My mother had close friends who moved to Israel in the 1940s and settled on a Moshav, Kfar Meishar, near Gedera. Although she had not seen them since the end of the war they had kept in touch, and when I made my first trip to Israel at age 16, my mother insisted that I [...]
Posts Tagged ‘cabbage’
Rosie’s Pickled Vegetables (Hamutzim)
Posted in Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged cabbage, Gedera, Moshav, Pickled Vegetables Israeli Style, Pickling, Vinegar on November 11, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Spring Salads
Posted in Salad, Side Dish, Vegetable, tagged cabbage, coleslaw, cucumbers, Food, herbs, lettuce, recipes, salad, Tomatoes on May 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I am not sure when salads graduated from their humble beginnings to the gourmet status they have today, but I no longer dread eating them. Growing up in the Bronx of the 1950s, salads were tolerated and eaten because iceberg lettuce filled the need for a vegetable. No one worried about carbon footprints because there were [...]
Stuffed Cabbage
Posted in Turkey, tagged beef, cabbage, Ground Turkey, recipe on April 8, 2010 | 7 Comments »
Gefilte Kraut, Gelupsie, Holishskes, Stuffed Cabbage. This is not fast food, in fact I think making stuffed cabbage requires a kind of Zen approach to cooking. I started making the rolls at 8:00 a.m. on Monday morning. The cabbage has to be cooked and cooled and the meat mixture prepared. I carefully peeled the cabbage leaves [...]
Sally’s Cabbage Salad
Posted in Parve (non-dairy), Vegetable, tagged cabbage, cilantro, cole slaw, Pareve (non-dairy), Vegetarian on April 2, 2010 | 3 Comments »
I have always loved books. When I was growing up in the Bronx, buying books was a luxury we could not afford so my sister, Anita, took me to the local public library every week. Anita is eight years older than me and as a child I loved going everywhere with her, but our visits [...]
Quinoa
Posted in Grain, Parve (non-dairy), tagged beets, cabbage, Pareve (non-dairy), Quinoa, Vegan on March 28, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Shabbat tea worked out perfectly. We had fresh fruit, a Greek salad and the fallen sponge cake topped with fresh strawberries. Nobody seemed to mind that the cake had fallen, and we finished the whole thing. Another cake is in the oven and I am planning on letting it cool in the pan for about two [...]
