Q: I'm not Jewish and was part of a campus group more than 20 years ago who partook in a Christian-Jewish Passover meal that was with the meat - - do any orthodox or tradition-based Jewish families make any sort of non-meat substitutions? Thanks for answering if you think this is a relevant question for a Gentile to raise! Thanks Q-Mama!
A: Most seders do have a meat entree as the main course, but it's not always lamb. The only place that lamb is required is a shank bone on the seder plate, it was lamb's blood that was used to mark the doors of the Jewish homes. But a meat entree is not required. In fact at our seder we have brisket and chicken in the soup but that is the only meat. There are ample roasted vegetable recipes you could make, potato kugel, you can even do matzo balls in a vegetable broth if you'd like. I do have one vegetarian at my seder each year and she eats plenty just skipping the brisket.
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