What do Ashkenazi Jews eat on Passover?

Answer 1

The special Jewish food for Passover is "Matza," unleavened bread baked carefully and within 18 minutes.

Jews specifically do NOT eat "chametz" on Passover. Chametz is food that contains wheat that was allowed to rise, such as bread, pasta, etc. "Ashkenazi" Jews (Jews from Europe) also don't eat legumes (rice, corn, beans) on Passover.

Other foods are permissible during Passover, but Jews, even many of those that do not keep Kosher during the rest of the year, are often extra careful during this time to only eat foods marked as "Kosher for Passover," confirming that they are Kosher and do not contain any leaven.

Answer 2

Matza, and more Matza. If you mean at the seder, a nice meat meal, but nothing roasted. Preceding the meat meal, traditional foods at the seder are bitter herbs, matzoh, parsley in salt water, and a mixture of apples, nuts, cinnamon and wine.

I will venture to say that all baked goods on passover have either matza meal or potato starch. Askenazim (European Jews) also don't eat legumes in addition to chametz, so no corn, beans, rice etc.

My favorite pesach matza foods are: matza with cheese baked on top of it (like an open cheese sandwich), Matza and cream cheese, this may sound a bit disgusting, but I think it is pretty good is matza with cream cheese and jelly. (although some don't eat those either, but most people do)

Answer 3

matzoh! wheat, barley, oats, rye, are also the four grains that you cannot eat during passover, with some major foods being bread, pasta, rice, Pizza, cereal, waffles, pancakes, cake, etc. there are, however, kosher for passover foods that you can eat as substitutes for these foods, some of them tasting better than others. i would recommend to buy a couple of boxes of matzoh, as it can be used in many ways during passover, and it can go by very quick.

Answer 4

They have a special type of unleavened bread called matzoh. Bitter herbs are eaten too (Exodus ch.12), and wine and parsley dipped in salt-water; and only after that the festive meal is served.

Answer 5

Beitzah

The hard -- boiled egg is eaten first and represents the festival sacrifice brought in Jerusalem in the days of Beis Hamikdosh (Holy Temple) on honour of Pesach. However it is also a symbol of mourning as the Beis Hamikdosh has been destroyed.

Z'roa

A Z'roa is a shank bone or chicken neck which is roasted or boiled. Most of its meat is removed before placing it on the plate; this item is not eaten but is served as a reminder to the sacrifice the Jews offered on the night before their departure from Egypt, every year after that a similar sacrifice was made to Beis Hamikdosh.

Maror

The Maror is the bitter herbs; usually horseradish or romaine lettuce stalks are used. These are eaten twice during the meal; eating Maror is one of the most important parts of the meal as the herbs represent the Jew's bitterness as they worked hard for the Pharaoh while they are consumed Jew's remember their ancestors suffering from their hard labour in Egypt and around the world.

Karpus

Karpus is a vegetable usually onion, celery, parsley or a boiled potato. The Jew's then retell stories from their ancestors in Egypt, when they dip their vegetable into the salt water they are doing an act of pleasure and liberty. However the Karpus and salt water also represent the hard times in Egypt, 600, 000 Jews in Egypt had to work very hard and the salt water also represents the tears that fell from the eyes of the ones that worked in Egypt.

Charoses

The Charoses is a mixture of apples, Pears, nuts and wine which is put on the Maror and shaken off before being eaten. This is done that so the sweet taste of Charoses should make the Maror less bitter. The Charoses represents the mortar used by the Jew's to make buildings for the Egyptians.

Chazeres

Chazeres is made of the same things as the Maror is. The Maror is eaten twice in the meal; the first time from the actual Maror and the second time from the Chazeres.

Answer 6

Mostly matzah, meat, potatoes, eggs, avocado, fruit and vegetables, milk and cheese.