Pesach Shopping

[sky121]

Anyone else here wait until today to start their Pesach shopping so they could use their Freedom card?

[meshugener]

I had a $200 balance in my local grocery that waited till today to get paid...

[trying123]

Which grocery is considered category for 5% and is there any way to find out if my particular grocery is eligible

[sky121]

Which grocery is considered category for 5% and is there any way to find out if my particular grocery is eligible

All groceries stores should give you 5%.

[jack12]

All groceries stores should give you 5%.

even the little heimish ones?

[sky121]

even the little heimish ones?

They should. If for some reason they aren't registered as a market you can always call Chase and they should honor the points.

[michael]

I had that problem with charities. A simple call to Chase and they credited my account with around 6000 points.

[sky121]

Just curious.....
Does anybody here eat quinoa on Pesach?

[Crazy tools]

what should be the problem with it??  I'm not saying its good just asking from lack of knowledge...

[sky121]

what should be the problem with it??  I'm not saying its good just asking from lack of knowledge...

I guess some people don't eat it. Im not 100% sure why. I heard some people consider it kitniyot.

[bubbles]

I guess some people don't eat it. Im not 100% sure why. I heard some people consider it kitniyot.

I heard that in some places it's possible that barley gets used in the
Production or something like that

[satturn]

I guess some people don't eat it. Im not 100% sure why. I heard some people consider it kitniyot.

seems it is a machlokes between the US rabbis and the israeli rabbis- US allows it- IE the star k (if i remember correctly) the Eida Charedis holds its kitnios. I asked my American Rav here in israel who told me i can eat it in the US but not in Israel- 

[intgesh]

http://www.star-k.org/kashrus/kk-passover-quinoa.htm

"However, recent investigations have found that there is a possibility that Quinoa grows in proximity to certain grains and processed in facilities that compromise Quinoa kosher for Passover status. Therefore, Quinoa should only be accepted with reliable Kosher for Passover supervision."

also:   http://kosherfood.about.com/od/pesach/f/kfp_quinoa.htm

"Thus, Star-K issued a statement that “quinoa is 100% Kosher L'Pesach.” While all agree quinoa is not chametz, there are a few who consider it kitniyot. It should be noted that the rabbis recommend buying “whole grain” quinoa packed by a company that only packs quinoa, such as Ancient Harvest or Trader Joe’s brand, for Passover."