

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Total Votes : 94

amother

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 6:19 pm

See poll. Is it really needed?

amother

Quince ↓

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 6:35 pm

We Bh' have been making a Seder for many years. Always peeled. Never tried it without peeling. how many apples are u using.? We use about 10-20 depending on our crowd and it's not so time consuming.

amother

Honeysuckle

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 6:58 pm

We use 1 apple for 5 people to eat at 2 sedarim. Do you guys serve portions? Why would you need 20 apples?

hodeez

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 7:00 pm

Yes

NechaMom

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 7:30 pm

Yes we don't use peels of anything on pesach

Rachel Shira

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 7:45 pm

We peel everything, and don’t eat the charoses, so yes and it’s only one apple.

justforfun87

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 7:48 pm

Side note does charoset have to have apples?

icedcoffee

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 7:50 pm

justforfun87 wrote:

Side note does charoset have to have apples?

We're Sephardic and our recipe doesn't include apples

watergirl

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 8:40 pm

Honestly it depends on how much time I have or how lazy I want to be. Some years yes, some years no. If the apples I have are the kind with a waxy or thick peel, yes. If I have pink lady or honey crisp, no.

amother

Mintgreen ↓

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 10:28 pm

justforfun87 wrote:

Side note does charoset have to have apples?

Yes
What does yours have in it?

Elfrida

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 10:35 pm

amother Mintgreen wrote:

Yes
What does yours have in it?

Charoset is very flexible for a tradional Pesach food. Some recipes are based on dates, not apples.

zaq

Sat, Apr 20 2024, 11:11 pm

The ingredients of charoset are immaterial. Depending on where one lives, it can contain dried dates, prunes, bananas, avocado...what matters is that it has a muddy color and thick, gloppy texture to resemble mortar that is used to hold bricks together.No, it does not have to contain apples, though apples and walnuts are a traditional Eastern European combo. Mostly because these ingredients were readily available there, as opposed to, say, dates, which would be readily available in the Middle East.

Hashem_Yaazor

Sun, Apr 21 2024, 4:48 am

So nice to see a unanimous poll

Please no one ruin it!

:)iknowit

Sun, Apr 21 2024, 5:16 am

I use applesauce.

luftmaidel

Sun, Apr 21 2024, 9:29 am

I don't peel and I think it comes out just fine. That said, I basically never peel apples for anything (apple sauce, apple cake, apple pie or crumble).

amother

↑ Mintgreen

Sun, Apr 21 2024, 10:39 am

Elfrida wrote:

Charoset is very flexible for a tradional Pesach food. Some recipes are based on dates, not apples.

That's great
Which is why I'm asking her what her recipe is

amother

↑ Quince

Mon, Apr 22 2024, 2:36 am

amother Honeysuckle wrote:

We use 1 apple for 5 people to eat at 2 sedarim. Do you guys serve portions? Why would you need 20 apples?

I grew up in a family of 2 Sedarim. Now we have 1. I grew up in a home where we ate charoset with Everything! Meat, the next day, the day after the 2nd YT.
I do that now also. I usually put in 1 apple per person, and we eat it for a few days.

shabbatiscoming ↓

Mon, Apr 22 2024, 4:59 am

amother Mintgreen wrote:

Yes
What does yours have in it?

Of course it doesnt HAVE TO. There are different types of charoset.

And a side note, but I never peel my apples.

amother

Hunter

Mon, Apr 22 2024, 5:01 am

justforfun87 wrote:

Side note does charoset have to have apples?

Some people use pears.

↑ shabbatiscoming

Mon, Apr 22 2024, 5:33 am

amother Mintgreen wrote:

Yes
What does yours have in it?

Of course it does not need to have apples.
My mother started making this delicious marocan charoset a few years ago. We are ashkenazi. We love it. There are no apples in it.

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