​How I Clean My Kitchen for Passover (and Spring!) — Passover Essentials

Cleaning the kitchen for Passover is a surprisingly serious business. Observant Jews go to great lengths to rid their kitchens of all chametz (any products made from wheat, oats, barley, spelt, or rye) and make physical and spiritual separations between their year-round kitchens and their Passover kitchens. The first year I attempted the task, I started out strong with heaps of enthusiasm and a fresh pair of yellow rubber gloves to boot.

Flash forward many hours later, and I finished in a heap of complete and profound exhaustion.

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