• ••,•, • ▪ • Food Thoughts for Rosh Hashanah Meals By MILDRED GROSBERG BELLIN (Copyright, 1965, JTA, Inc.) In a sermon recently, our rabbi said that when we first begin to study any new subject we think we know a tremendous amount. After all, in proportion to our previous state of complete ignorance, any knowledge seems to be a great deal. However, as we progress, we begin to realize how little we knew about the subject we are studying in comparison with the vast amount that still remains to be learned. The subject of this column, Jew- ish cooking, can be used as a fine example of the truth of the rabbi's theme. At first we feel we can easily learn all about it for it seems to be nothing more than the traditional dishes of our families, our friends, and our neighbors. But as we delve more deeply it be- comes more and more apparent that to know all there is to know about Jewish cooking we would have to learn everything about the Jewish people. We would have to learn every detail of our history, the whole story of our people every- where and in every time. We would have to learn about the customs of the people among whom the Jews lived, and how these customs af- fected our own food habits. This would include the study of such subjects as agriculture, economics, Holiday Greetings to Our Friends and Patrons WARNER, WARNER, CANTRELL & PADMOS, Inc. 828 Farwell Building WO 2-7118 New Year Greetings WRIGLEY'S SUPER DRUGS W. 7 Mile at Wyoming UN 4-1507 Free Delivery Service Irving Belinsky • Larry Stein Holiday Greetings SUSIE Q RESTAURANT Fish and Chips — Chicken — Jumbo Shrimp Lobster Tails that you will enjoy — Home-made Pies Beautiful dining room — Large Parties 2216 N. 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It would take many Happy Holiday Greetings lifetimes to learn all this, and meanwhile new foods would be reveloped and there would be new Specializing in Carry-Out Service — Open 24 Hours recipes which we would have to learn. DI 1-4717 13545 W. 7 MILE, corner Schaefer Now at Rosh Hashanah, when we UN 1-0188 10001 W. McNICHOLS GR 4-7980 seek to clear from our souls all 24155 ORCHARD LAKE RD. the faults of the past and replace them with virtues, we could re- solve to try to learn even a small part of this vast field, for in do- Happy New Year To Our Friends and Patrons ing so we would add greatly to our knowledge of ourselves as part of the Jewish people. Our interest in and the pleasure we have in our food and our methods of prepar- 2542 Riopelle WO 1-0707 ing it could be turned into the inspiration for a lifetime of learn- L ing which would leave us infinitely happier and richer in spirit. This article is becoming a ser- monette of its own; but, before I Best Wishes for a close, may I once more send to all Happy New Year of you my greetings for a very- good year, filled with health, pros- perity, and the special joy that comes with satisfying achievement. VINCENZO'S RESTAURANT GREEN E'S HAMBURGERS I EASTERN POULTRY CO. O•SIMO ■CI■<■ •••••041.11.0••••.31111=1414111!0 ■0■01■ 01MIKMM MEMO 0•1111.0.0.11., ■ 0!0111•• VAMP° The EVANS-SHERRATT COMPANY MENU FOR ROSH HASHANAH DINNER Wine for Kiddush, Twin Challos, Small bowls of honey. Bowls of apples or Concord grapes, Gefillte fish. Chicken soup with noodles and mand- len or kneidlach. Roast stuffed capon, Carrot tzimmas with apricots and raisins. Potato shalet, Cranberry sauce. Sweet pickles, Tossed salad, Dried fruit corn- pot. Yom tov honey cookies or honey cake. Tea. * * CARROT TZIMMAS WITH APRICOTS AND RAISINS 1/2 cup dried apricots, cut in quarters , /.1 cup seedless raisins 11/2 cups boiling water 3 large carrots, diced 1 /2 cup orange juice 2 tablespoons honey 2 tablespoons sugar IA teaspoon salt I/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon Place the apricots and raisins in a one-quart saucepan, add the boiling water, and let stand for one hour. Add all remaining ingredients, bring to a boil, then simmer until the carrots are almost tender and the apricots and liquid have thickened into a sauce. Stir frequently near the end of the cooking time. This part of the preparation may be com- pleted in advance. If you wish, you may add more sugar or salt to taste. About 45 minutes before serving time place the tzimmas in a shallow open baking pan about 6x8x1 inch in size. Bake uncovered at 325 degs. F. This amount serves 4 to 5. The recipe may be doubled to serve a larger number, but the baking should be completed in a large shallow pan or two small ones of the size mentioned. Carrots are traditional for Rosh Has- hanah as they represent our wish for prosperity, and tzimmases are favorite ways of serving them for the holiday meals. 16619 WYOMING Season's Best Wishes FOODLAND U.S.A. 24501 Michigan Ave., Dearborn, Mich. Season's Greetings W. D. GALE, INC. Electrical Contracting 7145 Tireman TExes 4-2300 Best Wishes for a Happy New Year GAYLORD PRINTING, Inc. Lithographers - Printers - Office Supplies 14603 Wyoming TE 4-9550 POTAT O SHALET 1 /2 cup chicken fat Holiday Greetings R. G. DUN CIGARS ENJOY THE LIGHTNESS OF TOBACCO LIGERO (Means Light Tobacco) Holiday Greetings EAGLE CLEANING CO. Wall Washing - Carpet Cleaning Window Cleaning 7735 Fenkell 864-2340 Holiday Greetings to Our Friends and Patrons TOPINKA'S COUNTRY HOUSE W. Seven Mile & Telegraph KE 1-9000 TOPINKA'S Across from the Fisher Theater TR 5-2614 1 medium-large onion, minced 1 teaspoon salt 1 /4. teaspoon black pepper 2 slices white bread, cut into squares 4 soda crackers, coarsely crumbled 2 cups undrained, grated raw potato 2 eggs, well-beaten Place the fat in a small saucepan. Add the onion, salt and pepper, and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes. Soak the bread and crackers in a little cold water until soft, then squeeze dry. Com- bine all ingredients, put into a well- greased 1-quart casserole, and bake un- covered at 350 degs. F. for 1 1/2 hours, until well-browned, or at 325 degs. F. for 2 hours. This amount serves 5. * * YOM TOV HONEY COOKIES 3 eggs 1 /2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 cup honey 3 cups sifted all-purpose flower 2 teaspoons double acting baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 teaspoon instant coffee 1 /2 teaspoon ground ginger 1 /2 teaspoon ground nutmeg 2 /3 cup walnuts chopped medium fine 1 /2 cup seedless raisins, cut in half Beat the eggs and brown sugar until light and thick. Gradually beat in first the oil, then the honey. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt, cinna- mon, coffee, ginger, and nutmeg. Stir the batter until blended. Add the wal- nuts and raisins. Let the batter stand for 10 minutes to thicken slightly. Drop by rounded tablespoonsful a little dis- tance apart on well-oiled cookie tins. Bake at 350 degs. F. for 10 to 12 min- utes, until the bottoms are a rich brown and the tops a light brown. Per- mitting the batter to stand and thicken keeps the cookies from spreading as the bake. If flatter cookies are pre- ferred, bake as soon as the batter is mixed, and allow room for spreading between them. Watch carefully near the end of the cooking time to pre- vent overbaking. Cool on racks. The cookies may be served plain but chil- dren prefer them frosted with an icing made by creaming 2 tablespoons of soft parve margarine with 2 cups of sifted confectioners' sugar. Add about 3 tablespoons strong black coffee or water and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract and beat until smooth. This amount makes about 50 cookies. If prepared in advance, the cookies should be frozen to preserve their freshness. Happy New Year AL GENDEL'S COLLISION 7 Mile and Wyoming Holiday Greetings GENERAL HARDWOOD CO Wholesale Hardwoods and Pattern Lumber Virgil J. Leech 7201 E. McNichols Frederic L. 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