Matzo! The good, the bad, and the pasty

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Continuing the discussion from What was the point of ordering the Israelites to not leaven their bread as they prepared to depart Egypt?:

The good stuff sells out before passover around here. (The Israeli brands, for whatever reason, taste a lot better than the American brands. They taste like toasted wheat flour, instead of tasting like… Unsalted saltines, i guess. Really bland and flat and … more like raw flour, almost.)

My favorite is Aviv. Yehuda is okay if i can’t get Aviv, although it’s more prone to burnt notes. Both are miles better than Streits and Manischewitz and whatever else tends to be in that aisle.

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This is what we’ve bought the last couple of years for the Seder:

Daily matzo during Passover is usually one of the American brands, I prefer egg matzo over plain,

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I’ve never liked egg matzo. I don’t like any of the matzo-meal based cakes, either. I do love matzo ball soup, which is made largely of matzo meal and egg.