Variations may be OK. Brussels sprouts that are roasted, not boiled, sweet potatoes mashed with apples or pears.

NPR: Comfort Food

For children, at least in our family, the main event wasn't the service, or snacking on the symbolic bitter herbs, hard-boiled eggs or sweet charoset (a paste made from apples and nuts), or even dinner.

WSJ: Passover Challenged

In the chef's second Slow Food Fast contribution, seared spring onions, boiled new potatoes, a soft-boiled egg and plump, sweet peas top a pool of creamy, herbal green goddess dressing.

WSJ: Spring Vegetables With Green Goddess Dressing

The other side held specialty rations: boiled pasta and rubbery egg whites, white rice, brown rice, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

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