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Today is April 28, 2025 / /
Avoid peaches that are hard as a rock and/or have hints of green. This usually means they were picked too early and will never fully ripen. • The skin and flesh should range from light pinkish-white to reddish-yellow. The amount of redness is determined by the variety and is not an indicator of ripeness. • Continue Reading »
CABBAGE TIPS * One pound cabbage equals 4 cups shredded or 2 cups cooked cabbage. * Choose firm heads that feel heavy for their size. Outer leaves should look fresh, have good color, and be free of blemishes. * A fast and easy way to remove leaves from cabbage is to cut around the core Continue Reading »
1 chicken 2 tablespoons mustard 2 heaping tablespoons honey 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 4 green apples 1/2 cup water 1/4 cup dry red wine 1 tablespoon ketchup and 2 tablespoons oil. (optional) You can prepare the chicken whole or cut up. Place the chicken in a greased pan with the skin upwards. Mix together the Continue Reading »
The following update regarding Wrigleys comes from the London Federation of Synagogues Kashrus Board. Only the items listed below are approved, when manufactured in their Biesheim, Plymouth or Poznan (Poland) Factories, please check labels carefully. (These are sold in the U.S. in kosher stores only. The U.S. production is not kosher at this time). All Continue Reading »
In Queens, we have a K Burger: Meet the Meat. It is essentially a fast food burger place, although the food is always cooked to order and therefore not exactly fast. The decor of the place is a garishly painted orange color. The food there is tasty. Burgers are cooked to order. Buns are baked Continue Reading »
Our trip to Fort Lauderdale was so that we could perform a wedding for a wonderful and lovely couple. On Monday, on the beach, we set up a chupah in the sand and held the wedding. It was magical. It was also hot as can be and humid, too. As the lone Northerner, we were Continue Reading »
All of our Israeli friends and family are complaining like crazy over the fact that they have to celebrate a three day yom tov (two days Rosh Hashanah followed by shabbat) just as we do here in the Diaspora. Hahaha- they finally get to understand Jewish life as we live it out here in the Continue Reading »
We are here to celebrate a wedding! We left NYC where it was hazy, hot and humid and came here where it is even hazier, hotter and more humid. You can not go outside without dropping three or four pounds of water on the sidewalk- and that’s even if you stand stock still. Local residents Continue Reading »
Have you noticed that lately almost everything we read has mistakes in it? Where are the proof readers and editors? We recently read a book where a character’s name changed mid story. In another one, the author wrote contradictory times within the space of three paragraphs. Not only is good writing becoming more and more Continue Reading »
Tuesday, August 21, 2007. Great story in the NY Times today. Seems at the Great Indiana State Fair this year, they are requiring all fried foods to be fried in oils with no trans fats. That is the good news. What’s the bad news, you ask? The Times pointed out that a common snack treat Continue Reading »
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