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PASSOVER KNOBS, FAUCETS AND PHONES

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PASSOVER KNOBS, FAUCETS AND PHONES

Posted on March 31, 2006

A few years back, the hot new item for Passover was kosher for Passover window cleaner. We can’t tell you how helpful that one has been! When we are short of plates for the seder, we just pop a window out of the window and use it for a plate. And why not? With KP Continue Reading »

CAVEAT EMPTOR

Posted on March 30, 2006

As we were reading the NY Times, a pamphlet fell out. Turning it over, we read:OUR PASSOVER MENU 2006. Inside, it had the most incredible items: Cauliflower Leek Kugel and Braised baby artichokes just to name two. Then we noticed the price on the brisket: $12.99 per pound. Bells and sirens went off in our Continue Reading »

DALE AND THOMAS POPCORN

Posted on March 24, 2006

A couple of blocks away from the UTJ building in beautiful downtown Teaneck, there used to be an Edwards Supermarket. Our worst fears were realized when this regular Edwards was converted and became a SUPER Stop and Shop. How a regular one kind of store becomes a super kind of another store seemed to bode Continue Reading »

WHAT A COINCIDENCE!

Posted on March 7, 2006

A certain magazine that deals with issue of “kashrus” recently ran an ad for a machine that will sift up to five pounds of flour at a time to make sure that you don’t get any bugs in your flour. In truth, the US Gov’t allows a certain amount of “defect”‘ in products. Defect refers Continue Reading »

COFFEE FOR ONE

Posted on February 28, 2006

We like coffee. Making a pot for one person, however, is a waste of good coffee. Cruising the ‘Net, we found www.coffeegiant.com and we discovered a whole world of options. We bought a Keurig B40 Elite Brewer. This is one neat machine. It brews K-cups of coffee. Each K-cup produces a perfect cup of coffee. Continue Reading »

MR. KRISPERS

Posted on February 24, 2006

There’s a new baked rice crisp out there and it’s pretty darn good! BAKED RICE KRISPS are OU-D certified. Flavors include: Sea Salt and Pepper, Sour Cream and Onion, Nacho and Barbeque. These crisps are made with brown rice, are wheat free, gluten free and cholesterol free. On the net you can find them at Continue Reading »

HOFFNER'S FINE GLUTEN FREE PRODUCTS

Posted on February 23, 2006

We’ll be honest- we have not tried this company’s products. We stumbled upon them on the web in answer to someone’s request for info. We were intriqued by what we saw and read about. Hoffner’s makes OU kosher, gluten free products. Those products include:pastas, breads and rolls, cookies, bread crumbs, croutons, snack foods and farfel. Continue Reading »

KLEIN'S REAL KOSHER

Posted on February 20, 2006

In the current edition of the Kosher Nexus Newsletter, Chief Baalebusta Deborah Wenger wrote about Klein’s Mango Sorbet. She neglected to menion that the other flavors are also pretty, pretty, pretty good. We recently had the ooportunity to taste the Raspberry and the Strawberry flavors. Both were excellent. We especially liked the Raspberry. It had Continue Reading »

NEW FROM PEREG SPICES

Posted on January 24, 2006

In Queens, we are very lucky. We have a Pereg Spice store. In truth, that store is one of our fave hangouts. The intoxicating smell of all those spices, the beautiful displays and the colors are all wonderful to behold. There have been many new products lately at the store, and we thought it was Continue Reading »

THEY'RE BAAAAAAAACK

Posted on January 13, 2006

Well, it is not a new product. Actually it is a golden oldie back on the shelf again. What is it? How about: SCREAMING YELLOW ZONKERS!! Remember the cute box that you could actually spend hours reading? Uh, and if you were “on a trip to the outer limits of your mind, you could read Continue Reading »