tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post9128238424024509605..comments2023-09-24T15:25:43.276+03:00Comments on Living and Writing in Israel: Cookery Lessons anyone?Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-73804283626589694312010-02-02T15:48:51.240+02:002010-02-02T15:48:51.240+02:00When my two brothers and I were growing up, my par...When my two brothers and I were growing up, my parents worked in the shop from morning until evening. We were left alone for a lot of the time to cook for ourselves as well as prepare food for our parents for when they came home.<br /><br />Our mother taught us simple delicious Ashkenazi cooking. "Basically", she would say, "everything begins with onions, eggs and matza meal.<br /><br />Some example:<br /><br /><b>Kneidelach soup</b>: Chicken necks, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal, Carrots. Boiled<br /><b>Meat balls</b>: Chicken or Beef, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal. Roasted or fried<br /><b>Fish balls</b>: Minced Fish or Tuna, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal. Fried<br /><b>Gefilta Fish</b>: Minced Fish, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal, Carrots. Boiled<br /><b>Fried Fish</b>: Fish pieces, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal. Fried<br /><b>Kuegal</b>: Lochshan or Potatoes, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal, Carrots (optional). Boiled and Roasted<br /><b>Stuffing</b>: Apples, Nuts, Wine, Onions, Eggs, Matza Meal. Roasted.<br /><b>Cheese Cake</b>: Cheese, (only joking).Reb Mordechai Reviewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135349748761291865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-82650712971409421102010-01-31T20:42:17.332+02:002010-01-31T20:42:17.332+02:00I don't know about you, Ann, but I was exactly...I don't know about you, Ann, but I was exactly like that when I first got married. I can remember phoning Mum in tears many a time. I'm glad to hear that they're all accomplished cooks now. <br /><br />My biggest regret was never asking my Great Aunt for her recipes. She was an excellent cook and made all the traditional Jewish food in a way that I've never tasted since. She didn't weigh or follow recipes. She, for sure, had learnt from her Mother all those years ago in Latvia. What a shame it's too late for me to learn from her.Rosalind Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05363027308436257933noreply@blogger.com