Calling all list makers, this is your day…
Sadly, it is not mine. I loathe lists.
If you have been reading my countdown posts you now know I hate to clean and I hate lists. You probably think I am the messiest, least organized person on the planet and sometimes I feel that way, but somehow I manage and I even get complimented more often than you would think for my organization skills.
I take after my Mother, she has the messiest office, but always knows where everything is, but I almost always forget something when I travel so I do understand the value of lists. I am thankful for computers and their amazing search functionatlity, and when it comes to Passover I succumb to the hidden list maker inside of me and this is how I do it.
List #1: Kitchen Inventory
Take inventory of all your silver, dishes, tablecloths, pots, pans, spatulas, and serving pieces, real and disposable and start to figure out what else you need to buy. This job is much easier if you started last year, so take note to pack up well this year.
List #2: Seder Inventory
Check your stock of Haggadot and other seder needs like seder plate, matzo plate, matzo cover, cup of Eliyahu, and afikoman cover. Or make your own DIY crafts for the seder.
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List #3: Shopping List of Non-Perishables
Write up your shopping list of perishables to include anything you can start buying now. Matzo, olive oil, soda, tomato sauce, canned goods, etc.
List #4: Shopping List of Food
Finally, make your food shopping list ensuring that you cross reference the menus you planned. Note every spice you will need too, remember your kitchen is empty.
Great list. it compliments the one i prepared years ago, and update from time to time.
Though Ashkenazim don’t use rice, I buy a few kilos of rice just before Pessach, because then it is the cleanest of all year.
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Can u send spreadsheet to [email protected]
Genius!
Wow. So impressed. You can even do it on a google doc and have it easily accessible by phone.
I have an Excel spreadsheet with every single item I need for Passover, from spices to foil pans. Each year at the end of Passover, as I’m packing everything up, I inventory what I have left right on the spreadsheet. I keep it on my computer and the following year I print it out to take it with me when I go shopping. On the back, I list the special/extra items I need for the menu I have planned. Works like a charm!