No latkes for me this year because im on the candida diet, but look out next year!

Gut Yontiff,

Jordan

Pep,I hope you see this and Many Happy days sent to you.

Yes, tonight is the first night you light your candles.

Hope everyone had a good day!

Jordan

Have a great time.

About the Latkes, cant you use immation potatoes??? Sheesh you gotta have ONE

Hope you enjoy your family this time of year and be blessed.

Hope you had a good one, mine was nice, very quiet. No presents so the lighting of the menorrah was that much more special.

I don't like latkes (potato pancakes) myself, my mom used to make matzoh meal ones, they were good!!

I had a tiny bite of a latke (kinda like a big hashbrown thing, very oily, but yummy).

Sent:

I never thought about trying to make one with imitation potatoes. Maybe i will check it out and make some for today :-) thanks for the tip.

Im happy that Chanukah came so early this year. It seems to seperate it a little more from Christmas that way.

Have a great week!

Jordan

I'm not too sure about the imitation potato thing - that would be like eating a candy cane made from soy - just not natural!!!!!

Sent, do you know Chanukah Harry!!! I can't believe it!!!!!! Our family has tons of Chanukah Harry jokes.

Loribelle, latkes are the most yummy potato pancakes!! They are a ton of work and very very fattening but oh so yummy!! I am going to a Chanukah party on Saturday night and I'll go ahead and throw out the no carbs rule for the night.

They are yummy-you eat them with sourcream and/or applesauce!!

"I" make an amazing kugel. Cooking is not my thing, but i do have a few tricks in my bag. I also can make a mean matzah ball.

Yes, the diet sucks. But i guess Passover will be very easy to deal with this year. I dont eat anything leavened anymore. Maybe by then i could have a small matzah ball.

I had my blood drawn yesterday to check my candida levels. Im crossing my fingers.

I have been off ABX for two months and STILL have a yeast problem. OY!

Jordan

I would LOVE your latke recipe. I was trying to put together a special breakfast menu for Christmas morning, and I've forgotten exactly how to make potato pancakes.

Latkes for Christmas? Jesus was a Jew!

Thanks,

I can see where Passover would be a bit easier on your body, but for us, Easter is a cholesterol nightmare! You can hear our arteries cracking by day's end from all the egg based foods and smoked meats LOL!

Matzah ball soup ranks right up there with me, as well as a good pastrami on rye! There is a to die for deli in NYC that makes a delicious chicken soup with matzah the size of softballs! And light! They make their own pastrami and the sandwiches have to be well over a pound of meat per sandwich....I won't even go into their pickles LOL!!!!

I grew up in MD and went to NC for college.I met the most wonderful guy in college and went to his home one break.

His home was on Long Island.Well,the first morning his Mom got the bagels for me!!!!Then his friends brought over another dozen or so!!!!The next day he and I went to the bagel shop and got almost every kind!!

I have never had anything better.Oh they were the best,just no comparison.I ate my weight in bagels,wish I could do that now,oh youth.

My sis in law lives in NYC.Cootie ,one of my all time favorites is pastrami on rye,so she made it a special deli trip.Oh,did we have a great time.Yes,it was the mile high sandwich and the pickles,I can smell them now.

We also went to a small Chinese restaurant.We went with the nieces and nephews and a few friends and they served us family style,they dined beside us.Wow,I will never forget that meal.

The bagels,I wish I had one now!

1/2lb med egg noodles
2 cups hot milk
3/4 cup sugar
4 eggs
1 large philly cream cheese
1 small carton cottage cheese
2T vanilla
1 stick butter (melted and placed in the bottom of pan)
2 small boxes kellogs frosted flakes (crushed slightly)

Boil the noodles
Beat sugar & eggs together
Add cheeses - add vanilla & hot milk
Mix in noodles
Put in pan
Finally, sprinkle on top crushed frosted flakes

Bake for 1 hour at 350 deg.

The holiday of Chanukah was established to commemorate the Maccabeean victory over the Syrian-Greeks and the rededication of the Holy Temple in 165 B.C.E. (before common era) aka B.C.

There were only 6 total Maccabees who defeated the Syrian forces using guerrilla warfare. That was truly a miracle.

When the Maccabees reclaimed the desecrated Temple, they found a single jar of consecrated oil, which was used to keep the Eternal Flame lit.

There was only enough oil to last for one day, but lo and behold, the oil lasted for 8 days.

Thus the miracle of the oil became the preferred justification for the lighting of candles.

This is kinda what the holiday is about. If you want to know more you can go to www.ou.org and there is a ton of information there. Its a pretty cool story.

Hope everyone is feeling well. I just walked 3 miles outside :-)

Im getting there....

Jordan

Here's a good giggle:

MATZO BALLS

When Ariel Sharon came to Washington for meetings with George W., for the state dinner, Laura Bush decided to bring in a special kosher chef and offer a truly Jewish meal.

At the dinner that night, the first course served is matzo ball soup. George W. looks at this and after learning what it was called, he tells an aide that he can't eat such a gross and strange-looking brew.

The aide says that Mr. Sharon will be insulted if he doesn't at least taste it.

Not wanting to cause trouble (after all, he ate sheep's eye in honor of Arab guests), George W. gingerly lowers his spoon into the bowl, retrieves a piece of matzo ball and some broth, hesitates, then swallows.

A big grin appears on his face. He finds that he really likes it, so he digs right in and finishes the entire bowl.

"That was delicious," Bush says to Sharon. "Do Jews eat any other parts of the matzo or just the balls?"

Jordan

So GREAT to see you back after the hectic hurricane season!