What to serve for Tu b'shvat sedar?

Mrs Bissli ↓

Sat, Feb 04 2012, 5:45 pm

Aside from the usual 4 cups of wine, fruits and nuts, that is.

It's weekday evening, I wasnted to serve something a bit more substantial than nosh, but it's hard to do hot food for logistic reasons.

Right now I'm thinking of various dips, crudite, and pita/bagel sandwiches.
Any other suggestions?

↑ Mrs Bissli ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:18 am

Bump!

Come on, NOONE is doing Tu b'Shvat sedar???

mizle10 ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:22 am

To be honest I never heard of a tunishvat seder. We have some fruit, say a shehecheyanu and that's it.

yentadevosha

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 10:56 am

we eat a reg. supper. After that, I serve cut up fruits and a variety of nuts in a nice platter. I try to get all the shivas haminim, and we also eat esrog compote.

culinaryk

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:02 pm

Here is a menu for Tu B'shvat. If it is over the top, just pick and choose what you like:

~ Breads ~
Honey Oatmeal Bread
~ Spreads & Dips ~
Chef Jay's Olive Dip
~ Soups ~
Vegetable Soup With Barley And Flanken
~ Main Dish ~
Tu B'shvat Chicken (chicken With Dried Fruit)
~ Side Dish ~
Orange Almond Muffin
~ Salads ~
Pomegranate Salad
Tu B'shvat Salad
~ Other Desserts ~
Chocolate Blocks With Dried Fruit And Nuts
Chocolate And Fruit Cookie (tu B'shvat Cookie)

http://culinarykosher.com/menu.....XrrBs

33055 ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:10 pm

What's with the four cups of wine for Tu b'shvat?

Do you really do this?

ra_mom ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 1:33 pm

Mrs Bissli, I believe I heard that the Tu B'shvat Seder with 4 cups of wine in a Sephardi thing? Could that be?

supermama2 ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 2:33 pm

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

↑ ra_mom

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 2:38 pm

SarahO. wrote:

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

With 4 cups of wine? I've go to check this out Smile

↑ Mrs Bissli ↓

Sun, Feb 05 2012, 3:13 pm

I think it's combination of kabbalistic and sefardi. Yes 4 cups of wine, starting with white, light rose, darker rose and red. I'm rather surprised not that many people seems to be doing it. I think in the end we're going to settle for buffet-style finger foods like dips and sabich or fallafel. It's weekday night, we are not sure how many people are going to show up.

Ruchel

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 8:59 am

I asked my Sefardic grandma if her family did this and she had not heard of it either.

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 12:06 pm

Once we finish with all the different kinds of fruit, we're hardly hungry for a full meal!

I might make an attempt to serve food from the shiva minim, but I focus more on the ceremonial foods than the meal, especially on a weeknight.

For those who are curious about making a seder, we use this book plus some additional sources.

AlwaysThinking ↓

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 12:45 pm

We use to make a seder back at home - Sephardi Minhag I think. Just married and won't be doing it this year! Although I suddenly thought that maybe I should be making a nice meal though... mmm... cooking time!

shanie5

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 1:33 pm

The four different wines are for the four seasons. Or so I was told today.

↑ 33055

Mon, Feb 06 2012, 1:39 pm

I can't even make it through four glasses of wine on Pesach.

↑ AlwaysThinking ↓

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 5:03 am

Does anyone have a link to a normal-ish hebrew english version of the seder? I'd really like to show DH what it's all about. I looked at the Aish link but the all english put him off a bit. TIA! Very Happy

Isramom8

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 6:11 am

I'm serving sparkling grape juice, pasta with butter and salt, fresh and dried fruits (whatever we like that was available), and cheeses.

We basically just sing Hashekeidia Porachat. Very Happy

↑ supermama2 ↓

Tue, Feb 07 2012, 6:42 am

ra_mom wrote:

SarahO. wrote:

I don't think it's just a sephardic thing. Aish.com has a 'kabbalistic tu b shevat seder' also. Look, if nothing else, it's fun Very Happy

With 4 cups of wine? I've go to check this out Smile

Well we're using grape juice..but still fun Wink