Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book

Hi Mordecai,

Sure, go ahead. Sounds fine to me.
And good luck with your book - I did this for all branches
of my family within the last few years and think this will be
very valuable to your children and grandchildren - if not now,
in the years to come.

Regards and good luck,
Merle

----- Original Message -----
From: <lapidotm_at_inter.net.il>
To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 3:03 PM
Subject: Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book

> Dear Merle,
>
> With regard to your comment re my late mother I do have a - currently
> hypothetical, but perhaps later this year a practical - question/request:
>
> I have been writing up this last year - and still continuing - my memories
> from Czernowitz 1933-45, i.e before, during and after the Shoah, on the
> repeated request of my children and grandchildren. They want to know what
> really happened there, and since my parents did not tell, I decided to
> leave them the experiences we underwent there, on paper.
>
> In that draft (it is supposed to be a personal book, printed in some 50
> copies, for them and for all my cousins who, luckily for them, were born
> here) I have written up a chapter describing the many Czernowitzer
> delicacies my mother used to prepare before the war, under the first and
> second Russian occupations, and during the Ghetto period.
>
> It occurred to me to prepare an Annex to the book, in which I would place
> recipes for these foods and delicacies taken from the Cz cook book and
> from some notes of some of my Czernowitzer aunts - since I do not have
> those of mother.
>
> I would like to know if I could get permission to extract some of the
> recipes (I would of course place corresponding acknowledgements after
> each, as in the cookbook) for this annex (as mentioned - it would be only
> for some 50 copies for my family members only). I will, of course, later
> this year, once I am finalising the memory book, apply officially to the
> editors of the cookbooks, with a request to permit this extraction. The
> book itself will be in Hebrew, but I would leave the recipes in the Annex
> in their English version
>
> Shavu'a Tov
>
> Mordecai
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Merle Kastner <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
> Date: Saturday, January 11, 2014 20:10
> Subject: Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book
> To: lapidotm_at_inter.net.il
> Cc: HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>, CZERNOWITZ-L
> <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>
>> Dear Mordecai,
>>
>> OH! I thought you meant that seriously. hahaha!
>>
>> As you know, that joke has been circulating for a few
>> years and is far from new. Actually, someone else proposed
>> including that same joke in the cookbook a couple of years
>> ago, too. So you've got company. ;-)
>>
>> Sure - if you or anyone else has (real) recipes, do send them.
>> It is really too bad that your mother didn't leave hers -
>> that would have been a 'find'.
>>
>> Merle
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: <lapidotm_at_inter.net.il>
>> To: "Merle Kastner" <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
>> Cc: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>; "CZERNOWITZ-L"
>> <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>> Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 12:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book
>>
>>
>> >Dear Merle,
>> >
>> >I apologise for not adding a smiley at the end of the sentence
>> re the contribution of the depictions of the recipes, which may
>> have misled you to consider that the suggestion was meant
>> seriously. Of course it was intended as a joke, to attract the
>> curiosity of those who did not happen to see them before.
>> >
>> >Yes, I will consider your offer, and see if I find any recipes
>> from my Czernowitzer aunts that would fit the cookbook.
>> Regrettably my late mother did not leave hers.
>> >
>> >Shavu'a Tov
>> >
>> >Mordecai.
>> >
>> >----- Original Message -----
>> >From: Merle Kastner <merlek_at_videotron.ca>
>> >Date: Friday, January 10, 2014 18:11
>> >Subject: Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book
>> >To: lapidotm_at_inter.net.il, HARDY BREIER <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
>> >Cc: CZERNOWITZ-L <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>> >
>> >>Dear Mordecai,
>> >>
>> >>I don't want to demean your suggested contribution to the cookbook,
>> >>but I've seen those jokes many times over. They are cute
>> >>but not recipes
>> >>per se, unfortunately.
>> >>
>> >>IF you do have any real recipes, I'd be more than happy to add
>> >>them to the
>> >>cookbook, though, and give you full credit for them. One
>> >>(or possibly
>> >>two - I'd have to check) of Hardy's recipes are in the book.
>> >>
>> >>Best regards, Shabbat Shalom
>> >>
>> >>Merle
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>----- Original Message ----- From: <lapidotm_at_inter.net.il>
>> >>To: "HARDY BREIER" <HARDY3_at_BEZEQINT.NET>
>> >>Cc: "CZERNOWITZ-L" <Czernowitz-L_at_cornell.edu>
>> >>Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2014 12:47 PM
>> >>Subject: Re: The [Cz-L] Bukowina Jewish Cook-Book
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>>Dear Hardy,
>> >>>
>> >>>Just received these juicy recipe depictions of our favourite
>> >>Czernowitz delicacies.
>> >>>Perhaps we add them as an epilogue to the Cz-L Bukowina Jewish
>> >>Cook Book? Or better, perhaps, as a prologue?
>> >>>If I did not know better, I would surmise that you are the
>> >>originator of this hilarious oevre, but I suppose it was a
>> >>kindred spirit, with an equally sharp pun-pen...
>> >>>
>> >>>Enjoy!!!!
>> >>>
>> >>>Regards
>> >>>
>> >>>Mordecai
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Jewish Weapons of Mass Destruction
>> >>>
>> >>>Latkes
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-latkes.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>A pancake-like structure, not to be confused with anything a
>> >>first-class
>> >>>health restaurant would put out. In a latke the oil remains
>> >>inside the
>> >>>pancake. It is made with potatoes, onions, eggs and matzo meal.
>> >>Latkes can
>> >>>be eaten with applesauce but COULD also be used to comb your
>> >>hair, shine
>> >>>your shoes or lubricate your automobile. There is a rumor that
>> >>in the time
>> >>>of the Maccabees, they lit a latke by mistake and it burned for
>> >>eight days.
>> >>>What is certain is that you will have heartburn for the same
>> >>amount of time.
>> >>>It tastes GREAT but will stop your heart if the grease gets cold.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Kasha Varnishkes
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-kasha-varnishkes.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>One of the little-known "delicacies" that is even more
>> >>difficult to
>> >>>pronounce than it is to cook. It has nothing to do with
>> >>varnish, but is
>> >>>basically a mixture of buckwheat and bowtie noodles (not
>> >>macaroni). Why
>> >>>bowties? Many sages in the Old Testament discussed this and
>> >>agreed that an
>> >>>ancient Jewish mother must have decided, 'Son, you can't come
>> >>to the table
>> >>>without a tie or, G-d forbid, place your elbow on the table."
>> >>If Mamma said
>> >>>'bowties,' you better believe that's what the family used, even
>> >>if they had
>> >>>to invent them on the spot.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Blintzes
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-blintzes.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>Not to be confused with the German war machine's 'blintzkrieg.'
>> >>Can you
>> >>>imagine the Jerusalem Post in '39 with huge headlines
>> >>announcing: 'Germans
>> >>>drop tons of cheese and blueberry blintzes on Poland. Shortage
>> >>of sour cream
>> >>>expected'? Basically, this is the Jewish answer to Crepe
>> >>Suzettes. They are
>> >>>actually offered on the menu at the local International House
>> >>of Pancakes,
>> >>>but no one there knows what the hell they are. In ignorant
>> >>bliss, they often
>> >>>serve them frozen from the blintz factory. No modern woman will
>> >>take time to
>> >>>make them if she can find a grocery store selling frozen ones
>> >>(assuming she
>> >>>can find someone in that store who knows where they are kept).
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Kishke
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-kishke.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>You know from Scottish Haggis? Well, this it ain't. Remember
>> >>what I say if
>> >>>you should go to the Highlands: You do not want to eat Haggis,
>> >>no matter
>> >>>how much Scotch you've downed. In the old days they would take
>> >>an intestine
>> >>>and stuff it to make kishke. Today we use parchment paper or
>> >>plastic (made
>> >>>in China). And what do you stuff it with? Carrots, celery,
>> >>onions, flour and
>> >>>spices. The skill is not to cook it alone, but to add it to the
>> >>cholent (see
>> >>>below) and let it simmer for 24 hours until there is no chance
>> >>whatsoever>that there is any nutritional value left. The gravy
>> >>can be purchased in bulk
>> >>>at any southern Bisquitville drive-thru.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Kreplach
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-kreplach.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>They sound worse than they taste. There is a rabbinical debate
>> >>on their
>> >>>origins. One Rabbi claims they began when a Chinese fortune
>> >>cookie fell into
>> >>>the chicken soup. Another claims they started in an Italian
>> >>restaurant,>where the owner yelled at the chef, 'Disa pasta
>> >>tastes like-a krep!' Either
>> >>>way it can be soft, hard, or soggy, and the amount of meat
>> >>inside depends on
>> >>>whether it is your mother or your mother-in-law who cooked it.
>> >>Tastes best
>> >>>if made in a Manhatten deli where they serve the soup by the
>> >>barrel-load.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Cholent
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-cholent.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>This combination of noxious gases had been the secret weapon of
>> >>Jews for
>> >>>centuries. The unique combination of beans, barley, potatoes
>> >>and bones or
>> >>>meat is meant to stick to your ribs and anything else it comes
>> >>into contact
>> >>>with. Precursor of Superglue. At a fancy Mexican restaurant
>> >>(kosher, of
>> >>>course) I once heard this comment from a youngster who had just
>> >>had his
>> >>>first taste of Mexican refried beans: 'What, they serve
>> >>leftover cholent
>> >>>here too?" A Jewish American Princess once came up with
>> >>something original
>> >>>for her guests (her first and probably last cooking attempt at
>> >>the age of
>> >>>25). She made cholent burgers for Sunday night supper. The
>> >>guests never came
>> >>>back. The dogs ate the burgers but later threw up and had to be
>> >>taken by
>> >>>ambulance to the pet emergency room.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Gefilte Fish
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-gefilte-fish.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>A few years ago, an Israeli politician had problems with the
>> >>filter in his
>> >>>fish pond and a few of his fish got rather stuck and mangled.
>> >>His son (5
>> >>>years old at the time) looked at them and asked, "Is that why
>> >>we call it
>> >>>'ge-filtered fish?" Originally it was a carp stuffed with a
>> >>minced fish and
>> >>>vegetable mixture. Today it usually is comprised of small fish
>> >>balls eaten
>> >>>with horseradish (pronounced 'chrain' to rhyme with 'insane,'
>> >>which you have
>> >>>to be to inflict it on your innards) and is judged on its
>> >>relative strength
>> >>>in bringing tears to your eyes at 100 paces. The VERY NAME OF
>> >>THIS DISH
>> >>>FRIGHTENS FULLY GROWN AND SOPHISTICATED GENTILES and they
>> >>actually run when
>> >>>it is merely mentioned..
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Matzoh
>> >>>
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-matzot.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>Israel 's punishment for escaping slavery. It consists of a
>> >>simple mix of
>> >>>flour and water - no eggs or flavor at all. When made
>> >>especially well, it
>> >>>could actually taste like a cardboard box recycled from the Tel
>> >>Aviv city
>> >>>dump. Its redeeming value is that it does fill you up and stays
>> >>with you for
>> >>>a long time--sometimes far too long--and you are advised to eat
>> >>lots of
>> >>>prunes with it. If the prunes do not work, try castor oil, or
>> >>even gun
>> >>>powder as a last resort before a surgeon has to mine it out.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>Bagels
>> >>>http://www.jr.co.il/humor/jewish-food-bagels.jpg
>> >>>
>> >>>How can we finish without the quintessential Jewish defense
>> >>weapon, the
>> >>>bagel? Like most foods there are legends surrounding the bagel,
>> >>although I
>> >>>don't know any other than it was first discovered when
>> >>unsugared donuts
>> >>>accidentally petrified. There have been persistent rumors that
>> >>the inventors
>> >>>of the bagel were the Norwegians who couldn't get anyone to buy
>> >>smoked lox.
>> >>>Think about it: Can you picture yourself eating smoked salmon
>> >>or trout on
>> >>>white bread? Rye ? A cracker? Naaa! The Israel Defense Forces
>> >>research lab
>> >>>looked for something hard and almost indigestible which could
>> >>take the
>> >>>spread of cream cheese and which doesn't take up too much
>> room in
>> >>>desert-maneuvers ration kits. And why the hole? The truth is
>> >>that many
>> >>>philosophers believe the hole is the essence and the dough is
>> >>only there to
>> >>>indicate where the hole is placed
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