Recipe from "Chef" on the holiday of Shavuot. Like many other Jewish holidays, Shavuot celebrates not only a certain historical event, but the beginning of a new season, the completion of next agricultural cycle. Shavuot was celebrated at the beginning of the season of wheat harvest. This is the last of the three pilgrimage festivals. In antiquity in this day in Temple did the second offering of the wheat of the new harvest. Of fresh wheat grinding baked two loaves and carried them to the Temple. The other victim were the best of the first fruits, the first fruits. A festive meal on Shavuot includes the milk and flour food: cheese, cheese, sour cream, pancakes with cottage cheese, pies, cakes, gingerbread with honey, dumplings, pies and pancakes with cheese. This custom dates from the date of the giving of the Torah. They returned to their camp from mount Sinai, the Jews were content with dairy foods. Ever since, paying tribute to the past on Shavuot before lunch eat something dairy and then in a separate bowl serving festive carvery (source - Wikipedia).