Adapting Passover Recipes For Food Allergies — Courant.com

This time of year does not only affect those of us celbrating Easter but also includes our friends celebrating Passover. The Jewish dishes traditionally contain many ingredients that would be life threatening to allergy sufferers. I found the following story to be appealing to see how a Jewish family overcomes these hurdles to allow thier son to enjoy the holiday.

For Jews, the Passover Seder, with its special dietary laws, rituals and foods, is one of the most important meals of the year. When the Anivum family of Hartford gathers next week to celebrate, charoset, a mixture of apples and nuts, matzo and other traditional dishes, will be on the menu, but with modifications to make them safe for 14-year-old David Anivum, who suffers from anaphylactic egg, nut, peanut and fish allergies.

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