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December 2, 2008 6:59:06 AM CST



Margarine Shortage Stymies Passover Bakers

Posted Apr 18, 08 2:54 PM CDT in Business Arts & Living 

(Newser) – Jewish families are facing a culinary crisis: a shortage of margarine that’s kosher for Passover. The lack of available stick margarine in particular is frustrating cooks who bake confections that offset the holiday’s ban on leavening, the Wall Street Journal reports. "There are so few really tasty things at Passover that when you find a great recipe and you can't find an ingredient, you despair," says one frustrated baker.

Cottonseed oil, a fundamental ingredient, is hard to come by because farmers chasing ethanol bucks have planted corn in place of cotton. And because of the stricter-than-usual rules about kosher-for-Passover (as opposed to merely kosher) manufacturing, just one factory is making kosher-for-Passover margarine this year. What's more, Tam Tam crackers are out of production completely.

Source Wall Street Journal

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Matzo is a traditional Passover food.   (Shutterstock)
These Passover Puffs might be trickier to make this year because of a lack of kosher margarine.   (Flickr)
A tub of margarine   (Shutterstock)
A tub of margarine.   (Shutterstock)
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