The Dream

I'll bet you thought I was only going to babble about food, didn't you? heh, heh...!

So this morning after I hit the snooze alarm, I had a dream. Well, to be honest, it was my third dream after having hit the snooze alarm for the third time. But I digress...

I was standing in a long line in a big white room, waiting to enter a second room beyond. Suddenly I knew that I was waiting in line for a Rosh Hashanah seder.

(Yes, I know a seder happens at Passover, but this is a dreeeeeammm, remember? Pay attention!)

The line goes into a large sort of community room with large folding tables and chairs, and the room sort of curves, with the line going around the perimeter. It's darker in the community room, and I am having trouble keeping up with the line. There seems to always be a big space in front of me, but I don't want to be unseemly and run to keep up.

I finally sit at one of the tables with my three other non-Jewish friends who have accompanied me. We are chatting very loudly, back and forth, when I suddenly notice the rest of the room is very quiet, speaking in hushed voices. I comment on this to my companions. An elderly lady with white hair, wearing an orchid-colored dress, leans over from the next table, puts her finger to her lips, and says in a breathless whisper, "Of course, that's why it's called Rosssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh Hasshhanah!" Well, whaddaya know.

At which point, the Gentile friend sitting next to me returns from the seder buffet with a plate of what looks suspiciously like corned beef and cabbage. Is that what they eat on Rosssssshhhhh Hasshhanah?, I ponder just before waking...

image courtesy of momskitchencooking.blogspot.com

Interestingly, as I was Googling for images of corned beef and cabbage for this post, I found several articles that indicated that corned beef and cabbage is actually an American dish that is an example of Irish and Jewish fusion cuisine, as the Irish purchased Jewish corned beef as a substitute for the bacon they would use back home in Ireland in the preparation of Bacon and Cabbage. Curiouser and curiouser....!

Did you notice I still somehow managed to include food in my babble?