The "miracle" of Hanukkah

[thesummerqueen]

Sounds like they could be yummy.... depending on what you toss into the mixture. I'm sure some people make a concoction that my dog wouldn't touch.

I'm still very good friends with my ex's little sister and she has been begging for "Jew pancakes" since before thanksgiving.

I would say that it's sort of impossible to mess up potatoes, but my mother is living proof that it happens. I'm not sure what she does with the fundamentals of "Jewish" cooking, but goddamn...

It's a joke when you make matzo balls for chicken soup about whether or not yours float or sink. Mine are fluffy and float. Some others are thick and sink. My mother's will cure most bowel ailments.

[Thor]

I'm still very good friends with my ex's little sister and she has been begging for "Jew pancakes" since before thanksgiving.

"Jew pancakes"? I'm not sure if that's funny or culturally insensitive. (Okay, I vote funny!)

My mother used to make "German pancakes" when I was a kid. The things were thin and not the least bit tasty. Only when I grew up did I discover that she had actually been making CREPES! And we dumped syrup and butter on them! YUK!

I would say that it's sort of impossible to mess up potatoes, but my mother is living proof that it happens. I'm not sure what she does with the fundamentals of "Jewish" cooking, but goddamn...

Think you can't mess up an apple pie? My mother made hers sans sugar! She only used raisins to add a little sweetness. It was godawful!

It's a joke when you make matzo balls for chicken soup about whether or not yours float or sink. Mine are fluffy and float. Some others are thick and sink. My mother's will cure most bowel ailments.

Sounds like your matzo balls would be yummy. I can picture the ones that sink sitting in the bottom of your stomach.... urp...

[thesummerqueen]

"Jew pancakes"? I'm not sure if that's funny or culturally insensitive. (Okay, I vote funny!)

theVOID calls me Jewski and Adrian threatens to put me in his oven regularly. Go with funny. I wouldn't be in these forums if I cared.

Either way, Hanukkah is mostly a waste of time. Like tonight, when I have a paper to work on for English and also a run to go on (to get rid of the fat Jewish ass, you know) and somewhere I have to carve out time to "skype in" to celebrate this minor miracle, otherwise my mother will be broken-hearted.

Although she finally got it right when it came to gifts. No socks in the mail this year. Greenbacks, baby!

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

Think you can't mess up an apple pie? My mother made hers sans sugar!

Sugar?


My Canadian-born mother taught me. No added sugar except if I make shortcrust pastry. I use fresh slices apples,plus ground cloves. Served with ice cream or egg custard.

I remember how shocked I wast discover how much sugar Americans use in a lot of their food,including the bread, which is too sweet for me.

Jew pancakes? Potato pancakes? I think usually served with apple sauce and sour cream.I like just salt.--an easy recipe to fuck up..I make Polish style,also love pirogi.

Scones are idiot simple,yet my mum simply can't make them.(Americans call them biscuits I think) I make beaut scones.It annoys mum.

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The scone is a small British quick bread (or cake if recipe includes sugar) of Scottish origin. Scones are especially popular in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and Ireland, but are eaten in many other countries. They are usually made of wheat, barley or oatmeal, with baking powder as a leavening agent. The scone is a basic component of the cream tea or Devonshire tea.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scones

[Anomalocaris]

It's in our national character to deem sugar to be an adaquate substitute for culinary sophistication.

[Thor]

Either way, Hanukkah is mostly a waste of time. Like tonight, when I have a paper to work on for English and also a run to go on (to get rid of the fat Jewish ass, you know) and somewhere I have to carve out time to "skype in" to celebrate this minor miracle, otherwise my mother will be broken-hearted.

Although she finally got it right when it came to gifts. No socks in the mail this year. Greenbacks, baby!

If mom is sending cash, work it for all it's worth!

[Welsh cake]

We are now in the Hanukkah season. At this time Jewish people celebrate a "miracle".... an occasioon when a one day supply of oil miraculously lasted for EIGHT DAYS!

Meh, people are easily impressed. It's part and parcel of having shitty standards of evidence coupled with being extremely gullible.

As far as British Petroleum is concerned managing to conserve any oil at all is one earth-shattering miracle of epic proportions.

[thesummerqueen]

I remember how shocked I wast discover how much sugar Americans use in a lot of their food,including the bread, which is too sweet for me.

I put enough sugar in my bread to start the yeast...how much sugar was added and what bread were you trying? Mine tastes like...bread.

[Thor]

Meh, people are easily impressed. It's part and parcel of having shitty standards of evidence coupled with being extremely gullible.

As far as British Petroleum is concerned managing to conserve any oil at all is one earth-shattering miracle of epic proportions.

I imagine that if David Copperfield or David Blaine had lived 2,000 years ago they could have performed illusions and easily convinced the ignorant masses that they were a god. In which case, maybe today there would be a religion worshiping a huckster illusionist.

[thesummerqueen]

I imagine that if David Copperfield or David Blaine had lived 2,000 years ago they could have performed illusions and easily convinced the ignorant masses that they were a god. In which case, maybe today there would be a religion worshiping a huckster illusionist.

...aren't those the evangelicals?