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Chicken In-A-Pot

Rachel Kohn
ting the table, scrubbing or peeling
Special to AppleTree
potatoes, taking showers. The latter
veryone knows what TGIF
probably is the worst, considering
means: Thank Goodness It's
that there are six people in my fami-
Friday. It means that the school
ly, one being a particularly fastidious
week is finally over — and that
teenager with really thick hair!
means you can sleep later, goof off
Then comes the moment of ;,or
and hang out with friends.
tion. Everyone tumbles helter-40,-, 1
For some, it means Shabbatons,
into the dining room, and the can-
and for others it means basketball.
dles are lit. Their heavenly glow
In the Kohn household, basketball is
shines on the glistening silverwa:,.:,
a big thing. But TGIF means more
and I feel myself winding down
to me than unlimited hoop time.
We sit at our respective ,places
Picture this: On Mondays, Dad
sing "Shalom Alechem" and "Aishet
coaches boys' varsity for two hours
Chayil." We rise for Kiddush, and
after work, and Mom has dance
file into the kitchen to wash our
class. Tuesdays, Brittney has tap
hands for Hamotzi. By the time the
class and I have gym.
Wednesdays, I have basket-
Rachel Kohn, of West Bloomfield, is
ball practice and tap class
14. She is in the ninth grade at Akiva
ht afterward. My Dad and
Hebrew Day School, and is the daugh-
brother have dance
ter of Dr. Kenneth Kohn, Akiva's high
Wednesday, too. Thursday's
school and middle school basketball
not much different. Don't forget
coach, and Marilyn Naiman-Kohn, an
PTA and shut board meetings
attorney. Rachel is a starter with the
and volunteering on bingo
girls' varsity basketball team and enjoys
night. For me, the queen of
writing, drawing, dancing and hik'ng,
procrastination, there's home-
work. I also have to help my
soup is set on the table, we all are
brother with his Hebrew, too.
lowing and thriving in the serer,
In case you haven't figured it out
candlelight. With each sip of thr,
yet, my family is one of those on-the-
rich soup, garnished wilh swe,et
go, overloaded maniacs that accom-
noodles, onions and kreplach,
plishes great feats impossible for
placidity seems to spread through
average mortal beings. This would
my body. My sister and I treat each
be very hard to accomplish without
other with a civility and warmth that
a supernatural sense of humor and a
we discard during the rest of the
good dose of flexibility.
week, probably because it's such a
Nevertheless, even people pos-
waste of time. But tonight is Friday
sessed by the extraordinary urge to
night, and time is free to waste ...
over-schedule get a little tired some-
Finally, dinner's crowning glory. My
times ...
mother is an excellent cook and she
Which brings me back to my first
is always experimenting with differ-
topic of discussion, TGIF. When the
ent ingredients and seasonings
carpool van has left the driveway on
However, there is probably riot!-
Friday, my siblings and I stagger into
ing my family likes better thcv: (1
the house to watch whatever is left of
hot, tender chicken-in-a-pot. What is
"The New Batman Superman
this strange dish that sends us into
Adventures." We are then sucked
rapture with just one whiff of its
.into the whirlwind of activities that
tents? A roasted chicken soaked in
have always prececed Shabbat: set-
gravy, surrounded by perfectly cL_ ,

potatoes, brown and delicious. It's
always served in the same black
pot with white specks, and it
always tastes wonderful.
As we eat our savory meal, with
additions like rice, green beans or
zucchini, the conversation and laugh-
te: melt away the worry lines and
eases all of the aches. This - chicken-
in u-pot represents to me the evening
that always brings my family togeth-
er No matter how bad a mood
sc, neone is in, he or she always
comes around before long. It stands <
fc , tranquility, for contentment, and
for something dependable and regu-
lar in our erratic and berserk lives.
Don't get me wrong: I love to
dance and I love basketball, but I
love my family so much more.
It gets somewhat lonely when you
really want to have an easy, no-hurry`-
conversation with someone when
you know that you, or she, has more
important things to do. So you just
tr y to forget about it. On Shabbat, I
con treasure my family enough for it
to last inside me all week.
or me, TGIF may stand for the
freedom of the weekend. but chick-
e& -in-a-pot stands for the joy and
c -mfort of Shabbat.

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