My wife and I had a debate this shabbos over whether or not the brown matter taken out of the crock pot at lunch was cholent or stew. It had potatoes, meat, bones, and beans in it, it had a…
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I miss the Cholent Moshpit
There are certian things I miss about the east coast, shoving matches at kiddush is one of them. In my shul, everyone waits for the Rabbi or whoever sponsored kiddush to make kiddush, I hate that. People are way too…
Parve Cholent Sucks: At least we can all agree on one thing
Parve Cholent is a crime against humanity and I’m pretty sure that it’s one of the few things that a bulk of the frum community can agree on. As strange as it is, there are people who consider themselves frum…
The great kugel debate: Is it cake or kugel?
Since food is one of the most important aspects of the frum community, it’s no wonder that the great kugel vs. cake debate is alive and well in many parts of the frum community. In the mid 90’s, the latest…
Using my expert mooching skills for good
If there’s one thing I’m good at life, it’s getting shabbos meals, break-fast meals, shabbos leftovers, places to sleep in far flung towns and a variety of other freebees given to frum Jews who know how to mooch. I’m not…
Dreaming of a heimishe kiddush
Every once in a while I actually remember my dreams, rarely do I have great ones, but this past Friday night I dreamed of kiddush. Not only did I dream of kiddush, I dreamed of the ideal yeshivish/hemishe/chassidish shteeble style…
Top 10 reasons why cholent is like sex
While browsing Bang It Out one night I came across this beauty… 10. They’re both best when they’re hot. 9. The longer it takes to make, the better it is. 8. Just like sex, when you first hear what cholent…
The cholent sucks here
When I first moved out here I didn’t mind the green kiddush much, some chips and salsa, veggie sticks, guacamole and several varieties of cookies seemed alright to me – but I’ve been here a year and this is one…
Traditional Jewish food given Most Unsexy food award
Traditional Jewish food has been given the most unsexy food award at this years Food Network Awards. Judges tried multiple foods from a variety of cultures, ethnicities and religions. “I don’t get it. Why don’t they just make stew, maybe…
Kiddush Food Guide
Kiddush is one of my favorite Jewish specific events, and it doesn’t happen often enough. Today’s uncertain economy has brought down the quality of kiddushim to the lowest I’ve seen in years. Today’s kiddushim are nothing like that of those…
The Cholent Nazi – No Cholent for you!!!
So I’m at shul this weekend in Dallas, at the only large shul I have not been to yet and all is going well. The people are the coolest, most interesting and most normal of any shul as I have…
How do you behave at kiddush?
How do you behave at Kiddush? Everyone does different things at Kiddush, I myself look like a wolf, scouting out the offerings and planning an attack that will be most profitable and allow me to stockpile the hard to reach…
Kiddush: A timeless classic
I wrote this piece last week for a newspaper- the editor was impressed, but her boss turned me down. I can remember sitting as an antsy 10 year old in shul next to my father waiting patiently for the announcement.…