Is anyone here Jewish?

[Beauty]

John-Cole picked Israel as his country to report on in school. A main part of his report is about the Jewish people and their religion. He now needs an original Jewish receipe that we will have to fix and serve to the class.

All the students in the class will have to taste what he brings along with what everyone else brings from their country so I need a "kid friendly" receipe. J.C. said someone was bringing Sushi and he wasn't tasting that...LOL!

So can anyone help me?? I would sure appreciate it. Oh and the easier the better too

 

[AngieBelle]

I'm Jewish. I don't have any recipies handy, but I'm sure there are lots of Jewish recipie websites. Latkas are yummy- fried potatoe pancakes. There's kugal which is a noodle cassarole dish. There are many different kinds. Mom makes one with sour cream, cottage cheese, egg noodles, and cinnamon. Homantashan (sp?) are good. They are triangular cookies with a filling in the center. It can be jelly or chocolate or whatever you want.

 

[Goofyposter]

I'm not Jewish...but having spent a considerable amount of time in Isreal...I fondly remember these..and think that kids might also enjoy them....

BLINTZES

Throughout the West people eat crepe suzettes. Blintzes are the Jewish/eastern European version of the French treat.

Filling

1 lb. dry cottage cheese
1 small package cream cheese
1 egg
cinnamon
2-3 tbs. sugar
raisins (optional)

Batter

1 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1 cup water, soda water or milk
2 eggs

For filling: combine cheeses, sugar, and egg. Add cinnamon and raisins.

For batter: Combine flour, water and salt. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Spoon a little batter into a heated, greased 7-inch frying pan (crepe-size), just to coat bottom, tipping to spread it thin. Cook on one side only then turn onto a towel. Place about 1 1/2 tbs. filling on each pancake, roll up, tucking in ends. Bake for 10 minutes at medium heat.

Hope this is useful!

 

[Beauty]

Thanks Angie! You definatly gave me some names to search on! I'm thinking the Potato Pancakes sound like something all the children will try!! Thanks so much for the names

Oh, hope there aren't any more fire drills too

 

[Karel]

I'm not Jewish, (and I don't play one on tv) but I'd make the latkas if I were you. You can get pregrated potatoes and serve them with sour cream and applesauce. My daughter had to do something similiar at Christmas and I made Irish potato pancakes. I though they were kind of gross but the kids really liked them. Plus they were really easy to make.

I used to eat matzo (sp) with butter and salt as a child. They are large, flat and crispy like crackers.

 

[Beauty]

Goofy!

Thank you, those sound wonderful!! OOO I bet they are fattening too so I couldn't have them But the kids would probably like them!

Karel,

Those sound easy too!! I must admit the sweets sound better to me...but thats because I've been dieting for a month...LOL!

 

[caitycaity]

this is a great recipe for hamentashen:

Dough
½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tbsp. milk
vanilla extract

Cream butter and sugar, and add egg. Sift flour and baking powder together and add a little to creamed mixture. Add milk, then remaining flour. Mix in extract. Roll dough out 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. Cut into rounds, dot each with a spoonful of filling, form into triangles, and bake at 375 degrees for 15 to 30 minutes until delicately browned.

you can make your own filling, but to make it easier for him, you may just want to fill it with apricot jam.

here's the recipe for the apricot filling:

Apricot Filling
1 lb. dried apricots
1 cup honey
1 tbsp orange zest, grated
3 tbsp orange juice

Soak apricots overnight in enough water to cover them. Drain, then puree in food processor. Combine with honey, orange zest and juice.

hamentashen are traditionally served at purim.

http://www.pass.to/newsletter/history_and_significance_of_puri.htm

 

[Beauty]

Thanks Caity! I'm going to print out that one as well!

 

[Dan Murphy]

I really like noodle kugel and potato latkes, as well as mandel bread and challah bread.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

most of the foods you mentioned have their origin in the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe. latkes are a good choice, hammentashen are a better one -- the cookies are associated with the holiday of Purim, which will be celebrated on March 18 this year. the Jews of Europe brought all those foods with them when they established the State of Israel.

a lot of Israeli food is based on the same cooking methods and ingredients as the cuisine of neighboring countries. felalfel is a major staple of the Israeli "fast food" industry. it's worth mentioning, but it's not particularly kid friendly.

if you need websites for Jewish religion or Iinformation on Israel, let me know.

 

[jel0511]

Here's a recipe for Latkes (potato pancakes)

6 medium russet potatoes (about 2 lbs)
1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
2 large eggs,l ightly beaten
3 tablespoons of flour
1 tsp of salt
1/4 tsp pepper
vegetable oil for frying

1. Grate potatoes into a bowl lf lightly salted water (This removed the starch and keep the potatoes from darkening) Drain and press out excess water. Stir in onion, eggs, flour, salt and peper.

2. Heat 1/4 inch oil in large skillet over medium high heat.

3. In batches, drop the batter by heaping tablespoonsfull into the oil and flatten with back of spoon. Fry until golden brown on both sides.

4. Drain on papertowels.

Here is a recipe for Kugel, MUCH easier than the Latkes

8 oz medium egg noodles
1/4 cup butter
4 eggs, lightly beaten
1/2 cup suger
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup raisins
ground cinnamon for garnish

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease an 8 inch square baking dish.

2. Cook egg noodles according o package, drain. Place the noodles in a large bowl, add the butter, stir until the butter ism elted.

3. Beat together the eggs, suger, vanilla and salt. Stir into the noodles. Add the raisins.

4. Pour into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle with the cinnamon. Bake until golden brown, about 45 minutes. SErve warm or at room temperature.

 

[FergieTCat]

Beauty --

My mom knows a recipe for noodle kugel that's so simple even I've successfully made it -- which means it should be a snap for John-Cole! I'll get it from her this weekend.

If anyone else knows it, it has noodles and canned fruit cocktail. I can't remember the rest of it.

 

[Briar Rose 7457]

Go Israel

Jewish info Jewish recipies Israeli food

 

[suzannen]

I love kugel, Hamentashen and latkes, they'd all be good.

One of my DD's favorite recipes during Passover is Chocolate Matzoh Bark and it's meant for kids to help you make it, so John-Cole could help. Depending on the size of his class, you may want to double the recipe:

1 12 oz (or 2 6oz) bag milk or semisweet chocolate chips
4 large matzoh pieces
1 cup toffee-crunch candy bits
Sprinkles

1. Pour chocolate chips into glass bowl and microwave on high 1 minute, until melted. Stir until smooth. (Microwave another 30 seconds if needed).
2. Break each large piece of matzoh into 10 irregular-shaped pieces.
3. Dip matzoh pieces into melted chocolate using a spoon to help coat both sides.
4. Sprinkle with toffee bits and sprinkles. Lay peices on wire rack until chocolate is set, about 2 hours.
Yield: 40 two-inch pieces

 

[iluvorlando]

All I can say is ya'll are making me hungry!!

 

[TennVolTony]

hmmm...Let me look......Nope...I'm not Jewish...

 

[JasonLyons]

Im not but I like the 3 stooges, wise guy huh