Rosh Hashana

[bostonman]

I've heard you use Crisco for other things not approved in the Torah (Old Testament)

 

They had Crisco back then??:eek:

 

Is there a blessing for it? "Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p'ri haCrisco?"

[marylander1940]

They had Crisco back then??:eek:

 

Is there a blessing for it? "Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, borei p'ri haCrisco?"

 

Look up... I just updated/edited my post...

[+ WilliamM]

Dietrich paid a high price when she returned to Berlin in 1945. Her mother was alive but died soon after. Her sister worked in a concentration camp

[+ Gar1eth]

I really wish people wouldn't bring up Crisco used for non cooking purposes in a thread on Rosh Hashanah. Do I do that on Christmas threads?

 

I recently ate at Mamaleh's - a fairly new deli restaurant in Boston (well, Cambridge, but close enough). I couldn't decide between the pastrami sandwich and the tongue - so they offered me a 1/2 sandwich of each. Both were terrific.

 

I also got the grebenes - unlike the tiny fried bits of guilty greasy deliciousness my grandmother used to make, these were impressively large pieces - and were also very good, though a bit drier. It was funny, though - in trying to describe to the non-jews at the table what these actually were, I simply said "instant heart attack" lol.

 

But based on that visit, I'd definitely recommend the place to anyone who's going to be in the area. Also, Cheryl Ann's bakery in Brookline, who make this wonderfully dense almost cake-like challah which is really damn good.

 

There's, as far as I know, one Jewish style (i.e. non-kosher) deli in the Seattle area. It's called Goldberg's Famous Deli, and it's in the ritzy suburb of Bellevue, WA. It's ok. Their chicken soup can be either almost totally tasteless or fairly good (if you add enough salt and pepper to it-which I would rarely do with my mother's.). Their matzah balls are enormous but reasonably tasteless without salt. And they are more sinkers whereas my Mom makes delicious floaters. They will add carrots to it for $0.50, but they aren't even smart enough to thoroughly peel the carrots. I will say that their soup is usually better than the one time I ate in an authentic Kosher Restaurant in NYC. It was a place that had several locations. Their soup disappointed me a lot.

 

Goldberg's soup--

 

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Amusing story of my youth-or at least it's amusing to me. I may have told it here before.

 

So the family who lived two doors down from us-the G's-was Jewish which was really neat considering I grew up in a city with only about 100 Jewish families. The lady of the household happened to be my Mom's best friend. It didn't start out that way. They were friends. But I think my Mom's best friend initially was our next door non-Jewish neighbor before the other couple moved onto our block. The people next door started hanging out more with a country club set. My family didn't have the money for that. So over time my mother became even better friends with Mrs. G than she already was.

 

Even before they moved two doors down, we shared the holidays with the G's as they had moved into the city a little after us.

 

So either Passover or Rosh Hashanah when I was a sophomore in high school-I was 15 or 16-my mother had surgery and developed hepatitis most likely from the anesthesia. She was out of action for at least a month. So at the holiday, my Dad and I went to the G's house while my Mom was recuperating in bed. Now Mrs. G was an excellent cook-maybe not quite as good as my Mom-but an excellent cook. One problem though-her matzah balls were sinkers when my Mom's floated. So we're at the G's house eating. Everything is excellent except I'm not too fond of the matzah balls. I obviously don't say anything.

 

But after dinner as we are leaving, me being the polite young man that I was (I'm sure that since all of my Forum brothers and sisters know the somewhat adult version of me, y'all can just imagine my polite 15 or 16 year old self) I go up to Mrs. G to thank het and tell her it was a great meal. Mrs. G accepts the compliment, but says, "Well the matzah balls weren't as good as your mother's." Now again there's me. I was an honest ( and reasonably truthful) young man. I didn't want to be rude and tell her that I didn't think her matzah balls were very good. So my extremely polite and consoling answer to her was, "Well your family likes your matzah balls."

 

Gman

[jjkrkwood]

The trick to fluffy Balls is "seltzer"..... And SALT is not your friend. Perhaps try a dash of onion powder in place of the salt.... I find it satisfies my palate, but I am not a big salt person anyway.

[jjkrkwood]

I really wish people wouldn't bring up Crisco used for non cooking purposes in a thread on Rosh Hashanah. Do I do that on Christmas threads?

 

 

HE uses Crisco all the time... And look how Happy he is...

 

[jjkrkwood]

I wonder if these mini muffins are Parve ???'

 

[jjkrkwood]

Damn, when will this Brisket be Done ?

 

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[+ Gar1eth]

Damn, when will this Brisket be Done ?

 

http://galeri12.uludagsozluk.com/551/erkek-vucudundaki-dayanilmaz-cazibe_655884.jpg

 

Now c'mon. If I ask our goysische friends on here to refrain, surely we can do as well.

 

Gman

[jjkrkwood]

Now c'mon. If I ask our goysische friends on here to refrain, surely we can do as well.

 

Gman

 

I do recall the rulebook saying you need to give up Sex for the holidays.....

 

[+ Gar1eth]

I do recall the rulebook saying you need to give up Sex for the holidays.....

 

Actually I think I'm on most holidays aside from maybe Shiva, Tisha B'av, Yom Kippur, and some minor fasts making (marital) whoopee is a mitzvah.

 

Gman

[Islesguy]

I much prefer the dense matzoh balls my mother makes to the fluffy. It makes the soup feel heartier not that it needs to be. Thankfully my mom was always in charge of soup at our big family gatherings.

[Kcdave]

L'Shanah Tovah Tikatevu

May it be a good year and a very sweet year.

[Kcdave]

Now I'm craving a hot corned beef sandwich with kasha varnishkas from Katz's deli.....

 

You can't make a trip to New York without eating at Katz' It's the best corn beef or pastrami in the city.

My last trip I want to second Avenue deli and Katz's.

Katz's was the best.

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3528/2217/400/227028/twosands.jpg

[jjkrkwood]

You can't make a trip to New York without eating at Katz' It's the best corn beef or pastrami in the city.

My last trip I want to second Avenue deli and Katz's.

Katz's was the best.

http://photos1.blogger.com/x/blogger/3528/2217/400/227028/twosands.jpg

 

YUM, ALL that Meat !

[wklucas]

You can't make a trip to New York without eating at Katz' It's the best corn beef or pastrami in the city.

My last trip I want to second Avenue deli and Katz's.

Katz's was the best.

 

For NYC, change saying Katz's to Barney Greengrass.....(esp for bagels, lox & cream cheese....but everything else great too)

 

& in Scottsdale, AZ - Goldman's Deli - an unexpected treat in the desert......(our nearly daily routine when at the winter palace - breakfast @ the Breakfast Club / lunch @ Goldman's)

[Kcdave]

How about Chompies in Scottsdale? What are they chopped liver

[samhexum]

You can't make a trip to New York without eating at Katz' It's the best corn beef or pastrami in the city. My last trip I want to second Avenue deli and Katz's. Katz's was the best.

 

Traditional Jewish Delis are slowly becoming extinct in NYC :confused:

[Kcdave]

Actually I think I'm on most holidays aside from maybe Shiva, Tisha B'av, Yom Kippur, and some minor fasts making (marital) whoopee is a mitzvah.

 

Gman

It's a double mitzvah

[Kcdave]

Traditional Jewish Delis are slowly becoming extinct in NYC :confused:

 

Nobody wants to pay for the high cost of product.

[+ Funguy]

Dont forget lots and lots of sauteed ONION.....

And tons of butter, butter, butter!

[wklucas]

How about Chompies in Scottsdale? What are they chopped liver

 

Have never bothered with their Scottsdale location....a lunch date at Chompie's/Tempe years ago was less than memorable.....Goldman's Deli - owned by a family who relocated from Chicago with a good rep in that good deli city.....some of their recipes are def best in (deli) class....easy spot to pickup takeout / ok for dine in too.....& Breakfast Club - liked it a bit better before their remodel a number of years ago....but still a nice, fun, laid-back vibe with awesome breakfast choices....(personal fave - eggs benedict w/spicy hollandaise).

[jjkrkwood]

And tons of butter, butter, butter!

 

 

Butter in liver ????? SHAME on you !