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In the past, weddings were different. In the first few decades of the State of Israel, most communities still prepared the food at home. Sometimes even the bride participated in the preparations on the night before her wedding.
Such an evening is even described in the book "A Quarter Chicken: Recipes for a Successful Wedding," recently published by Lunch Box Press. “Nehama, née Serbriansky, then only 17, found herself sobbing in the middle of the night while she was still plucking the most stubborn feathers off a chicken: ‘Is this what every bride does on the eve of her wedding?’ she wailed bitterly while wrapped in her mother’s arms.”
