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FUN FACTS ABOUT CHINESE FOOD

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FUN FACTS ABOUT CHINESE FOOD

Posted on March 25, 2008

GENERAL TSO IS KNOWN FOR WAR, NOT CHICKEN General Tso’s chicken is a dish that is all but unknown in China. If you go to General Tso’s hometown in Hunan Province, almost nobody, even those hundreds of his family members still there, know of the dish. So who was General Tso and why are we Continue Reading »

KOSHER TEA FOR PASSOVER

Posted on March 24, 2008

Bigelow Teas has announced they will offer some teas for Passover this year. Check out this list: Chamomile/Cozy Chamomile Cinnamon Stick Chinese Oolong Constant Comment Constant Comment Green Darjeeling Blend Earl Grey Earl Grey Green English Breakfast English Teatime Green Tea Green Decaffeinated Green with Mint Mint Medley Peppermint Plantation Mint Premium Blend Iced Sweet Continue Reading »

OUR REACTION TO THE KOSHER TODAY EDITORIAL

Posted on March 21, 2008

The tone of the editorial is hard to guess. It seems to us that there is no recognition in the article that the old Kashruth law of NYS was blatantly unconstitutional. It was in defiance of a number of specific Constitutional issues. That the law lasted as long as it did was rather amazing. We Continue Reading »

EDITORIAL FROM KOSHER TODAY

Posted on March 20, 2008

This editorial appeared in the Monday, March 17 edition of Kosher Today. We print it here without commentary. Our comments will, please God, appear tomorrow. My Sixth Sense Sowing More Confusion for Kosher Consumers It was hard to believe that the Commack, Long Island butchers that had caused the demise of the 108-year old kosher Continue Reading »

THE LONG REACH OF THE CHAREIDI ARM

Posted on March 19, 2008

This story comes from this week”s Kosher Today: Supermarket Chain Faces Boycott by the Orthodox Tel Aviv… The Alon Group’s (owners of the supermarket Blue Square) strategy of marketing segmentation seems to be on the brink of failure. Despite the chain’s development of a special brand for the Orthodox market, the community is threatening a Continue Reading »

BLUEBERRY PRICES TO DROP

Posted on March 18, 2008

We have a friend in the wholesale fruit business. He sells literally hundreds of millions of pounds of fruit every year. His forecast for fruit prices: Due to over planting, blueberry prices will drop this coming summer. Finally. Raspberry prices will sky rocket. Probably strawberry prices also. In fact, our friend believes that you will Continue Reading »

INTERESTING STORY ABOUT TREFE

Posted on March 17, 2008

Be sure to read this to the end…….. This is a great story about a trefe food contest. Why do we run it here? First of all, go know that there is a big pizza competition. Second, go know that there is such a thing as the Best Pie in America Crown. Nu? Go read……… Continue Reading »

THE WORLD’S GREATEST SANDWICH

Posted on March 14, 2008

Everyone knows that a Spanglish is the world’s best sandwich. The problem for us, however, is that a Spanglish needs bacon for the full effect. What’s a kosher keeping Jew to do? The son in law came up with a super solution; hickory smoked cheese! 2 slices of hickory smoked cheese 2 slices of toasted Continue Reading »

BEWARE OF TREFE FISH

Posted on March 13, 2008

The following fish are trefe. They are actually forms of cat fish and they have hit the market under a whole host of innocuous names. Do not eat: Basa Tra China Sole River Cobbler Basa Catfish Bocourti Bocourti Fish Bocourti Catfish Swai Sutchi Catfish Striped Catfish

VEGIE GOURMET (AUSTRALIA)

Posted on March 12, 2008

People often complain that they can’t find the stuff about which we write. Well, here is one that we can’t seem to find either. However, we did get to taste their stuff back at the Kosher Food Show. We have to say, their stuff is MMMMMMMMM Good! Certified by the Kosher Australia agency, Australian Vegie Continue Reading »