Today is April 21, 2025 / /
Today is April 21, 2025 / /
Will we ever know the whole truth about what goes on in the Postville plant? Charges and counter charges are flying around. This week’s KOSHER TODAY has an article that is worth reading. It seems as if the union, the crazies at PETA, the workers at the plant and just about everybody else has a Continue Reading »
My bubby was a great cook, but she frustrated our attempts to recreate her recipes. She was from the “mir schit arein (I throw in) school of cooking. We would ask her, “How much?” And she would either say a bissel (a little) or a pinch (even more little) or the famous Mir schit arein…… Continue Reading »
We found an incredible thing on the web. Here: take a look at the title page: The Jewish Manual; OR Practical Information in Jewish And Modern Cookery, With a Collection of Valuable Recipes & Hints Relating to theToilette. Edited by a Lady. LONDON: 1846.****************Not exactly a new book, but a treasure for sure. Here are Continue Reading »
At first we thought Frummus was hummus for the Yeshiva and Chareidi set. We knew that things were a bit cco-coo out there, but we didn’t think that the ultra frum set now had its own hummus. Well, we were right. It ain’t hummus for frummies. Nope. It’s worse! Frummus is fruit hummus. And frankly Continue Reading »
The following story comes from this week’s KOSHER TODAY and concerns the on going story of the kosher plant at Postville. So where does the truth lie? Better still- why is the hashgacha agency charged with supervising the plant so silent? Where is their rigorous defense? Rabbi’s Independent Visit at Agri Finds No Mistreatment of Continue Reading »
There is much in the Forward story that requires several grains of salt. There is much that is clearly biased as well. But there is one statement at the end of the article that must wake us up. Professor Mark Grey made the following statement: “The bottom line here is that I’m not sure these Continue Reading »
In the May 26 edition of the Forward newspaper, the following story appeared. We offer the article as is, with no commentary. Our commentary will appear, IY”H, tomorrow. In Iowa Meat Plant, Kosher ‘Jungle’ Breeds Fear, Injury, Short Pay‘I’m not sure these devout Jews are using Jewish ethics to treat their workers’By NATHANIEL POPPERMay 26, Continue Reading »
Thursday night we celebrate Shavuot. Each step that the Children of Israel took on their journey from Egypt to Sinai was one more step out of the degradation of Egypt and a step closer to the holiness of Mt Sinai. Cheese cake and blintzes aside, we really like Shavuot. Standing in shul while the Ten Continue Reading »
When it comes to salt, are you tired of the same old same old? Do you yearn for something glamorous and expensive to put on your table to really wow your guests? Do you stay up nights plotting how you can make your friends and neighbors really plotz at the table? Well, click below and Continue Reading »
Leave it to Chabad to come up with a winning recipe for blintzes but call it crepes to increase its marketability! We found this recipe on their holiday recipes web site. It sure looks good to us! Orange Yogurt Crepes BATTER 4 eggs 1/2 cup orange juice 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup plain yogurt 2 Continue Reading »
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