HEY JEWS

Once every 28 years, and it was today! (was in the news since the Antwerp Jewish community assembled in a park to bless teh Sun)

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

quincie, that would matzoh brei

I saw a matzoh toffee recipe in Martha Stewart!

Gonna take off from work and go see the Orioles play the Yankees Thursday afternoon in Baltimore w/ my boy and then go to the second night seder at my folks. A quiet one at home tonight

mmmmm, matzoh brei

I need better matzoh brei instructions.

My Trademark, Most Requested, Absolutely Magnificent Caramel Matzoh Crunch*

*Note: I've never made this.

mmmmm, matzoh brei

― curmudgeon, Wednesday, April 8, 2009 11:29 AM (43 minutes ago) Bookmark

ots(hekel)

Take the matzo and break into small pieces into a bowl. Cover with hot water for a minute. Then squeeze out the water.
In a small bowl, beat one egg with salt and pepper to taste and add to matzo. Mix well.
Heat frying pan with a little oil. Pour mixture into the pan. Brown one side and turn over.

I don't soak the matza as much as this recipe for matzah brei

I think Ruth Reichl put her recipe in the book about her childhood -- is that Tender at the Bone? I think so.

that recipe needs + milk + powdered sugar

- salt - pepper

See I can't really picture this squeezing out the water business? Do you, like, wad it up and squeeze it in a ball? Press it between parallel palms to keep it flat? Isn't it going to fall apart?

I've made that crunch and am never making it again because is far too delicious, and far too rich for its own good.

what up jews its ya boy

ive been instructed to bring the traditional extra large force flex trash bags to the seder

that's for the bodies

Dammit Ned, now I'm reading this thread's title just like that Front 242 track as well (but it gets funnier as it goes on: "... you don't have to be jews anymore: jesus is here!" :-)

Dammit Ned, now I'm reading this thread's title just like that Front 242 track as well (but it gets funnier as it goes on: "... you don't have to be jews anymore: jesus is here!" :-) )

Oops.

hey jews

http://www.theppk.com/recipes/dbrecipes/index.php?RecipeID=147

^^^ for ian

pesach was fun - i accidentally said "i like oral..." when i was trying to say "i like oil cured olives" - and of course stopped in befuddlement before saying "olives" perfectly framing my gaff - those who heard me myself included went on a minutes long laughing jag while everyone else was all wha happened - then we watched lost

hey jews missed u

See I can't really picture this squeezing out the water business? Do you, like, wad it up and squeeze it in a ball? Press it between parallel palms to keep it flat? Isn't it going to fall apart?

― quincie, Wednesday, April 8, 2009 7:30 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark

You're just getting the matzah wet, putting on paper towels to dry a bit and then putting it into the eggs. Following that recipe above too closely you will have disintegrating matzah that will fall apart completely before ever making it to the eggs

Obama hosts 1st ever White House seder

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/obama-to-host-seder-dinner/

Hey Jews I wrote a little passover ditty, sung to the chorus of "Eye of the Tiger":

It's the
Bread of affliction
It's the bread of the Jews
Risen bread--it's not kosher during Pe-sach
And my boss--says "be careful! It is con-sti-pa-ting"
I-don't-care-I-just-ate-sev-en sheeeeeeeeeets
Of the mat-zah

XD

so this "That Jew!" thing with Chuck Schumer (which totally just makes me think of "That Girl!") reminded me of something I wanted to ask my fellow Jews... my wife (Hungarian, raised as a Catholic but now she's pretty much buddhist-pagan-whatever) was talking with me the other day about how, for the longest time, she thought it was derogatory to refer to Jewish people as "Jews". I said no, of course not, people who are Jewish are Jews. As a proper noun, there's nothing wrong with it. Used as a VERB ("he jewed me out of my college fund!") or an ADJECTIVE ("Jew lawyer") then that's anti-semitic, a slur, etc. But then there's this thing with Schumer.... I mean, obviously referring to him as "that Jew" is rude at best... but is it just the "that" in front of it that makes it so? I mean, Schumer IS a Jew, its not like he called him a kike or anything. Is this like when McCain referred to Obama as "that one"?

Hey Jews I wrote a little passover ditty, sung to the chorus of "Eye of the Tiger":

also just wanted to say A+ for this

http://www.threadbombing.com/data/media/2/busey_clapping.gif

xp

yeah that song is even better in person

and yeah Shakey I think it's the that here that makes it so weird.

she thought it was derogatory to refer to Jewish people as "Jews".

lol, i was raised Catholic and I thought the same thing for awhile

so this "That Jew!" thing with Chuck Schumer (which totally just makes me think of "That Girl!") reminded me of something I wanted to ask my fellow Jews... my wife (Hungarian, raised as a Catholic but now she's pretty much buddhist-pagan-whatever) was talking with me the other day about how, for the longest time, she thought it was derogatory to refer to Jewish people as "Jews". I said no, of course not, people who are Jewish are Jews. As a proper noun, there's nothing wrong with it. Used as a VERB ("he jewed me out of my college fund!") or an ADJECTIVE ("Jew lawyer") then that's anti-semitic, a slur, etc. But then there's this thing with Schumer.... I mean, obviously referring to him as "that Jew" is rude at best... but is it just the "that" in front of it that makes it so? I mean, Schumer IS a Jew, its not like he called him a kike or anything. Is this like when McCain referred to Obama as "that one"?

― High in Openness (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:32 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it's the "that" but also calling someone "a" jew seems like it has a bit of a pejorative connotation, just because it makes the jewishness the sole defining quality. like calling someone "a" black.

Yeah, the nasty part wasn't "Jew," it was "that." Like "that woman." Or when McCain called Obama "that guy."

I work with a girl who called South Williamsburg "the Jew section" and called Andy Samberg "the young Jew on SNL".

hmmm.... yeah I guess the pejorative thing is key here. This all came up because my wife was asking if one of our friends was Jewish and I think I said "oh yeah, he's a Jew" and she was all "how come you can say that and I can't?" and I said "what the hell are you talking about? He's Jewish! He's a Jew!" etc. you can guess the rest

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as a response to "is he jewish" it's ok, but if you're like just generally calling him "a jew" it would be weird

like, "you know that jew i work with? he's really into lost."

b/c of the whole desert thing?

i think the main thing is that it just seems irrelevant to the context here?

lol bnw

^^^ditto

which is basically what slocki said. there's nothing inherently wrong with the phrase "a jew" or even "that jew", but it's reductive and weird in this context.

What about bringing back "Jewess"?

she thought it was derogatory to refer to Jewish people as "Jews".

Also see "Mexican".

what about the month of "Jew-n"

Jack: It's not because you're a... I'm sorry. What... do you call... yourself ?
Elisa: A Puerto Rican.
Jack: No, I know you can say that but what do I call you?
Elisa: Puerto Rican.
Jack: Wow. That does not sound right.

when i make hamantashen and give them to friends i sometimes refer to them as "jew treats", is that bad

I would make it clear tho that even if you can call someone Jewish or a Jew, I'd still stay away from calling them a kike.