Well, I'm not doing too well with my goal of blogging more often. My kids finished school, the weather is perfect, and there is a great park just a few blocks from our apartment. After being house-bound all winter, what more can I say?
Brianna, Micah, and I walked to the grocery store and it was a good thing I had my camera with me! With this week being Passover, all flour products are prohibited... So, what do grocery stores in Israel do with their un-kosher foods, shelves, and aisles? Well, this is your answer...
Walking down the aisles of a grocery store during Passover teaches you that a number of foods you don't think would come under Passover food guidelines really do. Of course, there are the obvious flour products: bread, cookies, crackers, pastas, etc... However, some foods come in contact with flour during their production process and are also prohibited - foods such as: sodas, coffee, some kinds of alcohol and vinegar, corn syrup, etc. Just think for a moment how many food products contain corn syrup!
This would be the perfect time for a silica to shop! :) We have a man in our church that can't have wheat and it is amazing how many things have wheat in it! He'd get a kick out seeing this. Would make his life so much easier! :)
ReplyDeleteLove her picture! I kinda like that the stores do that. Wish they would do that here. Many blessing to you and your family. Love reading your blog!!
ReplyDeleteWow! That is pretty amazing that they do that and so carefully, too! I wonder who is in charge of deciding which foods are OK and which foods are not. I would not want that job. Are there stores there that don't observe this (for non-Jews)? It's neat none the less. :)
ReplyDeleteYes, it really IS something! I think that the Rabbis are in charge of making those types of decisions, which were probably decided long ago. Yes, there are stores that don’t observe the Passover practices, but they are non-Jewish stores and not as common.
DeleteVery interesting! And yes, that is a mighty pretty little lady there! Love you.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! That's a lot of work for the grocery store workers to go through each year! Adorable little girl by the way!
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing this. This was very interesting. Love you guys & in our prayers.
ReplyDeletewow, that is a lot of work they go through! You know it means a lot to them! So intresting all these posts!! I think your doing great on blogging ;)
ReplyDeleteI love the little girl in the yellow dress with her C*O*O*L sunglasses on!!!!
ReplyDeleteI was excited to see you have some American-brand things! Can you get pretty much anything there? Dr. Pepper? Reece's?
Love you and miss you!!!!!
I love her too! And am so glad that others do as well…. especially her Aunt Anna, whom she is named after!!!
DeleteYes, we CAN get some American-brand things here…. I have seen cake mixes (haven’t seen frosting though), brownie mixes, pancake mix, Reese’s, Dr. Pepper, and probably some other things I am forgetting that are all things we can’t get in Ukraine. But can you believe we have not bought one single thing of those? Groceries here are SUPER expensive compared to what we are used to, so we are happy sticking with the necessities. We’ll just enjoy those things when we are in America!
Dreadfully behind, sweet friend, on my blog reading. But that is OKAY...because that means I'm busy and blessed. :) So glad to read of all the happenings in the land of the Bible.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting! No, I had no idea that many items would not be available. Gives pause, doesn't it -- all the items we take for granted!
ReplyDeletewow -- that's sorta upsetting! haha :D But seriously WOW -- They really go all out!!!
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