We'll remind you, mae!

Well, it depends on your family's minhag (custom), but a chicken bone is traditional for many families. Last week, I served bone-in chicken thighs for dinner one night and saved one bone (which I later cleaned, re-roasted, and froze). One year, though, I completely forgot to prepare something in advance. I asked my DD to draw a bone with her crayons, and then we cut it out and put the drawing on the Seder plate. I figured it was a symbol of a symbol! (That might not work for more Orthodox folks, though.) I've considered buying a lamb shank, but lamb is on DH's do-not-eat list, so a chicken bone is a better alternative for our family.

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I've been known

to put a chicken thigh bone on the plate

at the last minute

when I myself forget all about it

(Sue, love your stories!)

May, I know a few families that will freeze their shank bones to use for next year. I don't do it, because it just doesn't appeal to me. When we lived in South Florida, it was very easy to find the shank bone every Passover in our local Publix. Since moving to Central Florida, I can't always find it. So, I've done what Sue and Jessy do twice already, and it sure was convenient. I can't STAND the smell of the shankbone when it's roasting, so that's another reason to just use a handy chicken leg bone:-) If I find the lamb shank bone, fine, if not, I fall back on the chicken leg.

I have wondered too how many years in a row would you be able to use the bone from the freezer????
DONNA

I roast the shank bone and it gets eaten by the end of the week. My son loves it. I have been in the "oops I forgot the shank bone" place a few times and had to use the chicken thigh substitute.

This year I forgot to get a chunk of Horse Radish. Luckily for me we do the second night so I swiped half of my cousin's root at the end of the first Seder at her house. Phew!