What is your favorite Jewish Food?

Ren the devils trailboss

Ren the devils trailboss

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I have several, being a product of the Dutch Reformed Church which only served Roast Beef and Mashed Potatoes. When later in life I was lucky enough to forge friendships with some Jewish friends I was given a culinary treat I will never forget.

anyway my Favs. are..

Bagels
Kosher Dills
and...well maybe some of you Jewish folks can tell me what the name of this is but its some sort of pastry that is in a roll that is flavored with almond and is flaky sugary and sooo yummy with coffee?

to drift a bit..one time as a cultural thing for my kids we attended a Seder Feast ( is that spelled right) anyway my kids were smaller and all complaining that the food was going to be "yucky" and I told them at one point during the meal we all had to eat a Goats Egg...they all started crying because they did not want to eat a Goats egg....I proceeded to tell them that it was part of the Seder meal and you just had to get past the hair on the shell of the egg and rub it off and eat the egg...Well of course it was just a regular old hard boiled egg...but during the meal my oldest blurts out..." These Goats eggs are great!" I whispered in his ear...Do Goats lay eggs??? He looked at me and started laughing knowing that the joke was on him...I told him...Son..lesson for today..dont be closed minded until you try something..its usually the best life has to offer.

:):)
 
I like lox and bagels, knishes, challah bread etc. There is nothing like eating at a good Jewish deli.
 
Ren the devils trailboss said:
Bagels
Kosher Dills
and...well maybe some of you Jewish folks can tell me what the name of this is but its some sort of pastry that is in a roll that is flavored with almond and is flaky sugary and sooo yummy with coffee?


:):)
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Sounds like rugalah to me although I don't recall ever having it flavored with almond.


I'm a lox and bagel kinda guy at breakfast as well Rick. But, I prefer nova when I can get it. and Grandma's kugel. mmmmm, kugel.
 
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I sure love Zaftigs Deli in Brookline, Mass. It is so good I can just taste the delicious brisket and pancakes with apple sauce.
 
Bagels & pickles ? My, aren't you the advenurous one ! :rolleyes:

Next thing you know you'll be trying Chinese take-out. :p

Fran
 
Well, Tabasco sauce has a "K", so that's my favorite. ;)

Not too many Jewish restaurants in Northern New Mexico...
 
rick43t3 said:
I sure love Zaftigs Deli in Brookline, Mass. It is so good I can just taste the delicious brisket and pancakes with apple sauce.
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Have you tried Rubens up the street near Harvard and Commonwealth? It is kosher and I like the food better than Zoftigs.

Let's see:
pickled tongue on rye
roast chicken
stuffed cabbage
matzoh ball soup
knishes



yum!
 
annr said:
Have you tried Rubens up the street near Harvard and Commonwealth? It is kosher and I like the food better than Zoftigs.

Let's see:
pickled tongue on rye
roast chicken
stuffed cabbage
matzoh ball soup
knishes



yum!
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No, but I shall! Sounds fantastic, but please stop, I am getting hungry again.:D
 
My wife was born to a Russian Jewish family, although she is not practicing her father and brother are pretty devout, thusly I've been exposed to all kinds of good and unique stuff. Potato latkas (?spelling?) with salt and sour cream are my favorite...
 
rick43t3 said:
No, but I shall! Sounds fantastic, but please stop, I am getting hungry again.:D
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Bring your wallet! I think that they fly much of the food in from NYC, but it is worth trying IMO. Sometimes I go there for my birthday, as opposed to a 'fine dining experience' with the atmosphere, etc.

Yeah, I made myself hungry again too.:D
 
Basically I love all foods other than traditional english boring. Jewish delis are divine.
 
If you go to Ruben's, the best thing on offer is their super sandwiches.

You know, corned-beef-romanian pastrami-tongue-chopped liver-russian dressing on rye kind of thing.

However, the best of that breed is on New York's Lower East Side.
Can't rem,ember the namer of the Deli, but it on Grand Street off Delancey. I just looked on the web, and I can't find it. I bet it shut down.

Then there is always Ratners (also lower East Side). No meat (real kosher places will not generally have both meat and milk products, and never serve them together). but for a Sunday breakfast of blintzes, sour cream, latkes, whatever---that'll do ya. Bring a power drill to take care of the clogs in yur arteries afterward.

As far as a favorite food, I like brisket. Cooked low & slow. The best brisket to be found in MA or in Israel is at Chez Shaldag. (It beats Rubens hands down.) Maybe next summer I'll cook one up for a few forumites in Boston. Ren, you cal always bike in & back from Michigan--that's what it will take to get the brisket pounds off......
 
Ed sort of hinted around it.....most of what you fellas are talking about is Eastern European peasant food that got lumped in with "Jewish" due to immigration of Eastern European Jews in the 1800's up.

Genuine Jewish foods are like Charoseth(apples, nuts and honey), matzoh(unleavened bread), lentils, or gefilte fish(NASTY)....mostly not real appetizing grub.

NOW the Eastern European vittles ARE some good eating:

My favorites are:

Bialys with Philadelphia cream cheese
Any decent Nova style Lox
Pickled Herring with sour cream sauce
Pickled Herring salad
Smoked Whitefish salad
Chopped chicken livers
Red Beet Borscht with sour cream
Rugelach

For meats, hard to beat a nice roast chicken or brisket, like Ed mentioned.

Matzoh ball soup can be awesome, depening upon the maker of the matzoh balls.

The Carnegie Deli in NYC has some KICKIN' pastrami.

Best Regards,

Steven Garsson
 
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