Mom’s Passover Sponge Cake (the original recipe) Ingredients 3/4 cup Matzo cake meal 3/4 cup potato starch 1/2 tsp salt 6 yolks 1 3/4 cups sugar 1 cup orange juice 1 1/2 cups ground walnuts 1 tablespoon grated lemon rind (or orange) 6 whites beaten very stiff till they look like the Alps Procedure Mix … [Read more…]
I asked mom for grandma’s borsht recipe. Here it is. Sorry some bits are vague. I will try and clear those parts up next time I make this. I do not recall that we ever served it with potatoes. I recall grandma would always serve it with cheese blintzes on the side. -Mishka (serve cold) … [Read more…]
Gramma’s Matzoh Brei (the original recipe) This is my grandmother’s original recipe so I’m leaving it here at the top of the page, but I do recommend you try my updated version of her recipe directly below it because it’s the one I actually use. The photo here on the right has raisins added. Mon, … [Read more…]
Serves 6 Sat, 27 Dec 1997 Lissy: This is the way I made the lasagna Wed. nite. You wouldn’t believe it but Muffin’s oil heaters broke thursday nite and smoke went all over the basement while dad was trying to stay “calm” and recover. All’s well now tho. Talk to you soon. C. Ingredients 1 … [Read more…]
Original Recipe from Mom’s friend’s grandmother in Little Rock circa 1976 (two loaves): Ingredients 2 packages dry yeast (4.5 teaspoons) 1/2 cup lukewarm water 1 tsp sugar 6 cups flour (if unbleached, use 5 1/2 cups) 1/2 cup sugar 2 tsp salt 4 eggs 1/2 cup corn oil 1 cup water 1 tsp honey poppy … [Read more…]
(with notes from mom:) Here was the secret chicken soup which cured my sore throat & cold (along with pills, and green tea with honey) Ingredients Stock pot full of water. Chicken plus 2 extra breasts, or thighs 4 carrots 4 celery stalks 2 large or 3 medium white carrots (parsnips) 1 large onion (not … [Read more…]
carol and nina This is a Voice-o-Graph recording of my mother and my aunt singing “Shall We Dance,” from “The King and I” at the top of the Empire State Building sometime in the early 1950’s (but probably after 1952). Mom says, “Nothing remains unbroadcast in this world. I think I was 6 or 5 … [Read more…]
Grandma’s Blintzes My grandmother’s blintze recipe emaile to me by Unca Bop Sunday, March 2, 2008 2 eggs to a cup of milk 8 heaping teaspoons flour (to translate: about 1/4 cup) bissel salt in Osteriser til mixed That is the leaf. Cheese — 2 envelopes or bars Farmer cheese and an egg sugar or … [Read more…]