Elijah's Cup

How do you make a Good Friday, a Great Friday?? Start with a half-day at work, add a trip to two different DMV's, and end it with inventing a new drink and watching a Daria marathon on Logo!

I started the afternoon at the DMV in Southwest, and after an hour gave up all hope that I would get through the line before next Pesach.

After some consulting with REL, I made my way to the Georgetown DMV, which smells a lot better and gave me an opportunity to answer tourist questions in the Shops at Georgetown parking garage. "Excuse me? Where is the Washington Cupcake?" "Ugh, you mean Georgetown Cupcake? Walk out to M Street and walk towards the crowd of people wearing tie-dyed DC t-shirts and CIA baseball caps."

Two hours later, I escaped with new license plates in hand, but a super empty belly. Note to self: eat before going to the DMV.

I received a very nice invite from REL to come over for tuna melts on matzo. I didn't need much convincing. Two melts and 4 Daria episodes later, we began discussing Passover-friendly cocktails.

As you have been reading this last week, there are a ton of restrictions during Passover and nowhere is that more evident than with alcohol, as most liquors are made with grains that are no bueno for Pesach.

The exception being, the often derided by Jews, and loved by goyim, Manischewitz. The super sweet wine, that your cousins got wasted on at your Bar Mitzvah is a standard at any respectable Jewish home, yet often times, just for show, never for imbibing.

I recalled that at the Star & Shamrock on H Street, they do a Manischewitz-based sangria.

Off REL went in search of the right travel-able container after I put the kabosh on, "how about ziploc bags?" and "I have the perfect soup pot!". Passover miracle of miracles she came up with not only a container but a container with a top to prevent a meltdown on our way down to Dupont later this evening.

So the result is the perfect K4P cocktail for your next Seder (or Passover Pre-game):

Elijah's Cup!!!

Cut up the following into small chunks or slices and put in large bowl:

• Half a pint of fresh strawberries
• Half a lemon
• Two Oranges
• One Red Apple
• One Green Apple
• One Cup of grapes halved

Add to fruit 4 750(ml) bottles of Manischewitz (we used two traditional concord grape, one cherry and one medium-dry concord grape, but you can use whatever you have on hand).

Add 3 cinnamon sticks and stir.

Let marinade for 1 minute to overnight, depending on how long you have till service.

Say the Bruchah and serve in Kiddush cups.

Shabbat Shalom ya'll!

- Ben