There's one real, major palpable benefit to Pesach (Passover)
You need to deal with the almost OCD-like levels of paranoia about housecleaning, the crazed shopping sprees, the huge amount of money, the "quality time" with extended family.
But there's one thing that goes a long way in making up for the bad, and accentuating the good.
My friends, I speak of Kosher for Passover Coca-Cola.
See, as an Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jew, along with avoiding grain products, I also avoid kitniyot (legumes, more or less. Anything that can pass for grain if you're not looking too close) and their derivatives. This includes corn syrup, one of the main sweeteners used by soft drink companies, since it's cheaper than real sugar.
So, on Passover, the folks at Coke run a batch of coca-cola (and diet coke, and on some years, Sprite) with real, honest to goodness sugar. Believe me, the difference is noticeable, and the improvement's huge.
and I have four two-liter bottles of it sitting in my living room.
(For those of you in my area, the Stop n' Shop on Harvard Street was the only place I've found that hasn't sold out yet.)
yay!
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