Hannah over at the Cooking Manager posted a great video on how to cut a pomegranate. It came right in time. Although we had a bunch of pomegranates sitting around in our fruit bowl, I was too intimidated by the looming mess to actually cut them. As always, Hannah saved the day with her video. [...]
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Putting Out a Kitchen Oil Fire
A friend sent me this information via our local listserv.I don”t know whom to credit for the write-up, but this is too important not to share. If the oil in a pan ever catches fire, NEVER pour water over it. The water being heavier than oil, sinks to the bottom where it instantly becomes superheated. The [...]
Listen to this Blog
Extra! Extra! You can now LISTEN to this blog instead of READING it. Just press the Listen button above the post to have its contents read to you. If you are a blogger, you might want to consider this service for your site. It is provided by Ispeech.org and is free for all bloggers. Ispeech [...]
Communist Nostalgia
When I was growing up in Russia, May Day was one of the staples of communist festival fare. Since our family lived in downtown Moscow, every year we would spend the day watching (and sometimes participating in) the annual May Day parade. You would think that 20 years after the fall of communism, the red [...]
Passover Cookies – Yemenite Hawaij or Cinnamon
By popular demand, here’s the recipe: 1 egg 200 gr ground nuts 2 tbsp matza meal 1 tsp baking powder 2 tsp coffee hawaij* or cinnamon 100 gr confectioner’s sugar Beat egg. Add all ingredients except 2 tbsp sugar. Grease hands and form dough into small balls. Roll in confectioner’s sugar. Bake 12 minutes. * [...]
Free text messaging (SMS) in Israel
For anyone located in Israel, there is a free program that enables you to send unlimited text messages (SMS) for free to whomever you like. I’ve checked the site through McAfee’s site advisor and it was found to be safe. To access the program click here. Happy texting!
A Letter to Goldstone
Someone sent me a copy of a letter in which a personal friend of Judge Goldstone berates him for his involvement with the anti-Israel committee named after him. I have no idea whether the cover story is true and who really penned this letter, but that in no way diminishes the poignancy of the arguments [...]
A different Shabbat fish
When my Yemen-born mother-in-law first came to Israel in late 1940s, her parents decides to build their house apart from the rest of the community, so as to protect their children from unwanted social influences. Little did they know that within a decade they would be living in the midst of a vibrant community of [...]
Simchat Torah experience
Like most Yemenite Jews, my husband’s family is very careful to safeguard its heritage, especially when it comes to liturgy and Torah learning. In an effort to preserve their unique Hebrew pronunciation (considered by some to be the closest one to the way Hebrew was spoken two thousand years ago), kids are taught to read [...]
Something different for the holiday meal
Our family’s love affair with Bukharian cuisine began over 60 years ago during WWII, when my grandmother was evacuated from Ukraine to Central Asia. She returned home after getting to know dozens of Bukharian-Jewish families and learning about their favorite dishes. Although I got my hands on a whole treasure trove of authentic recipes while [...]
