Category Archives: Gadgets and Gear
A fruity toast to the New Year
A proper New Year’s celebration often includes the symbolic consumption of a fruit that you have not yet tasted this season. Pomegranates are often used as they are just reaching their full ripeness at the end of summer. Often this … Continue reading
Filed under Drinks, Fruit and Vegtables, Gadgets and Gear, Holidays, Rosh Hashana
Haman’s Ears – Oznai Haman
There is only one mandatory action on Purim, that is to hear the story of the deliverance of the Jews from the hands of their enemy, Haman. One might debate whether this was due to Esther’s sexual manipulation of the … Continue reading
Filed under Dessert, Gadgets and Gear, Jewish, Pasta and Grains, Purim
(Crock) Pot Roast
Pot roast is my father’s favorite dish, for the leftovers. He has a great fondness for cold pot roast sandwiches. Now I could blithely tell you that my father is a Jew, and therefore this is a Jewish dish. But … Continue reading
Filed under Ashkenazi, Gadgets and Gear, Meat
Roast Chicken #1 (Honey-lemon)
“Why the number 1?” you might ask. Well roast chicken is such an integral part of the Jewish family kitchen I am confident that the heathens will produce multiple roast chicken recipes. Roast chicken is a staple of Friday night … Continue reading
Filed under Gadgets and Gear, Kashrut, Meat, Shabbat
Sharp Knives
It would come as no surprise to the guys I grew up with that I like sharp pointy objects. Growing up in rural Wisconsin (nearest neighbor, 1/2 mile away) I had ample time to learn the finer points of hunting, … Continue reading
Filed under Gadgets and Gear, Goyish, Meat, Trayfe
Merguez, spicy lamb sausage
Go ahead, I dare you- google the words “Jewish sausage”. At the risk of inviting bad puns, lets face it there isn’t a lot of food there. That being said I couldn’t get the idea out of my head that … Continue reading
Filed under Deli, Gadgets and Gear, Holidays, Snout to Tail, Sukkot
A pair of pared pears
Ok, let me be honest- this isn’t really Jewish per se. But it is based on my childhood. My parents were New Yorkers, born and bred in the radius of the subway system. Upon attaining parenthood they yearned for the … Continue reading
Filed under Fruit and Vegtables, Gadgets and Gear, Other Stuff
New Toy!
Kitchen Aid Food Grinder Un-boxing just like it was a nifty new smart phone I just got a new toy, a gift from my mother (thanks Karen) so I could try to make sausages. I am still waiting for an … Continue reading
Filed under Gadgets and Gear
