Chometz

I went to buy noodles on Wednesday so I could bake the last Yerushalmi kugel before Pesach. Instead of going to my Rami Levy, I decided to change things up a little and go to an Osher Ad in Yerushalayim. In addition to shaking up my routine, that would also give me a chance to buy a few more things for Pesach that we haven't found at Rami Levy.

I arrived at Osher Ad at 9:58 and was pleased to find a reasonable (though not great) parking spot with minimal trouble. I got a cart, walked toward the entrance, and... stood in line. Right, Osher Ad doesn't open until 10, so they unlock their doors  at 10. Luckily, I was closer to the exit than the entrance when the doors opened, so I missed the traffic jam at their first aisle, where the seasonal sale items are.

I got my handful of Pesach items, but the store had been rearranged to the point that I couldn't find the regular noodles, although I saw many varieties of Pesachdik noodles. So I found an employee and asked, full of polite confidence and wry humor, "Excuse me, do you have any chometzdik noodles?" The man looked at me with a combination of horror and amusement. "No lady, this store is kosher for Pesach!"

Well, it's a good thing I hadn't waited till Thursday. I went to another store and grabbed three of the last five bags of kugel noodles that had been thrown in aisle 7 with the rest of the miscellaneous Chometz. Sheesh.