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Monday, April 30, 2007

NO SHMALTZ My Yiddisheh Cooking DVD

Cooking Mama Cook Off (Wii) - Borscht - Gold Medal

Episode #14 Feed Me Bubbe - Tzimis



This dish is rated Fleshig and can be eaten with meat meals only.

Supplies:

Dutch Oven

Ingredients:

1 - 1 1/2 lbs. beef for stew cut in chunks
1 small onion
1 lb. carrot
1 medium size sweet potatoe
1 tbls. vegtable oil
6 dried apricots
6 dried prunes
1 tbls. golden raisins (optional)
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. ground cinamon
1/8 tsp. ground all spice
pinch of pepper
1/4 cup orange juice
2 slices lemon
1/2 cup honey
2 cups water
1 tbs. corn starch
1/4 cup water

Procedure:

Dice onion.
Peel carrots and cut in about 3/4 inch cubes.
Peel and cut sweet potatoe into chunks.
In Dutch Oven over medium heat add vegtable oil.
Add meat and diced onions and saute until most of the meat loses its color.
Add 2 cups water to cover meat.
Put cover on, bring to a boil, and cook on low heat for 1 hour.
Stir occasionaly.
Add carrots, sweet potatoes, dried appricots, dried prunes and raisins.
Bring to a boil, cover, and cook on (simmer) low heat for 1/2 hour.
Add salt, pepper, cinnamon, all spice, honey, orange juice, and lemon slices.
Stir and bring back to boil.
Cook on (simmer) low heat with cover on for 1 1/2 hours.
Taste, add more honey or lemon juice as needed.
Should be similar to a sweet and sour taste as you prefer.
Mix 1/4 cup water with corn starch to creamy consitency and stir into pot.
Put cover on.
Let simmer 10 - 15 minutes more to thicken.
If needed add a little more hot boiled water to make sauce like gravy consistancy.
Makes 4 to 6 servings. Will stay in refrigerator several days.

NOTE: Do not freeze! As it will become mushy. Tastes even better the next day, because all the flavors blended together.

Tastes even better the next day, because all the flavors blended together.

Episode #15 Feed Me Bubbe - Kasha Varnishkes

Sunday, April 29, 2007

King Kold, Chicago,

Latkes, Matzo Balls, and Frozen Blintzes at King Kold foods in Chicago.

Blueberry blintzes


blueberry-blintzes
Originally uploaded by Wayne and Susanna.

The Blintzes Blitz


"Shavuos’ dairy dishes are not required by law, but it wouldn’t be Shavuos without cheese blintzes."More...

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

The Kugel Contest

If anyone has something else to say please share, it is only through talking to each other that we can work through our Kugel Contest defeats.

Sunday, April 22, 2007

Zeek | Goldbergers and Cheeseburgers: Food and Particularism among American Jews | Leah Koenig

Food is als o a primary expression of cultural uniqueness, in that it creates a common culinary palette and set of shared taste memories that can serve as a source of distinction or pride. Case in point: Last summer, a friend of mine brought a bottle of Manischewitz wine to a party of both Jews and non-Jews. It was not long before a crowd of usually-closeted Jews circled around this friend, excitedly sharing their adoration for and horror stories about the syrupy Jewish wine. The interaction was brief, and isolated from the otherwise integrated party, but it provided a momentary sense of belonging and connection for the Jews in the room. Perhaps these types of interactions explain why even with the rising secularism in American Jewish life (especially outside of New York City), some Jews still seem to cling to food traditions – metaphorically, if not halachically...More...

Friday, April 20, 2007

Modiya: Cookbooks



Jewish cookbooks, which date from at least the 18th century, are the focus of this topic. We are inspired by Jeremy Stolow's pioneering work on ArtScroll and specifically on the cookbook as one of several kinds of self-help books published by this press.

How does Kosher by Design relate to other kosher cookbooks? For example, Spice and Spirit: The Complete Kosher Jewish Cookbook (2 editions, each quite different in style, Lubavitch, geared to new adherents); The Balebusta's Cookbook (Pupa Hasidim, European elegance, Hungarian style, kosher competence assumed); and The Jewish Home Beautiful (a product of the 1930s and 1940s), which is assertively 'beautiful,' while unassertively kosher. CLICK FOR MORE...:

Friday, April 13, 2007

Yiddish Sheet Music Collectiion

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The Center for Digital Initiatives at Brown University has produced a number of excellent digital collections over the past years, including strong collections of digitized sheet music. The Yiddish Sheet Music collection continues in that tradition by offering a wide range of pieces from the 19th and 20th centuries. Visitors can browse the collection by creator, title or even thumbnail images of the first page of each piece of music. The collection offers an inside glimpse into the world of Yiddish music that dominated many a stage in places like the Lower East Side of Manhattan, and for persons with an interest in cultural history or ethnomusicology, this site is a real find.

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

The Maggid of Bergenfield

The Maggid of Bergenfield: "Aircraft that fly aggressive low altitude or high-angle of attack
maneuvers will experience high acoustic loading in the presence of
external stores. These high acoustic loads can lead to premature sonic
fatigue in thin gage metallic structure. As a means of prolonging
fatigue life, while at the same time restoring structural load carrying
capability in damaged structure, composite bonded repairs which
incorporate damping layers have been developed using aged shmurah
matzah. These composite bonded matzah repairs have been installed on
military aircraft with great success. Coupling adhesive bonded composite patches with damping treatments also provide robust and effective repair designs for aerodynamic surfaces that have sustained battle damage.
Typical composite patches consist of boron/epoxy laminate layered with
shumrah matzah on opposite sides and bonded to adjacent structure.
Repairs using the matzah have withstood airspeeds of Mach 2.8.
References
[1] D. Rabinowitz, 'Composite Wing Repair Using Hand Shmurah Motzah – An Update,' Air Force 3rd Aging Aircraft Conference, 26-28 September 1995.
[2] R. Kit N'iyot, 'Design Development of a Bonded Composite Fuselage
Repair for Supersonic Tactical Aircraft,' 2007 USAF Structural Integrity
Program Conference, 14-24 January 2007.
[3] M. Levine, 'The Modal Strain Energy Finite Element Analysis Method
and its Application to Motzah Laminated Repairs of Aircraft Structures,'
Proceedings of the 1992 USAF Structural Integrity Program Conference,
WL-AB-93-488480, September 1993.
Jesse S. Aeronautics Engineer"