Other people I know who make Passover seders cook several parts of the meal well in advance. I don’t participate in this ritual. There are several reasons. For one, I only have one refrigerator and one freezer – a simple top-freezer model. You can’t fit that much food into it. I know this because I learned it the hard way.
It was my first Passover seder. I had already been married about five years, but I’d never gotten to be the host. Finally, though, it was my turn! I cooked up a storm the weekend before the seder, making chicken soup and kugel and matzo farfel muffins. I was, in fact, hosting TWO nights of seders, so I made lots of everything. And then I tried to put it all away. It didn’t fit. I had to beg and borrow space in not one, not two, but THREE neighbors’ refrigerators and freezers. Also, I had to lug several pots of soup around. They were pretty heavy. After that, I stopped cooking in advance. It’s just too much work.
