If this question shouldn’t be asked on the forum, I understand, please just let me know to reach out in a different way or send PM.
My family technically has no minhagim that go way back, due to my parents being baal teshuva. So the customs in the families of the adult kids (me and my siblings) are all over the map with no real history.
We are not sefardi in general though, we are ashkenazi with some yekkishe minhagim as some of the family came from the Germany area and the minhagim made sense.
Not eating kitniyot and rice on pesach has always boggled my mind, since it is so easily recognized as different from wheat and the 5 grains.
How difficult would it be for us to no longer refrain from eating kitniyot and rice on pesach and to start using these things on Pesach?
Separately, is there a concept of eating these things when we are by Sefardi friends even if we wouldn’t cook with it at home?
As I’m not sure that we would end up cooking with kitniyot and rice at home due to the way others view these things.
Any insight into this would be greatly appreciated. If it is best to call in the question, please let me know.