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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 13, 2010 10:28:43 GMT -5
Israel lights  Ow ow ow ow ow ow! |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 10:37:31 GMT -5
Ow.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 13, 2010 11:04:11 GMT -5
(I looked for Shabbos candles, but they tend to be iconographically neutral. There was one nice shot with challah that had my mouth watering, though.)
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 13, 2010 11:05:50 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 11:11:22 GMT -5
It's OK, Russell. I wasn't really offended.
If you'd like a great recipe for challah, nicked from my great-aunt Celia, e-mail me at stormntwang@optonline.net.
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 13, 2010 11:21:31 GMT -5
We learned challah while in grad school, from a Chicago-suburban kid whose connection with her family's traditions was sufficiently attenuated that she called it "holly." There was nothing wrong with her recipe, though.
Oddly enough, given the sub-minimal Jewish community in our neck of the woods, one of the local stores makes challah, even outside of the holiday season. The best thing about the winter/early spring holiday cycle, baking-wise, is the annual appearance of stollen, Irish soda bread, hot cross buns, and challah. At a Publix in Florida last month I also ran across what I swear was a goyische version of challah called "Easter bread." Sugar on top rather than glaze, but yeasty/eggy with raisins. Wonderful adaptation.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 11:26:12 GMT -5
It's good stuff. Sadly, I have developed an intolerance in my dotage to most things wheat, and am unable to indulge.
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Post by Cornflake on Apr 13, 2010 11:45:46 GMT -5
I've never known how to spell challah. First had it at a girlfriend's house in 1969, made by her mother. It was delicious.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 11:48:03 GMT -5
I've never known how to spell challah. First had it at a girlfriend's house in 1969, made by her mother. It was delicious. Don, shoot me an e-mail (see above) and I'll send you my great-aunt's recipe. |
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Post by Cornflake on Apr 13, 2010 11:51:55 GMT -5
Done. Thanks!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 12:01:02 GMT -5
Interesting! I believe the Israelites and the Israelis, never knew a distinction between the two, were/are the "Chosen People" and biblical times are not limited to what's recorded in the bible but also it's prophetic scope and current times as well.
Happy Pickin', everybody!
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Post by Russell Letson on Apr 13, 2010 13:34:02 GMT -5
the annual appearance of stollen, Irish soda bread, hot cross buns, and challah. At a Publix in Florida last month I also ran across what I swear was a goyische version of challah called "Easter bread." Sugar on top rather than glaze, but yeasty/eggy with raisins. Wonderful adaptation. And I should have added, "Is this a great country or what?" Eat real American food: pizza, tacos, biryani, bratwurst, lasagne, gyros, corned beef and cabbage, blintzes, borscht, balandeliai. . . . |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2010 15:09:59 GMT -5
You put me in mind of the Monty Python "Whizzo Chocolate Company" sketch. Here's an excerpt:
"Constable: I don't give a damn about your sales. We have to protect the public! Now, what was this one? Number five. It was number five, wasn't it? Number five: 'Ram's Bladder Cup!' Now what kind of confection is this?
Mr. Hilton: We use choicest juicy chunks of fresh Cornish ram's bladder, emptied, steamed, flavored with sesame seeds, whipped into a fondue, and garnished with larks' vomit!
Constable: Larks' vomit?
Mr. Hilton: Correct.
Constable: It doesn't say anything down here about larks' vomit!
Mr. Hilton: Ah, yes, it does, on the bottom of the box, after monosodium glutamate..."
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Post by sekhmet on Apr 13, 2010 19:11:57 GMT -5
The Israelites
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Apr 13, 2010 19:24:11 GMT -5
Sleep good folks.
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Post by Don Clark on Apr 13, 2010 21:45:19 GMT -5
I will.....and soon too. Long day. And I forgot to posdt the joke that Mr. Norman told me. Maybe I'll remember in the morning. |
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Post by omaha on Apr 13, 2010 21:50:26 GMT -5
Better be pretty good, after all this build-up! :-)
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