taylweaver | As kosher as apple pie

So yesterday was the culture fair at my student teaching placement. In theory a culture fair is a win-win situation for everyone: The kids get to learn (a little) about other cultures, the parents get to come and be involved, and everyone gets to eat a ton of food, mostly home-cooked by those same parents.

Downside to culture fair: outside of the dayschool world, homecooked food is generally not kosher.

All I can say is, it's a good thing I had an ally: The skirt-wearing, Hebrew-name bearing third grade teacher, whose students studied American culture, and whose display included apple pie. Wishful thinking: is that kosher? Reality check: well, it doesn't look like Entenmanns... Finally, after circling many times, said teacher saw me approach. "Would you like some pie?" she asked me. "It's kosher." Two slices later, I was very much happier. There's something very trustworthy about someone who wears a skirt every day, goes by a Hebrew name, and, like me, must refrain from eating the food served on teacher in-service days.

It's really good to know there's a fellow observant Jew around.

And now I am off to do still more cleaning.