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Diary of the Fruit Lady BY CHAIA FRISHMAN June 10, 2004
Just got off the phone with my friend Etti Siegel. We were talking about ordering refreshments for the camp staff meeting on Sunday, and she suggested that instead of ordering fruit from a local store, to ask my husband to make a platter and the camp would pay him. I’m so excited!!!! And nervous. I mean, I know Eliahu can make a simple platter. He did the entire fruit display for our vort when he worked for the Katzes (and came late to the vort because he worked to the last minute, but we won’t talk about that, perfectionism. Feh.) Eliahu and I made a calculation of the costs and time involved in making a platter and charging a fair price. Here’s hoping!
July 17, 2004
Wow. When all camp division heads heard where Etti got the platter, they started ordering fruit platters whenever they had a meeting. Timewise, it works for us. Eliahu is off from his regular job. The boys in the yeshiva he cooks for are on ben hazmanim. We need to have more faith and buy enough fruit for a few platters at a time.
August 31, 2004
PHOTO CREDIT: NAFTOLI GOLDGRAB PHOTOGRAPHY
With camp ending and yeshiva in full swing, Fridays have been a bit nutty. Luckily, Shabbos starts later still… Word has gotten out about our new side gig. This week we had TEN platters. I hope Eliahu can juggle making the platters and finishing up his cooking for the yeshiva stuff… I know he can. He used to manage parties of
