Just so that you don’t make the mistake of believing that tzirelchana is all knowing here’s a reader’s letter. Dear Tzirelchana, I love your writing, however this weeks INTERGASHLINGANAH BORSHT made me CRINGE!!!!! I speak Yiddish fluently. The word used is wrong. Gashlingen means swallowed. The eggs are BEATEN, or GESHLUGEN. the proper word is INTERGESHLUGENAH … Continue reading
Like nearly everyone else in this country, my kids got the barbeque bug last night. Me, I was dog tired after standing on a nearly endless line at Osher Ad (remember endless bliss) supermarket… The truth is that the wait wasn’t really so bad. I struck up a conversation with a lovely woman from Samara, not Samarkand … Continue reading
Yes, it is time to bake a challah in the shape of a key . This is the way I did it–play doh style but remember this is an Ashkenazi minhag, a custom, not a halacha so you have more wiggle room. Any key will do– a skeleton key, a house key, a safe deposit … Continue reading
There are two recipes I’d love to try. Knaidlach with a Neshoma and Esther Kremsel or Esther Kezl, Once upon a time these used to be Pesach staples–that means that people knew how to prepare them and remembered eating them,,, but alas…. The Knaidlach with a Neshoma–yes that is a real name…. , is a … Continue reading
When I was growing up one of the best parts of Pesach was breakfasting on Matzos Coffee. My late father was a master at making it. First he’d crack a few matzo boards with his hands–this is a very low tech dish. Then he’d set them in a bowl and pour a cup or so … Continue reading
Did you know that the Purim miracle really occured during Pesach? Well it did. Esther actually fasted on Pesach, which isn’t ordinarily permitted –we Jews don’t fast on festivals, but with Haman’s genocidal threat in the air the Rabbis allowed the fast.And it worked The nation united, Hashem heard our plea and Haman went to the … Continue reading
