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Thursday, March 2. 2023

Real Jewish food

One of my kids went to the B&H last night. Unlike many sort-of Jewish delis in NYC (which are termed "Kosher style", serving dairy and meat - especially pastrami)), B and H is a kosher dairy joint. A famous East Village hole-in-the-wall place. 


Decades ago, when I was dating the future Mrs. BD, we frequented that place. We aren't Jewish. The food was cheap and good. The challah is tasty. 


Digging back in my memory, I suggested that my kid try the Matzoh Ball Soup. She liked it. 

Posted by Bird Dog in Food and Drink at 13:31 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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#1 Aaron on 2023-03-02 14:26 (Reply)
Early in my career I lived in Squirrel Hill section of Pittsburgh, where even the Chinese restaurants had Hebrew lettering on the windows. Izzy Cohen's Delicatessen was great, especially the turkey and pastrami on rye with cole slaw and huge pickles. Sandwiches were not crazy oversized like so many today, just the best ingredients. I still have dreams of the food there, they sadly are long gone, and Squirrel Hill now includes several other ethnicities.
#2 Ed on 2023-03-02 16:14 (Reply)
My best friend lives there. He's Italian Catholic.
#2.1 John Foster on 2023-03-02 17:11 (Reply)
Growing up in the US, our local kosher pizza place had falafel and hummus - but only after I moved to Israel did I really understand that there were entirely different kinds of "Jewish food" based on other cuisines.

The few constants - challah, matza, some sort of Sabbath stew - were linked to religious observance.

I am now preparing jam-filled Hamentaschen ("Haman's pockets") cookies for Purim. My Sephardic neighbors will make fried dough strips called Orejas de Haman ("Haman's Ears"). The Israelis largely eat the jam cookies - but call them ears (" Oznei Haman")... Go figure.
#3 Ben David on 2023-03-03 07:42 (Reply)
Thanks, you have stoked my curiosity and I am going to try making Matzoh Ball soup, it sounds delicious.
#4 NotKennedy on 2023-03-03 19:21 (Reply)

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