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Passover Seder 2025 is done and entered in the books. It was a good Seder-not the best. But far from the worst I've been to. The total count was 18 people -and we were missing one niece, her hubby, and child who would have normally been there but were in New York with his family. So the breakdown was 12 people I was related to by blood, 4 people by marriage, one almost related to by marriage (my sister's significant other who she's been with for probably over 8 years), and a platonic friend of mine -who by the by I met thru the Message Center here (he doesn't participate anymore) who had never been to a Seder and wanted to attend. My mother made her incredible chicken soup and matzah balls. My goyische niece-in-law made the charoseth. And it wasn't bad. Personally I would have added more wine to it. Normally (and I may have described this before)we have a brisket-not a smoked brisket or a traditional sweet and sour Jewish brisket. My Mom's has a brown onion soup gravy. Unfortunately we didn't have that this year. My Mom is 90 for one thing. In addition she hurt her shoulder and arm in a fall several years ago and can't lift heavy things. My sister-in-law often does it. But she has a broken leg and is in a wheelchair. For simplicity's sake they bought brisket from Rudy's BBQ. I'm not overly fond of it. I mean I don't hate it. But it's nothing special. I was full from my two bowls of soup and four matzah balls. So I skipped the brisket. If it had been my Mom's, I would have stuffed more. I ended up bringing flowers instead of the candied nuts I had thought about. I also brought two small bottles of Manischevitz-the Concord and the Blackberry. I was surprised that we used them up. Last year when I brought sweet wine I was the only one to drink it. The others prefer a drier Kosher wine. As for the service of the Seder-we've dumbed it down for the kinder for years. It's more comprehensible. But the older I get the more I miss the Maxwell House Haggadah I grew up with. I might not want to do all of it. But bringing in some of the passages would be nice. To paraphrase my departed father and the Pesach service -Next year may we all be here together again in our beloved Message Center. Amen!

I'm going to be conflating kind and friendly Mike Gaite for sure. I spent two holiday weekends with him. He was very giving of himself. Andrew Justice was an incredibly nice guy. Alec Andrews AJ Irons an escort who retired a long time ago that I can't remember his last name 1st name was Mike he was from Columbus, Ohio I think He was in a few near porn movies. On an overnight we went to a Barnes and Noble. We were both into sci/fi and fantasy. He bought me a paperback Ace Banner Ray Stone Tyger from Portland There are probably a few others. But these guys stick in my mind

In the listing of this topic, there was a blue star next to the topic title. Normally I see blue circles next topics with new posts that I haven't looked at. Does anyone know what the blue star signifies?

Are you looking at the correct ad? He has 7 pictures ,and two of them show his face clearly.

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So considering his ad copy, should we assume you are meeting him for a massage session? Hope whatever it is, it goes well.

I'm can't pick either if AA doesn't kiss-that's a no go no matter how great his physique is. And Nathan now advertises as only a 'top'. So another no go.

Apparently they redefined the term 'boy' when I wasn't looking.

So in the copy of his ad it says 'no anal'. But in his likes-it says anal. I'd probably go along with the ad copy. But for people who want full service, I'd ask before meeting. Also someone please get the guy some Pepto Bismol. He looks dyspeptic.

I believe you are correct. But they are alike in both being expired.

You're not supposed to ask that.

Or as it's known in Hebrew -"find the afikomen". My mother had my brother bring her some $5 bills for the great-grandchildren(talk about escort fees being higher -I never received $5 dollars for finding the afikomen. Inflation, my friends, has struck the religious sphere too). In my family they are all finders/winners-even if they aren't.

Another ad where the guy is 'unoriented'. I wonder if that drives away clients as much as specifying an orientation would. I'm going to venture that his English may not be great due the lack of ad copy.

As I'm sure in most families, we always talk about how when we were children the service seemed to last forever before dinner was served. And this was in a Reform Seder setting. There was some vague talk about attending a Chabad Seder this year -or at least my brother posted the info for general knowledge without expecting anyone to make use of it. I can't even imagine sitting thru an Orthodox Seder. As you can see my family also loves **charoseth. I used to have mock fights with a gentile cousin-in-law who loves it too over how much I was taking-maybe they weren't so mock. As I always say after posting this picture, it's too bad my mom didn't make enough charoseth for anyone else. Occasionally my mom will fix it for Rosh Hashanah. One trick is to add a lot of Mogen David to it. Once as a young man I was out of town and invited to a local family's Seder. I was so excited to be getting some charoseth away from home. Unfortunately for me, they made a Sefardi version of charoseth with probably figs and dates. I'm sure it was great but just wasn't what I wanted. I'd actually not mind trying it again but only if 'normal' charoseth was there too. I've never made charoseth. But I should try one of these days. It can't be that hard. I also really like matzah. I even eat it occasionally when it's not Pesach. I'll spread it with butter-or sometimes peanut butter and jelly. I just wish it wasn't so crumbly. I leave matzah crumbs all over the place. **Charoseth for those who might not know is a chopped apples and nut dish (Recipes online often use Walnuts. In Texas pecans are more common). It contains chopped apples, pecans, honey, cinnamon, and in our version concord wine. It has a chunky texture. It's supposed to be an edible representation of the mortar the children of Israel used to make Pharoah's monuments.

There's a number there now. Either he added it or you have to be either logged in or a paid member to see it.

You realize his ad is expired, don't you?

Have you met with him?

How accommodating could he be if he didn't perform as promised. Unless he tried and just couldn't physically do whatever it is he agreed to beforehand ?

I believe my Mom does that too. When I was young she made the matzah balls from scratch. Now she uses the Manischevitz Matzah Ball Mix-but truthfully I'm not sure I can taste a difference. One thing I don't like -my siblings don't really like the traditional Mogen David or Manischevitz Concord Grape Wine. Nowadays as I'm sure many people know you can find dry kosher for Passover wine. But I don't like them. I'm going to pick up some traditional Concord grape wine. I have a (whisper) gentile platonic friend supposedly coming for the Seder. And he likes sweet wine too. It's very possible at this late date I won't be able to find Pesach wine. But considering I'm not going to refrain from bread for 8 days -it really shouldn't matter about the wine.

And a happy Pesach to you @samhexumAre your matzah balls hard or soft? My Mom's are the delicate kind-usually. We usually have a brisket. But it's neither the traditional Jewish sweet/sour one nor a smoked/barbecued one. Ours is browned usually on the stove. And then roasted with a Lipton Onion Soup Gravy.

My family is getting together on Saturday for the Seder. Due to intermarriage there will be more non-Jews there than Jews. Our Seders are nothing like they were when I was growing up. While growing up, we used the venerable ***Blue Maxwell House Haggadahs as all righteous non-orthodox Jews (since the 1930's at least) did. It was familiar but with many incomprehensible passages unless you were a well-versed Jewish Scholar. But the familiarity was comforting. We don't use it anymore unfortunately-actually we might use a few passages from it. But we don't use the entire book. I really miss the portion that goes "yea thine, surely thine, to Him praise is becoming. To Him praise is always becoming...". That was my favorite part. I used to love to be the one to read it. Usually I'd had a few glasses of wine by that time. So there was usually a bit of laughing/giggling while I read. (My brother likes that part too). For the last 10 years or so since we broke off from having it with my cousins, our Seders have been much briefer. My cousins usually do a bit more traditional. But they may have over 20 people at their Seder-and with our 15 or so-it was just too many to keep on doing combined. This year may even be briefer for us as the usual main hostess has a broken leg and hurt knee cap. So we are having it at one of her children's houses. I usually try to make a dessert although there's not a real need for it as the 'wimmen -folk' do all of the cooking (there is also a nephew-in-law who is a professional cook who usually fixes something-although he won't be there this year) . One year I made these apple muffin things. The recipe was weird. I can't find it. But my vague memory is that there was no real bottom to the muffins. You put the apples in the muffin tin and poured the batter on top of it. This year I'm not feeling great. I've got hip arthritis. And a bad knee. I was looking for something simple just as an add on to whatever else we had. I know we are having a flourless chocolate tort. There will probably be matzah crack (it's delicious -here's one recipe for it in case anyone is interested https://www.onceuponachef.com/recipes/chocolate-toffee-matzo-crack.html My sister-in-law usually makes homemade macaroons (notice the extra "o"), but she's the injured person. So I don't know. There's usually a fruit mixture too. So if I can psych myself up-I'm going to do these candied pecans. Candied Pecans PREPPYKITCHEN.COM Candied Pecans with brown sugar are a sweet, salty, and crunchy nut treat that is easy to make. Great for... If I don't psych myself up, I'll bring a bouquet of flowers. ** For the non-Jews who probably know already-but for those who don't -Passover (Pesach in Hebrew ) is the holiday Yeshua was celebrating at 'The Last Supper'. For us it commemorates the delivery out of slavery in Egypt. We celebrate it by holding a Seder which is a combined meal and service. The service is read out of a book called a Haggadah. At most Seders people take turns reading the passages from the Haggadah.

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