December 2011
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mega1500 asked: best wishes.2012 have a nice time and good luke for ever.
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Do you do the same thing every New Year’s Eve?
We do. But only for the last 35 years or so, so we’re beginning to get the hang of it.
My cousins, brother and sister-in-law will be coming for dinner.
It’s always the same schedule and dinner but we don’t think it’s boring because after years and years of trying this and that, we figured out what we like to eat and to...
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All this talk about Hanukkah and oil reminded me of the time my nephew, who was then about 4 and the type of kid who was mischievous and always getting into trouble, reached for a bottle of olive oil that his mother had left on the counter.
It was a liter size bottle made of glass, so that when he managed to get hold of it it did exactly what you’re now picturing.
There were large shards...
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Last year I mentioned that I make a roasted goose every Hanukkah (recipe and all). Well, yesterday I bought the bird and my goose will be cooked next weekend, for our traditional family Hanukkah dinner. This isn’t an old tradition in our family. It started with me, after I read that in German Jewish families goose is a traditional dinner on the Fifth night of Hanukkah.
Well, we all love...
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Aunt Ronnie makes french fries from a potato!
All this talk about Hanukkah and potatoes and latkes and frying got me to thinking about a time years and years ago when my niece, then age 6 or so, came for the weekend. When she got home the first thing she reported to her Mom was this wondrous thing:
“Aunt Ronnie makes french fries from a potato!”
That became one of the official “family comments.” You know, the kind of...
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You don't have to be Jewish to love latkes.
Thats what the old ad sort of says (okay, the ad had to do with Levy’s Jewish rye bread, but it’s the same sentiment).
And it’s true about latkes. Everyone loves at least one kind. And although most people think potato when they hear the word, latkes actually come in a variety of flavors and ingredients. The word latke just means pancake or fritter, so you could make them with...
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Fry, fry! It’s the Hanukkah rallying cry.
Fry? Really? The cooking method we malign all year?
Unhealthy. Messy. Smelly. The fumes attach to every strand of hair.
Really?
Yes, really. The Hanukkah kitchen is all about frying. Always has been.
It’s also only once a year, so let’s give ourselves a break and indulge.
I like fried anything. But fried onions are among my...
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Latkes are Like the Pied Piper
One year I made 200 potato latkes for my brother and sister-in-law’s annual Hanukkah party. I think the smell of fried food lingered in my hair and nose for the rest of the 8-day holiday. The latkes were absolutely great. Crispy and delicious and the crowd polished them off in less than a half hour.
I don’t know whether i felt thrilled or upset. I mean, everyone loved the latkes and I...
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The Old Automat Pumpkin Pie
Thanks to a suggestion from littleladieswholunch I ordered The Automat, (published in 2002). It’s a terrific history with wonderful glossy photos and several classic recipes and it brings back great memories of the times I went to that famous cafeteria with my Aunt Roz and Uncle Mac and cousin Leslie.
It was an old institution by the time I knew it back in the 50’s and 60’s. It...